Hunter Thompson
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MortSahlFan — 6 years ago(July 21, 2019 01:21 AM)
A few days after 9/11, he said we would also use this as an excuse to go to Iraq. Its too bad he's not around anymore, but its not like he got cancer. He killed himself, so he wanted to die.
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agreed — 6 years ago(July 22, 2019 06:25 AM)
Johnny Depp gave him the send off he desired!
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Lilith — 6 years ago(September 22, 2019 07:16 PM)
YES, yes he absolutely did. I found the friendship they developed prior to filming was incredible. How casual Depp was with regards to how they just "blew **** up" for the fun of it.
I can only imagine the tales, but to be a fly on the wall.
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MortSahlFan — 6 years ago(July 22, 2019 03:27 PM)
"Let's learn about traveling… Now watch me eat these goat testicles!"
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SoFarDown — 6 years ago(July 22, 2019 08:47 AM)
I love Fear and Loathing, and I've been meaning to read more of his stuff for a long time. Unfortunately, a good deal of his topics are before my time so I don't understand a lot of the less direct political and social references, but it's just his style. It flows in a very cynical, conversational fashion that I really got into in F&L. I'm not acquainted with his other work, however, so I can't really speak much beyond my own impressions.
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MortSahlFan — 6 years ago(July 22, 2019 03:28 PM)
Do you remember any references you didn't quite understand? I'm curious, and I could probably help you out. In order for me to appreciate Mort Sahl, I had to learn about all the powerful people, the language, what was happening with the rest of the world, but I took that as another gift of learning.
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SoFarDown — 6 years ago(July 23, 2019 09:37 AM)
Well, just as a for instance, take this memorable passage;
“We are all wired into a survival trip now. No more of the speed that fueled that 60's. That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed around America selling "consciousness expansion" without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait for all the people who took him seriously… All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding for three bucks a hit. But their loss and failure is ours too. What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole life-style that he helped create…"
In this case, I had to look up who Tim Leary was and how he was connected to the 60s counter-culture that was mentioned here and there throughout the novel. Things like that; Thompson's own musings on a time and place of which I have no knowledge. I do still read up on Thompson from time to time, when I remember the old nights watching the movie, reading F&L for the first time, feeling so taken in by the writing. I found him so inspiring at the time, which is why I would say I'm a fan despite not being terribly well-read of him.
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MortSahlFan — 6 years ago(July 23, 2019 09:47 AM)
and I thought EVERYONE knew Tim Leary
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