Hunter S. Thompson

[tracilicious]

I prefer Murray's portrayal to Depp's. I hope if they ever do a "Death of Hunter S. Thompson" movie that Bill is him again. I'm saddened (well, as sad as one can be for the loss of someone they didn't know), but not surprised. I need to read more of his work.

A coworker of Michael's has a cousin in Colorado that works at a liquor store. Supposedly HST was always coming in and buying loads of alcohol and paying with a check that would inevitably bounce. They would always give him the liquor anyways though, because he was just so cool.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

I prefer Murray's portrayal to Depp's. I hope if they ever do a "Death of Hunter S. Thompson" movie that Bill is him again.

I totally agree, and thought WtBR was a better movie overall than Fear and Loathing. Fear and Loathing relied too much on eye candy.

Thompson's been on my need-to-read list for a while. I wish I could say that this will motivate me to get around to it, but I know myself better than that.

[Tref]

Kalungkutan! And now I read that Dr. Gene Scott is dead. The two Doctors were heroes of mine back in the heady days of college. I wanted to write like Hunter (I was fired from my college editor position after one issue! Hehe) and I wanted to preach like Dr. Gene. I remember taking a trip to see his compound back in the late '80s. His church was a bizarre place! Barbed wire and attack dogs protected a small building, several yellow buses and lots of discarded crap. The place looked like an army base, albeit one that had been taken over by drifters and ne'er-do-wells. My friend, Paula and I wisely re-considered our plan to sneak in and take a look around. Though, as we turned to leave we heard the unmistakable bellow of Dr. Gene. He was screaming at somebody within the compound. We don't know who or why, but we both laughed. Hearing the great man made the diversion of the highway worth our time. As for Hunter S. Thompson, he opted to stay in the car.