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re: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Posted on 8/27/23 at 12:52 pm to rintintin
Posted on 8/27/23 at 12:52 pm to rintintin
Yeah I guess hipster isn’t the right word for back then. Maybe what the Beats called a hepcat borrowed from jazz musicians. I put guys like Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Alan Ginsburg into that generation of pre-hippies. Beatniks. With Thompson and Kesey being the wildest of the group.
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Posted on 8/27/23 at 1:07 pm to genuineLSUtiger
I saw a 30 minute interview Thompson. He was extremely intellectual. And he described himself as a violent man who didn’t like to hurt people but if he had to, he’d try and hurt the right people.
Also, interestingly enough, he hated the actual writing process
Also, interestingly enough, he hated the actual writing process
Posted on 8/27/23 at 1:22 pm to athenslife101
The man could be an absolute a-hole, but he could write
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