The Rum Diary and the Youth of Hunter S. Thompson
Update: There is a much more detailed exploration of The Rum Diary here. One mustn’t forget, in...
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HST & the Music of the Sixties
Illustration Isaac Bonan Words by David S. Wills From Beatdom #7. Music has always been a matter...
Read MoreHunter S. Thompson & the Beats
Note: This essay was hugely expanded in 2020. The new version is found here. Hunter S. Thompson was no Beatnik. For one thing, he was too late. By the time he was knocking out Gonzo journalism, Kerouac had died, the hippies had...
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