When four years ago Hunter S. Thompson put a bullet in the back of his throat and through his brain stem—“he couldn’t have placed it better” said the local coroner— he triggered a slow bleed of tributes, biographies and personal accounts that has yet to be stemmed. Since that exclamation…
Gonzo Goes On…and On
Gonzo, Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson, The Gonzo Way, The Kitchen Readings, The Joke's Over
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments
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Gatsby Goes Gonzo
Oral history of Hunter S. Thompson reveals an addicted romantic
May 27th, 2008 · No Comments
What more do we need to now about the Good Doctor Hunter S. Thompson that he hasn’t already told us in his writing? That he had a huge appetite for drugs? His predilection for driving hard and fast? That he had a fetish for lipstick?
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High On Hunter
Ralph Steadman brings shame on his family
May 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Confession: we didn’t think much of Ralph Steadman’s bug-eyed illustrations for Hunter Thompson’s Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas when we first saw them. Maybe it was the drugs we were on. A friend explained it best: “Steadman’s acid trip isn’t my acid trip.”
Sure, Steadman’s drawings for Fear and Loathing, and other of Thompson’s books, had…
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