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Sunday Morning Came Down and it was wierd. The internal clock wasn't working well and I got up in the dark. (Still hungover from the time and a poor nights sleep wondering how much it would cost to my truck which had conked out Saturday Morning.)
A cable TV was running a tribute to Hunter Thompson the writer credited with starting "Gonzo Journalism".
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I've Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail 1972 and Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas where the reporter and the story and the reporter's feelings about the subjects of the piece were completely mixed. So much for fair and balanced. I admit I like his style and liked it much more when I was in 20's and 30's.
One of the sadder aspects of the program seemed be that Thompson had two persona's but was more or less trapped by the "Raoul Duke" character he was called on to play as part of his writing or speaking. I can only imagine what it might have been like if he could toned down the volume and stepped back as he wrote.
Speaking with Ralph Steadman at the end of the article "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved". "His hands were shaking so badly(Steadman's) that he had trouble holding the paper, and my vision was so blurred I could hardly see what he had drawn. "Shit" I said. "We both look worse than anything you've drawn here." Steadman smiled. "You know- I've been thinking about that." "We came here to see this teddible scene: people all pissed out of their minds and vomiting on themselves and all that...and now, you know what? It's us..."
Thompson had many interesting friends, many of them actors who were part of the movies made about his stories and even former Senator George McGovern.
On February 20, 2005 Thompson committed suicide. On August 20, 2005 Thompson's ashes were fired from a cannon to the tune of Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky. This according to Wikipedia, I don't remember if the cannon shot was part of the program. If it wasn't it should have been.
A cable TV was running a tribute to Hunter Thompson the writer credited with starting "Gonzo Journalism".
y
I've Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail 1972 and Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas where the reporter and the story and the reporter's feelings about the subjects of the piece were completely mixed. So much for fair and balanced. I admit I like his style and liked it much more when I was in 20's and 30's.
One of the sadder aspects of the program seemed be that Thompson had two persona's but was more or less trapped by the "Raoul Duke" character he was called on to play as part of his writing or speaking. I can only imagine what it might have been like if he could toned down the volume and stepped back as he wrote.
Speaking with Ralph Steadman at the end of the article "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved". "His hands were shaking so badly(Steadman's) that he had trouble holding the paper, and my vision was so blurred I could hardly see what he had drawn. "Shit" I said. "We both look worse than anything you've drawn here." Steadman smiled. "You know- I've been thinking about that." "We came here to see this teddible scene: people all pissed out of their minds and vomiting on themselves and all that...and now, you know what? It's us..."
Thompson had many interesting friends, many of them actors who were part of the movies made about his stories and even former Senator George McGovern.
On February 20, 2005 Thompson committed suicide. On August 20, 2005 Thompson's ashes were fired from a cannon to the tune of Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky. This according to Wikipedia, I don't remember if the cannon shot was part of the program. If it wasn't it should have been.
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