A Sixty-Year History of The Rum Diary
Sixty years ago, on June 26th, 1960, an article with an odd title appeared in the Louisville...
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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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Review: The Rum Diary (2011)
Review by Jamie Pinnock Over a decade following his psychedelic explosion onto the silver-screen...
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Hunter S. Thompson & Ralph Steadman Movies
Folks, you’ve probably heard. We’ve pushed it on our Facebook page and our Twitter...
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Big Sur: The Movie
This past year has been kind to fans of the Beat Generation. First there was “Howl”,...
Read MoreThe Sea is my Brother
Since the fiftieth anniversary of On the Road, Kerouac has been somewhat revitalized. Despite being dead for forty years, Beat enthusiasts are still getting to read fresh material, as publishers trawl through his estate for...
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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