( #HunterSThompson, #RumDiary ) If you read this blog (or look on the left panel for “Gonzo Stories”), you could tell pretty quickly that I am a Hunter S. Thompson fan. Outside of his epic drinking and drug abuses, he was a man that understood the fine line between a news article and a story […]
Read More Movie Review: The Rum Diary( #TGIF, #HunterThompson, #JohnCusack ) Hunter Thompson, John Cusack, and Johnny Depp in a convertible with a blow up doll. I kinda wish I was a fly on the wall (or car).
Read More Hunter S. Thompson and Friends( #Gonzo, #PJWhelihans ) Walking into the bar, I was immediately repulsed by the smell of cheap perfume, over cooked chicken wings, and something else… The building was schizophrenic: part pub, catering hall, concert venue, and whore house. The women surrounding the bar looked defeated, their breasts heaved upwards slightly exposed with ovals cut in […]
Read More PJ Whelihans is Decadent and Depraved( #HunterSThompson, #Gonzo, #JobReferences ) This is a letter Thompson wrote to the editor of the Vancouver Sun… By the time you get this letter, I’ll have gotten hold of some of the recent issues of The Sun. Unless it looks totally worthless, I’ll let my offer stand. And don’t think that my arrogance is […]
Read More Hunter S. Thompson Job ReferenceIt was the last day of the year; the wind was wild, angry, and biting with cold. I had spent several hours running errands with a friend in preparation of the evenings festivities. There was a dull haze in everyone that we encountered that day, and I was beginning to become concerned that this New […]
Read More Fear and Loathing when the Ball Drops