August 21, 2005
Doc Thompson got his final wish last night, his ashes blown into the night from atop a giant 15 story gonzo fist sculpture at the Owl Farm.
With a deafening boom, the ashes of Hunter S. Thompson were blown into the sky amid fireworks late Saturday as relatives and a star-studded crowd bid an irreverent farewell to the founder of “gonzo journalism.”
Like most everything in his life, he dealt with death on his own terms.
Mahalo, Doc.
Hunter Thompson’s last blast…CNN is reporting that plans are underway to honor Hunter’s final wish. Hunter S. Thompson’s ashes will be blasted from a cannon mounted inside a 53-foot-high (16.15 meter-high) sculpture of the journalist’s “gonzo fist” emblem, his wife said Tuesday. The cannon shot, planned sometime in August on the grounds of his Aspen-area home, will fulfill the writer’s long-cherished wish. Fair ‘nuff. (via BoingBoing) ...
Gonzo - The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonI've said it before and I'll say it again -- Hunter S. Thompson was an American Hero in the truest sense of the word. That's why I think it's particularly fitting that Gonzo is slated to open on July 4th*. There's a much high quality trailier available at Apple, but for those of you who can't be bothered, here's the YouTube version: * although I freely admit it'd be even better if it would open someplace you could smoke, drink Wild Turkey and set off fireworks (and handguns) (and howitzers) while you watched it. You know Doc would have wanted it that way. ...
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (1937 - 2005)Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, dead at 67. Hunter's writing has been a constant source of personal inspiration and madness for 30+ years. "So much for Objective Journalism. Don't bother to look for it here - not under any byline of mine; or anyone else I can think of. With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms." -- Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 Thompson was the true master of subjective journalism, and in his subjectivity often found truths that many were afraid to see, and even more were afraid to voice. Although he hid...
Editing Hunter S. Thompson In this month's Columbia Journalism Review, Robert Love muses on his 23 year ride as editor for many of Hunter Thompson's articles, in "A Technical Guide for Editing Gonzo" Love edited about a dozen of HST's articles over that span, and slowly came to understand the nature of the process itself. In this article, he goes back over his notes and recounts some of his more interesting experiences. My intention is to take you through the editing process for gonzo journalism as I knew it -- inside the sausage factory. Each piece had its own considerations and contortions, but there were common elements, which in the years since, I have identified and classified. Did I mention it was fun?...
Captain Paranoid / Hunter S. Thompson TributeParanoia and Loathing in Cardiff One of my favorite bands, Captain Paranoid and the Delusions, is doing a Hunter S. Thompson Tribute Night, Thursday March 24th, at the Toucan in Cardiff, UK. More info here. If you’re in the area, get out and show your support! What’s that? You haven’t heard any Captain Paranoid? Well where have YOU been? You need to click here and getcha some free MP3s! Clever and astute readers will also find some tasty Alabama 3 tracks on that very same page… -----...
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