National Gonzo Press Club Vows To Carry On Hunter S. Thompson’s Work
Even gonzo journalists who have disagreed with Thompson in the past, such as award-winning New York Times columnist Heck Murdo, count him as a freak comrade. “We did have sharp differences in opinion,” Murdo said. “He thought Richard Nixon should have had his intestines slowly unwound onto a giant cable spool. I thought he should have been lashed to an oceanside cliff near San Clemente, so that ospreys could feast on his eyes. We feuded for years, at one point conducting a bourbon- and mescaline-fueled motorized-cart demolition derby on a Lake Tahoe golf course. But we patched things up when Dubya was elected, agreeing?to our mutual horror?that Nixon far outclassed that Jesus-loving pinheaded man-child.”
From the Onion, of course.
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March 24th, 2005 at 3:26 am
New New Journalism
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/books/review/020SHAFER.html?ex=1112245200&en=427fd5d3f2438651&ei=5070
March 24th, 2005 at 6:48 pm
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