Atsuko and I were on a superbike traveling fast over the Golden Gate Bridge. I was under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. A cop pulled me over and busted me
Posts published by “Joe Munson (as told to Jonah Raskin)”
This is the way the bust went down. I was standing in my house with a bag of cat food in my arms, and I…
Soda Creek Store sits in the middle of the Mendocino National Forest. For a time I didn’t want to drive by the place because I…
My wife, Atsuko, and I were in the Mendocino County Courthouse charged with cultivation. Our son, Milo, was two-years-old and nursing. Atsuko breast-fed him right…
Someone, I don’t remember who, said “Joe Munson has a target on his back. He’s an outlier with a history.” In fact, it’s not much…
On my first trip to California, I hitchhiked on U.S. Route 460, which is a major East/West artery. Right away I got a ride from…
At 16, I passed the GED exam, received a high school diploma and was granted emancipation from my parents. I asked my dad if I…
How to explain who I am and what I do now? That’s no easy feat. In my boyhood, I caused a lot of trouble. I…
This time I’m gonna talk about “Scrappy,” who got his nickname because he collected and sold bottles and cans at the camp ground near Lake…
While I was still living in SF I tried to grow weed on Mt. Tam. I was in my late 20s, but still pretty much…
Back in the 1980s in San Francisco, I was a horrible drunk. To support my alcoholism, I sold cocaine. It was pink Peruvian flake. I…