The Great Thomspon Hunt

Hi peeps,

It has been forever since I updated, I know. Taking two classes on top of work was a lot more than I anticipated. I really enjoyed exploring textiles and writing essays this semester. Next semester I have a figure drawing class and more essay writing! It's nice to have a Christmas break coming up.

I will be moving the site to a new host in the new year, so there will be some service disruption. I really was overpaying by hosting with Telus, but it was so much easier to not have to move a 6GB site and just pay the piper :-)

There is a new graphic novel out about Hunter S. Thompson called Gonzo. The novel is biographical and I can't wait to pick up a copy, although I'm not too keen on the art style from the previews I have seen. HST has had the comic book treatment a few times over the years, but rarely has it been biographical.

If you have an Android phone (like moi! Go open source!) you can set up a news widget to get news about HST right on your phone along with the weather and local news. Just open the widget, choose Settings > News Settings and add Hunter S. Thompson as a topic.

Whew! Lots of linkage today. I can't believe I sat on posting these for so long...well, actually I can!

Here's a Canadian Broadcasting Company clip of HST defending Hells Angels with a...Hells Angel. I had no idea the CBC had this goodie in its archive.

Breakfast With Hunter Volume 2 is also coming out on July 13 from Wayne Ewing.

I liked this article, "Mild Dread and Some Aversion in Aspen". I'd still like to visit Colorado some day and see the other side of the Rockies...but I think Aspen would be way out of my league. The ritziest thing I have is a Coach purse and that probably wouldn't even do :-D

An enterprising blogger decided to make use of FOIA and found out that the CIA does not have a file on HST. He's still awaiting a reply from the FBI. I'm intrigued!

This seems pretty morbid, but Amazon lists a DVD available for pre-order for Thompson, Hunter S. - Final 24: His Final Hours. The thought is so unnappealing that I don't even want to entertain more research into it.

Gregory Ego posts some pictures of HST at a booksigning in Denver from a few years ago in his blog. It's hard to believe that all those booksignings were ten years ago now.

And lastly, you're nobody if you're not immmortalized in Lego:

I made a fascinating discovery tonight (via MetaFilter) that you can find old magazines as well as books on Google Books. I haven't really checked the magazine part, but here are some gonzo books that have previews that can be read online. As a bonus, the books are also searchable! Whew, I could have used that 14 years ago.

Hell's Angels (this looks like full-view).

SPIN magazine article

Hunter S. Thompson by Jay Cowan

Part 2 of FLLV

Happy Googling!

This is a great article on HST became imprisoned in his own persona over the years.

Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson is a new collection of interviews edited by Beef Torrey and Kevin P. Simonson, who interviewed HST on several occasions for SPIN, Hustler and the Village Voice.

Don't forget about William McKeen's new book, Outlaw Journalist as well. If you're on Facebook, you can keep abreast of updates.

Josh tracked down a spiffy link that shows where Alex Gibney's Gonzo movie will be showing.

And what the heck, here's a link to Reason's review of Gonzo.

"Hi there,

I thought you'd appreciate this interview with Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney about his new documentary, "Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson."

http://telluride.plumtv.com/stories/alex_gibney_and_story_hunter_s_thompson

Enjoy!
Plum TV Telluride"

A piece of literary history can be yours for $435K US (thanks Dinz!).

I haven't found the visuals yet, but Converse plans to use HST, among celebrities, in their spring 2008 campaign. Full press release here here.

The Aspen Times has a preview of The Kitchen Readings, Untold Stories of Hunter S. Thompson written by HST's friends Michael Cleverly and Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis.

This wasn't quite on my radar, but writer and director Blue Kraning's film Blasted!!! is now available on DVD from his website. It's a look at some of the cannon owners who submitted essays as to why their cannon would be most suitable for launching HST's ashes. The YouTube links don't work on the site, but here's the link for them.

And more Gonzo film reviews:

Cinematical

The Hatchet

Variety

NY Sun

I guess it's coming out sooner than I thought...or at least it's been screened sooner than I thought. Check out the film's page on The Sundance Festival's website for more info.