Fucking A. Doing my part as best I can with the sphere I have. Especially trying to force just one admission from them about just one thing: NIH/Cancer research. My son lives leukemia free in part because of previous funding for research around our country that wasn’t brutally castrated by Asshole Musk or his investment in the White House.
Couldn’t agree more re: HST’s role in the riling & roiling of better times. But I guess I don’t think of him as a journalist. Whereas he did contribute to periodicals and was always keen on current events commonly associated with straight journalism (like politics and sports) he was far too fierce and opinionated to be considered a ‘journalist’ in any sense other than the Gonzo sense which isn’t really journalism at all.
It is the loss of objectivity in our straight news, in fact, that is the ugliest culprit in the forced retirement of Truth. In the good old days, ‘journalists’ were bound to a strict code of objectivity— and though it’s nearly impossible to report without some slant or bias, most of what you read in newspapers was a least factual. In the fucked-up current days, there are no such guidelines at play, and the consumer media— whether it’s Fox or NPR or certainly some dormroom bongout blog— has pretty much quit even pretending to report news objectively. While some readers have grown up not knowing anything different and believe anything, OTHERS OF US remember the lost days and believe nothing. Neither option is very conducive to going anywhere. We are quite doomed…
I’ve often said I’m so glad Thompson is not around to see how far we have fallen so fast. He’d be horrified and would surely only regret he had but one life to take.
I’m not as good as HST at writing like a herpes eruption, or like a pundit suddenly finding himself on live podcast while committing a meatbeating. But I do write a substack in which I try to explain reality to anyone who wants to know some. Also I write while listening to Jimi Hendrix bootleg practice tapes.
We need us some Gonzo more than ever. You good people seem to be lighting the fuse for us. Keep it up! I, for one, am grateful.
By the by:
Uncovering the Origins of “Gonzo” on the 20th Anniversary of Hunter S. Thompson’s Death
A detailed investigation turns up new evidence in a 55-year-old literary mystery.
David S. Wills
Feb 20, 2025
https://beatdom.substack.com/p/uncovering-the-origins-of-gonzo-on
Another interesting article:
Joe Rogan Is Obsessed with Hunter S. Thompson. Hunter S. Thompson Would Despise Joe Rogan
https://pajiba.substack.com/p/joe-rogan-is-obsessed-with-hunter
Fucking A. Doing my part as best I can with the sphere I have. Especially trying to force just one admission from them about just one thing: NIH/Cancer research. My son lives leukemia free in part because of previous funding for research around our country that wasn’t brutally castrated by Asshole Musk or his investment in the White House.
In addition to HST, to a list of the missed we badly need now, I would add: George Carlin, Gore Vidal, Frank Zappa and Kurt Vonnegut. Any others?
LFG!
I LOVE THIS!! "His words still crackle with that wild energy, that sense that writing should be felt, not just read."
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnogowski/p/high-white-notes-hits-plenty-of-em?r=7pf7u&utm_medium=ios
Gorgeous. Well done. Thank you. I'm in awe. And inspired AF. Selah!
Couldn’t agree more re: HST’s role in the riling & roiling of better times. But I guess I don’t think of him as a journalist. Whereas he did contribute to periodicals and was always keen on current events commonly associated with straight journalism (like politics and sports) he was far too fierce and opinionated to be considered a ‘journalist’ in any sense other than the Gonzo sense which isn’t really journalism at all.
It is the loss of objectivity in our straight news, in fact, that is the ugliest culprit in the forced retirement of Truth. In the good old days, ‘journalists’ were bound to a strict code of objectivity— and though it’s nearly impossible to report without some slant or bias, most of what you read in newspapers was a least factual. In the fucked-up current days, there are no such guidelines at play, and the consumer media— whether it’s Fox or NPR or certainly some dormroom bongout blog— has pretty much quit even pretending to report news objectively. While some readers have grown up not knowing anything different and believe anything, OTHERS OF US remember the lost days and believe nothing. Neither option is very conducive to going anywhere. We are quite doomed…
I’ve often said I’m so glad Thompson is not around to see how far we have fallen so fast. He’d be horrified and would surely only regret he had but one life to take.
I sure am liking reading your posts!
I’m not as good as HST at writing like a herpes eruption, or like a pundit suddenly finding himself on live podcast while committing a meatbeating. But I do write a substack in which I try to explain reality to anyone who wants to know some. Also I write while listening to Jimi Hendrix bootleg practice tapes.
Absolutely! Also it kinda seemed like losing Prince and Bowie made us lose our 💩 after we’d already mostly lost reason
Yes!
Thank you for picking up Hunter's torch and keeping us reminded of how well he scorched the backsides of the ruling class.