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Road Trips To Viva Las Vegas
- Mel and Dave drove from San Francisco to Las Vegas twice with large groups for Viva Las Vegas festivals.
- The long desert drive was memorable and worse on the return after a weekend of partying.
First Encounter At Eighteen
- Dave first read Fear and Loathing at 18 in 1983 after a friend recommended it as outrageous.
- The book registered as a counterculture touchstone and hit differently on reread decades later.
Gonzo Journalism's Lasting Influence
- Hunter S. Thompson invented gonzo journalism by inserting himself into stories and rejecting objectivity.
- That voice shaped modern personal journalism and political commentary in the 1960s and 70s.