Note from Greg Lundgren:
Dennis Hopper is dead.. At 74 years old, it’s kind of a miracle that he lived that long. For all of the crazy things he did in his life, for all the drugs he consumed with great enthusiasm, for the very address he resided at, it is amazing that something like cancer was what took him down.
Tomorrow most of us get the day off for Memorial Day. And I think Memorial Day should be broader than paying our respects to the military men who have protected our freedom for the past 234 years. There are those that defend our freedom with guns and uniforms. And there are those that defend our freedom through a life of art and action. We defend our constitution so crazy son of a bitches like Dennis Hopper can make films, take pictures, perform and generally test the limits of what freedom looks like. If our country was a jet plane, they would hire Dennis Hopper to stress test it. If our country was a piece of luggage, they would give it to Dennis Hopper to see if he could break it. What makes our country so great is that is permits people like Dennis Hopper to create and destroy and live in a way that most people don’t understand or endorse.
Come on down to the Hideout tonight and join us for a drink in honor of Dennis Hopper. I am going to play the soundtracks from Apocalypse Now and Easy Rider, and probably round it out with Gram Parsons, the Stones, the Doors and maybe even a little Jimi Hendrix. It just seems like the right thing to do.
From Flashback. He can’t get a word in vertical.
awesome.