Hunter S Thompson kills himself.

[ppcock]

Just found this out 10 minutes ago

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=518062

:(

[wishbone]

what's weird is i was watching fear and loathing in las vegas with my girl tonight. It was her first time seeing it, so i pointed out thompson where he cameos in it briefly (in the LSD scene where johnny depp says "that's me!" and looks at a guy sitting at a table, that's thompson).

I drive her home, come surf the internet, and find this out. Fucking weird!!!!!!

<3 for the guy for giving us some interesting literature.

[ppcock]

we just finished watching fear and loathing at work today.

[TrixX]

interesting literature indeed!

that's too bad he felt the need to end it like that.

[wum]

who dat

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by TrixX

that's too bad he felt the need to end it like that.

I don't really find it suprizing.


But yeah, it is really too bad.

[Charlie Brown]

to bad, a fine writer if u can call it that but at what he did he was one of a kind.

[ppcock]

Originally Posted by wum

who dat

ever see that movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?

Johnny Depp played him..

I've read a lot of his work and fear and loathing is (imo) his best work. Perfect descriptions of what's going on inside his head and what's around him at all times.

[thebobman]

dammit... guess he spent just a little too long in bat country...
*pours one out for hunter*

[wum]

Originally Posted by ppcock

ever see that movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?

Johnny Depp played him..

I've read a lot of his work and fear and loathing is (imo) his best work. Perfect descriptions of what's going on inside his head and what's around him at all times.

i didn't get that movie at all. poor schmo

[ppcock]

they were high from beginning to end in that movie.

[decypher]

I find it rather weird that there isn't very much information about his death.

[mugsy]

^ not weird at all. his family wants some privacy on the matter.

my jaw just dropped when i read this. but like myra says, isnt surprising. the man had a lot of history with drugs, and probably alot of permenant damage physically and mentally.

when i read fear and loathing in las vegas, i seriously considered spending my savings on drugs and spending a week high.

[Bobby_T]

Mike is gonna be sad. I am too for that matter. The world has lost someone great. Condolences (sp?) go out to his family.

[impure]

Originally Posted by BoBBy_T

Mike is gonna be sad. I am too for that matter. The world has lost someone great. Condolences (sp?) go out to his family.

my friend mike balch just msgd me about how very upset he was about this very event.
in his words in the msn conversation
"oh fer fucks sake gonzo what were you thinking you asshole? says: just learned that an idol and one time acquaintance killed himself today"

[decypher]

Originally Posted by mugsy

^ not weird at all. his family wants some privacy on the matter.

my jaw just dropped when i read this. but like myra says, isnt surprising. the man had a lot of history with drugs, and probably alot of permenant damage physically and mentally.

when i read fear and loathing in las vegas, i seriously considered spending my savings on drugs and spending a week high.

maybe its the nerdy conspiricist inside me, but its weird that he just killed himself, such an eccentric man. Seems like his death should have more meaning then just him ending it himself. Especially with all his political ties.

[Bobby_T]

Originally Posted by impure

my friend mike balch just msgd me about how very upset he was about this very event.
in his words in the msn conversation
"oh fer fucks sake gonzo what were you thinking you asshole? says: just learned that an idol and one time acquaintance killed himself today"

your buddy met him???

[lithe]

in my mind, he was always a throwback. a modern-day version of the brilliant writers of the past, particularly the romantic period. a heightened, and even aestheticized view of the world, conceived in an altered state of a laudanum high, or a shit-mix-modern-drug high.

he was a great writer, with some fascinating stuff. RIP.

[sNyx]

how sad, I hope we can find out more. that artical leaves little to know and lots to ask.

[decypher]

I'm gonna crack open my copies of the Gonzo files again.

[Sue Bitch]

to many drugs

[TheCooker]

A great man, a true rolemodel...had a really bad lawyer though...RIP Hunter

[middle mike]

A sad sad day. I can't believe he offed himself. You knew the boy
wasn't going to live forever, but you would have figured he'd die of
booze or horse tranquilizers or something. Still, a fitting way to go, I
guess. I'm going to smoke some hashish and down a bottle of Havana Club
Especial out of respect tonight. I suggest you do the same.

"He [Hunter S. Thompson] represents that dark, venal and incurably
violent side of the american character" - Dick Nixon.

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only
people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone,
but they've always worked for me."

"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."

[clevich]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooo!!!

[Bitchin]

this is unfortunate. rip.