Archive for the 'Hunter S Thompson' Category

Obsessions: Tripping on Hunter S. Thompson

From that point on I became a touch obsessed with the works of Hunter S. Thompson. His writing was unlike anything I had ever seen before and I couldn't get. By Chad Berndtson The idea for “Mile Marker Zero,” William McKeen's fascinating new book on the far-flung, offbeat paradise that is Key West, Fla., came [...]

'Rum Diary' revels in Hunter S. Thompson

Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 | 5:49 p.m. – Depp does his utmost to sell us on the scuzzy romance of blackout alcoholism. I'm still not buying it. Johnny Depp vividly recalls the first time he met Hunter S. Thompson, sparks flying as the author parted a bar crowd with a cattle prod and a Taser. [...]