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Hunter S. Thompson Appreciation Thread

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  • #32
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Have expanded with some more stuff - Gonzo on Film, Gonzo Music, Gonzo Wisdom etc.

    Getting a nice bit of traffic too - I'm pleasently surprised.


    http://totallygonzo.wordpress.com


  • #33
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Just added a forum so Thompson fans can get talking

    http://totallygonzo.wordpress.com


  • #34
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Just thought I'd give you guys a heads up on a great competition we are running to celebrate Hunters 70th birthday on July 18th. First prize is the Rolling Stone Cover to Cover Digital Database with 40 years of Rolling Stone Magazine on 4 searchable DVDs.

    http://totallygonzo.wordpress.com

    By the way is anybody looking forward to Alex Gibneys documentary on Hunter?

    There are also plans to release a new book called The Gun Lobby which Hunter wrote after the death of Bobby Kennedy. It is the bridge between Hells Angels and Fear and Loathing. It is supposed to be brilliant.

    Also there is going to be a release of the actual audio recordings he made on his trip to Vegas with his attorney and also his time with the Hells Angels. Can't wait !!


  • #35
    RonMexico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭RonMexico


    Just a heads up for anyone that enjoys Thompsons work.

    Trying to get a petition going regarding Fear and Loathing: On The Campaign Trail '72

    It was supposed to have been inducted into The Modern Library but it never happened.

    If you'd like to see the book inducted into The Modern Library please sign the petition and maybe, just maybe, something might happen.


    http://www.petitiononline.com/GONZOHST/petition.html

    http://totallygonzo.org


  • #36
    not bakunin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 265 ✭✭not bakunin


    ahh how i love the good doctor!
    first read Hell's Angels, and the opening paragraph just blew me away....like genghis khan on an iron horse....and then i had my Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas introduction. such craziness! loved it.
    then came The Proud Highway, and that gem Songs of the Doomed, picked up second hand somewhere in temple bar.
    I'm just working my way through The Great Shark Hunt right now. i love the two different aspects of this book....from the personal antics of thompson and co. in "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" to football talk to the watergate trials.....its all there.
    hoping to do journalism myself, and the '72 campaign coverage is amazing


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  • #37
    LiamMc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 906 ✭✭✭LiamMc


    looking forrward to reading his stuff


  • #38
    LiamMc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 906 ✭✭✭LiamMc


    Well I'm looking forward to reading his stuff.


  • #39
    okmqaz42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 612 ✭✭✭okmqaz42


    So-can anyone help me out here?

    From F+L in LV

    "Raoul Duke: Don't take any guff from these swine. If you have any trouble, remember, you can always send a telegram to the right people.

    Dr. Gonzo: Yeah, Explaining my Position. Some asshole wrote a poem about that once. Probably good advice if you have **** for brains."

    Anybody know what poet/poem Dr Gonzo is referring to?


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