The curse of lono is a book by hunter s thompson describing his experiences in hawaii in 1980 originally published in 1983 the book was only in print for a short while in 2005 it was re released as a limited edition only 1000 copies were produced each one being signed by the author and artist. The curse of lono is classic hunter s thompson and very entertaining its an easy read fairly short and very funny its also classic gonzo journalism as in you know hst is in hawaii covering the marathon and he does some crazy things but you also understand that hst throws a few twists and turns in to make things more exciting which may or may not have actually occurred the artistic graphics are a little fun but i wouldnt say they added significantly to the reading experience . The curse of lono is to hawaii what fear and loathing was to las vegas a journalists news event coverage that ends up an unclassifiable twist of fiction and reportage myth and crazed surrealism. Somewhere in their heads somewhere in their heads is an award winning mini documentary about the recording of curse of lonos second album as i fell between london and a remote desert studio in joshua tree california shot and edited by acclaimed music filmmaker gregg houston van morrison noel gallagher two door cinema club michael . Curse of lono is an english alternative rock band based in london and signed to submarine cat records they have released one ep and two studio albums their most recent album as i fell peaked at number 10 on the official americana albums chart and at number 15 on the official independent album breakers chart in the uk the band has also been the subject of two short films saturday night a film of four songs and somewhere in their heads both of which have won awards and