
I Have Fun Everywhere I Go
Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World
- 354 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
I Have Fun Everywhere I Go
Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World
About this book
I Have Fun Everywhere I Go is a rollicking, high-octane, always irreverent journey through the seamy side of the publishing industry. Mike Edison's résumé spans twenty years and a slew of notorious titles, including
Screw,
High Times,
Penthouse, and
Hustler. An Ivy League dropout who's never looked back, Edison embarked on a career that's landed him in the producer's chair for one of the worst B movies of all time; on tour with the likes of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, GG Allin, and the Ramones; undercover at a religious cult; on a bender with Evel Knievel; feuding with Hulk Hogan; smoking dope with Ozzy Osborne; and authoring some twenty novels you wouldn't want your mother to catch you reading—let alone writing. As the publisher of
High Times, he battled almost daily with a rainbow brigade of unrepentant hippies plagued with short-term memory loss, and owners who treated their employees more like the tenants of a halfway house for potheads than a team of professional editors and writers, all while leading the magazine to record heights in sales and advertising.
I Have Fun Everywhere I Go combines the fear and loathing of Hunter Thompson's journalistic thrill rides with the acerbic insider voice of Toby Young. It's an eye-opening, gleeful view of life on the edge—and the outlaws and oddballs encountered there.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Author’s Note
- Contents
- Flash Forward: The Shape of Things to Come
- 1. If You Were That Good, Don’t You Think You Would Have Made It by Now?
- 2. I Know It’s Hard to Believe, but There Are Still Puritans Working in This Business
- 3. Possession of Hashish Is Punishable by Death!
- 4. Top Secret Action
- 5. A Violent Mutherfucking People
- 6. Louisiana
- 7. You Can Burn It
- 8. Those Tits Are Taking Food out of My Children’s Mouths!
- 9. Made in Japan
- 10. First-Time Lesbian Housewife Confessions
- 11. The Creature from Temple Beth Shalom
- 12. How to Make Your Monkey Happy
- 13. Escape from Doggie Village
- 14. Never Mind the Deadlines
- 15. Extreme Championship Pot Smoking
- 16. Brutus Was Right
- 17. The Holy Trifecta of Sleaze
- 18. Narcissism and Doom
- 19. Howlin’ Wolf vs. the Aliens
- 20. I Have Fun Everywhere I Go
- Acknowledgments
- Index