Sweet Hunter S. Thompson quote

[wing]

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

--Hunter S. Thompson

hehe

[Ivon]

That's great. He certainly had a special way of putting things.

[mjau]

I just finished reading "Fear & Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72" for the third time. When that man gets going, he can be one the best writers out there in sporadic, incredible fashion.

[Ivon]

I just finished reading "Fear & Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72" for the third time. When that man gets going, he can be one the best writers out there in sporadic, incredible fashion.

Interesting. I was going to reference that book. Only Thompson could make reading about the '72 presidential campaigns a joy. It's not so much the information of the campaign itself that was interesting - it's the way Thompson described it from his perspective. Great book!

[kcrusher]

Oooh! good idea!

Hunter T. is the man - he has a way of telling it like it is....

[ottokbre]

"This may be the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves; finally just lay back and say it -- that we are really just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at all about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable."

Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
November 1972

[mjau]

Awesome...I didn't know there were other people out there who are really into this book - most of the time, you mention HST and people automatically think Johnny Depp and the Las Vegas movie. I've read a lot of books about campaigns and such, and none come close to his from '72 in actually being interesting, revealing, and...god forbid...provoking.

[andrew embassy]

THompson is one of my favorite writers. I love that guy. Have any of you read The Great Shark Hunt? So many of those stories are just incredibly hilarious. Hah!

[JASIII]

I think I saw that quote as someone's signature here recently

[djimbe]

There's also "Boys On The Bus" by Tim Crouse that's another really good book about the '72 campaign. Not as good as "...Campaign Trail", but they are very similar in tone, and have many common stories. Crouse even talks a little about Thompson. I was assigned to read this book in a college Poly-Sci class.

I own an autographed "...Campaign Trail" that I found at some antique shop for 50 cents. Those folks sure didn't know what it was...

[kcrusher]

THompson is one of my favorite writers. I love that guy. Have any of you read The Great Shark Hunt? So many of those stories are just incredibly hilarious. Hah!

The Great Shark Hunt is one of my favorites, definitely.

I really like Generation of Swine, too. Hell, ALL his stuff is good!

[Zoltar]

you rat bastard.

for some reason I have been calling people rat bastards today. BTW I like the Johnny Depp movie, I think he's one of the few actors who could pull it off.

[mjau]

There's also "Boys On The Bus" by Tim Crouse that's another really good book about the '72 campaign. Not as good as "...Campaign Trail", but they are very similar in tone, and have many common stories. Crouse even talks a little about Thompson. I was assigned to read this book in a college Poly-Sci class.

I own an autographed "...Campaign Trail" that I found at some antique shop for 50 cents. Those folks sure didn't know what it was...

Nice...I didn't know the Crouse stuff was turned into a book (I think it was a seriel of articles first, right?). I'll have to find that.
When I taught 8th grade history for a year, I told my students that someday they all should read HST's book on '72. I'm not sure if they did, but I do know that on a Friday I said "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a great movie", and by Monday half of them had watched it. That's power.

[wing]

you rat bastard.

for some reason I have been calling people rat bastards today. BTW I like the Johnny Depp movie, I think he's one of the few actors who could pull it off.

There used to be a local college radio show guy that went by the moniker "Rat Bastard" about 10-15 years ago. He'd ask people to call up for requests, put them on air, and then insult their tastes and their moms and laugh and yell at them, saying things like "SHUTUP ASSHOLE!!! I'M RAT BASTARRRRD!" he was soon fired after the station received so many complaints.

but i miss him-- he was so hardcore. radio needs more spice like him.

[puls]

"my condolences to the next generation that has to spend its entire life with the thought that the sun can give you cancer, the rain is poison, & sex can kill you."

from a compilation tape of speakers put out in the late 80's - can't remember the title.

JWP