The Hippies by Hunter S. Thompson (aka: The Hashbury is the Capital of the Hippies) Maybe you thought you heard of every Hunter S. Thompson article, only to find something new. in fact, we found all kinds of pieces of Gonzo Journalism you may not have heard of yet. The Hippies, by Hunter S. Thompson,…
OK, I know: another crazy Thompson story. It’s a short one. Quick background: Death of a Poet by Hunter S. Thompson was previously published in his collection Screwjack. The story is about a chaotic night in a Green Bay trailer park after a Packers loss, focusing on a friend’s breakdown. The Packers have lost, and the…
Freak Power in the Rockies, A Memoir and Rambling Discussion (with Rude Slogans) of Freak Power in the Rockies. . . on the Weird Mechanics of Running a Takeover Bid on a Small Town. . . and a Vulgar Argument for Seizing Political Power and Using It like a Gun Ripped Away from a Cop.…
The telephone rang at Warren Hinckle’s San Francisco home at about 3:30 in the morning on Wednesday, April 29, 1970. When Hinckle picked up the receiver, he heard the unmistakable voice of Hunter S. Thompson, calling from Aspen, proclaiming, “Goddammit, Scanlan’s has to cover the Derby. It’s important.” The pitch, even at the late hour and the…
TIME MAGAZINE asked HUNTER S. THOMPSON, a former copy boy here who went on to an even more exciting career as a gonzo journalist, to report from the set of the movie being made of his 1971 book, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, in which Johnny Depp plays Thompson and the author appears in…
“Fear and Loathing in the Graveyard of the Weird: The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat” – Oscar Zeta Ascota by Hunter S. Thompson, Rolling Stone, 1977. The basis for the movie Where the Buffalo Roam. Requiem for a Crazed Heavyweight . . . An Unfinished Memoir on the Life and Doom of Oscar Zeta Acosta,…
Shotgun Golf with Bill Murray By Hunter S. Thompson Thompson’s final piece of writing, in which he runs an idea for a new sport —combining golf and shotguns — by comedy legend Bill Murray at 3:30 in the morning. The death of professional hockey in AMERICA is a nasty omen for people with heavy investments…
