Dispatches - Page 13 of 42

Paul Hemphill’s “Georgia, Georgia”

I was lucky to have crossed paths with the writer Paul Hemphill. We shared the same birthday. I interviewed Hemphill...

By James Calemine Originally released on Columbia Records in April 1974, Ragged Old Flag consists of twelve original...

By James Calemine I watched the film The Rum Diary again last night. In 1959, Hunter S. Thompson was 22-years old when...

Recorded in two days at Jim Dickinson’s Zebra Ranch Studios during the spring of 2009, Shannon McNally’s Coldwater...

Hunter S. Thompson and President Jimmy Carter first crossed paths in 1974 at the University of Georgia for a...

Released in 1971, Motel Shot counts as a great, obscure recording--the fourth studio album by Delaney & Bonnie....

By James Calemine This letter from Jimmy Carter to Hunter S. Thompson serves as a taste to my upcoming article about...

By James Calemine I watched To Live and Die in L. A. for the first time in a theater 33 years ago. William Friedkin...

By James Calemine William L. Hawkins was born in Union City, Kentucky. A self-taught artist whose work did not gain...

By James Calemine Dreams To Remember emerged as the first full-length Otis Redding DVD. December 10, 2017, represented...

By James Calemine Jim White is an interesting character. Born in Pensacola, Florida, as Michael Davis Pratt during...

This morning, I re-read the Terry Southern short story “Razor Fight”. The dark tale reveals how two gambling brothers...