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Fear and Loathing in Kentucky

@addetrick 2019

Kentucky is a mystery to me. It’s a place of total unpredictability. It was the first state west of the Appalachians. It was difficult to get to, and it’s rocky soil made agriculture difficult. It has a hardscrabble history atop some of the richest natural resources in the country. Possibly more than any other state, Kentucky has a lineage of tough-as-nails motherfuckers making due with very little.

It’s a state of fierce independents who make their living doing deadly work for low pay in industries that openly exploit them. It’s the third-most Federally-dependent state, but regularly and overwhelmingly votes candidates into office who support cutting Federal benefits.

Contradiction is Kentucky’s nature, and that tension of opposites creates both hopeless poverty in some, and a creative and indomitable will in others. It’s unsurprising that it has a legendary musical history. And less surprising that it was the birthplace of two of America’s most polarizing and intriguing figures: Muhammad Ali and Hunter S. Thompson.

I think I’ve read everything Thompson ever published. And like many Thompson fans, I wandered the murky, Blakean artist’s path between madness and wisdom. But Thompson was like an elite athlete of both. And like all elite athletes, he understood the nature – and the benefits – of sacrifice. His massive appetite for knowledge, experience, and intoxication led to insights into the human experience that few have been able to communicate. His was a life of madness and wisdom, of irresponsibility and wisdom, a walking contradiction. Like a true son of Kentucky.

“No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride…and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well…maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.”

This mural is on the side of a vegan restaurant in the Germantown neighborhood of Louisville.

October 17, 2019 No comment(s) Art, Travel
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Duane Allman's Grave

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Rose Hill Cemetery – Macon, GA.

October 11, 2019 No comment(s) Art, Travel
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Friday Night Lights

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Dublin Coffman High School – Dublin, OH

October 4, 2019 No comment(s) Art
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Lard Lad

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Doughnut shop at Universal Orlando. March 2019.

September 27, 2019 No comment(s) Art, Travel
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Down In The Valley

VDOT Scenic Overlook – Mountain Hollow, VA

September 20, 2019 No comment(s) Art
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A bunch of upcoming shows in the next two months! A bunch of upcoming shows in the next two months! I've currently got three poetry features and nine gigs with all three bands! Check the link in my bio for times, locations, and links to tickets!
Here's your chance to see a free show and help me Here's your chance to see a free show and help me out! 

On FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, my new acoustic duo, @mainstreethowl, will be performing at Leisure Club (1610 Oak St, Columbus). The entire performance will be recorded, so it's sure to be a good performance!

Leisure Club is a great venue for this kind of intimate performance! The event is free but seats will limited, so RSVP here - either in the comments or via Messenger - to make sure you have a spot.

Doors open at 6:30, and the show is from 7 - 8:30pm. Come on out and have a comfortable hang-out with us!
@thepoetryfestival is a brand-new poetry festival @thepoetryfestival is a brand-new poetry festival happening in Columbus on September 28 and 29. On Sunday, @poetry_cauldron_cbus will be presenting an hourlong feature, "Necessity In Verse", with:

Host/emcee: @addetrick 
Poets: @cmbarga.poetry 
 @charitydetrick 
 @suzflatt 
 @lowclasspoet 

The event is free, but you need to register! Come out and see us!
TWO SHOWS TOMORROW!! I start the day off singin' TWO SHOWS TOMORROW!!

I start the day off singin' the blues from 12n-4p with A.D. Detrick & Anything Blue at the Ye Olde Mill-Velvet Ice Cream Blues Brews & Barbecue in Utica, OH.

Then, closing the night out with rock & roll from Ragtop Down at the Memorial Run for American Thunder MC in Woodstock! Hog roast, biker games, generalized shenanigans!

Both are open to the public! 
Come out and see me!
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