The Great Thomspon Hunt

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:

From Rolling Stone's website: (props to Mr. B!)

The Gonzo Tapes, a five-disc set of unreleased recordings by Rolling Stone’s own Hunter S. Thompson, will be released on October 28th. Compiled while filmmakers were producing Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, the audio on The Gonzo Tapes was recorded between 1965 and 1975, with Thompson using the tapes to capture his thoughts and descriptions of what was happening around him or to look back at what he experienced. Thompson’s widow granted permission to director Alex Gibney, producer Eva Orner and archivist Don Fleming to go through the tapes that were stored in boxes in the basement of Thompson’s Woody Creek, Colorado home. Disc 1 on the collection will feature Thompson’s year riding with the Hell’s Angels, Discs 2 and 3 both draw from his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Disc 4 covers Thompson’s exploits between 1973 and 1974 and the fifth disc features his 1975 trip to Saigon. The cover features original artwork by Ralph Steadman and the package will contain essays by Gibney and Thompson’s fellow foreign correspondent Loren Jenkins.

Sometimes the universe drops us messages. Sometimes the meaning might be a little fuzzy at the time, but eventually all is revealed. I had the strangest dream this morning, that I was reading thick, musty, yellowed HST paperback and in the foreground, what I was reading was being narrated as a documentary about HST's life. Some of the things were pretty weird, and I'm pretty sure they didn't happen :-D Especially the scene of Canadian mounties at a funeral, saluting a flag draped coffin, which is where I woke up.

Then on my way to work I passed a local independent cinema and what do I see? A poster for Gonzo under Coming Soon. Cool! Keep your eyes peeled here Cowtown fans!

I have emailed Magnolia Pictures, hopefully they can tell me if there are more Canadian playdates.

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"

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.

My friend Mr. B sent me a bunch of links for postification -

Ain't It Cool News - the Roman Polanski documentary sounds good too.

Hollywood Reporter

Studio Monthly

Then of course there's always the IMDb page.

I spent a few hours in the studio again this weekend and I'll probably be there again this upcoming one. April can't come fast enough :-)

If so, you may want to check out two upcoming photo exhibits in October; one featuring Bob Dylan, the other featuring photos of HST by Al Satterwhite.