tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post8045415131836861604..comments2024-03-28T00:47:48.409-07:00Comments on Lone Star Parson: Hunter Thompson What A ManLSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-50671924250116395602019-12-04T20:01:59.791-08:002019-12-04T20:01:59.791-08:00I know, WSF, The Kentucky Derby story left me pret...I know, WSF, The Kentucky Derby story left me pretty cold. Part of the problem, I think, was that he felt he had to live into his fictional character. Hey, I can get that, but hardly a recipe for good living and his end belied it. Of course he'd prob violently disagree over drinks at the compound, but still.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-54225842626659237552019-12-04T18:39:01.900-08:002019-12-04T18:39:01.900-08:00Read a story about him attending the Kentucky Derb...Read a story about him attending the Kentucky Derby with the intent of macing the governor. He couldn't get close enough. Afterwards, riding away in a car, he maced the driver.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-7046504000411248772019-12-04T18:01:41.643-08:002019-12-04T18:01:41.643-08:00But Fredd, he also wrote better than Manson, to be...But Fredd, he also wrote better than Manson, to be fair. Mostly.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-27861479694712322212019-12-04T18:00:19.475-08:002019-12-04T18:00:19.475-08:00Kid, I remember practicing skeet, well logs thrown...Kid, I remember practicing skeet, well logs thrown the air..., with my uncle in Denton TX in the early '70s. Right up by the university to boot. Couldn't do that now. LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-52642937780004213292019-12-04T08:43:42.696-08:002019-12-04T08:43:42.696-08:00Hunter Thompson was a classic sociopath, no more o...Hunter Thompson was a classic sociopath, no more or less so than Charlie Manson. He just had a better public relations firm.<br /><br />Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-88733626451489668062019-12-04T08:08:30.585-08:002019-12-04T08:08:30.585-08:00Yea, an interesting character and we did stuff in ...Yea, an interesting character and we did stuff in the 70's that I'd never think of doing today.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-44749505789785602632019-12-04T05:51:12.022-08:002019-12-04T05:51:12.022-08:00Same here, Infidel, and his writing seemed to get ...Same here, Infidel, and his writing seemed to get increasingly incoherent as he tried to live up to his Vegas image...<br /><br />That said, I read Hells Angels again a few years back and perhaps that still stands up. Of course he was pretty fresh at that point.<br /><br />Vanderleun's damning!LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-40768699644184493262019-12-04T02:21:44.521-08:002019-12-04T02:21:44.521-08:00It's been decades since I read Fear and Loathi...It's been decades since I read Fear and Loathing. At the time I remember finding it very funny. I wonder if I reread it would I still think it's funny or would I find myself sympathizing with Hunter's targets?Infidel de Manahattahttp://www.manhattaninfidel.orgnoreply@blogger.com