But at Rolling Stone, he refined it. He perfected it. In Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson, editor Jann Wenner and Paul Scanlon (managing editor at Rolling Stone during several of the years covered, ehre)...

It’s one of my favourite books and probably my favourite Las Vegas-related book. Hunter S Thompson came out here in the early 70s to cover the Mint 400 off-road race for Sports Illustrated. He ended up writing a 10,000-word riff on his visit. In 1971,...

Garden & Gun: a lengthy feature on Texas-based and Texas-born architects Ted Flato and David Lake, whose credits include the AT&T Center (the San Antonio Spurs' home court), buildings for the University of Texas and Arizona State, and personal...

There were jet skis, paddle boards, kayaks, and tenders for all sorts of excursions. 4 This was the huge ship Michael Douglas and his family chartered for Christmas. The boat was then handed over to Jann Wenner and his family for Johnny's party. We got...

Wenner hired its first chief digital officer, Steven Schwartz, in 2009. He left in May for his old employer, Reuters. The next person in the job, Michael Bloom, stayed six months. Wenner hasn’t exactly been a trailblazer when it comes to the Web. Jann...

On this date in history: In 1610, Galileo, using his primitive telescope,