I was sad to learn last night of the death of Hunter S. Thompson, icon of 1960s “New Journalism,” who committed suicide at his Colorado estate. Not only was I a big fan of Thompson’s, but I once attended a Halloween party costumed as him, only to find another guy at the party was dressed as Hunter as well.
In honor of HST’s passing, I’m petitioning my bosses to proclaim Tuesday as “Gonzo Day,” in which we all show up, drug-addled and with cigarette holders hanging out of our mouths, and insert psychedelic, fictionalized versions of ourselves into all the stories. Think they’ll go for it?
We were somewhere around 33rd St., on the edge of Midtown, when the drugs began to take hold…
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 21, 2005 07:43 AMIf you had a "Gonzo Day," would anyone notice the difference.
Posted by: DBrooks at February 21, 2005 10:33 AMHis last column on ESPN is kind of prescient.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=thompson/050216
I love his obit of Nixon. Great stuff.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/graffiti/crook.htm
Blogging is, in a distant way, kind of a remnant of sorts of Thompson's writings...a first person account of life.
Posted by: John B. at February 21, 2005 11:46 AMYou could blog for one week in the "gonzo" style...
... be sure to include many self-portrait images of you as you're bloggin a la Dave Attell
Posted by: Jeff S at February 21, 2005 03:47 PM