{"id":4962,"date":"2020-02-20T05:38:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T13:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2020-02-20T05:38:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T13:38:03","slug":"open-culture-posts-on-hunter-s-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4962","title":{"rendered":"Open Culture posts on Hunter S. Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hunter-Thompson-typewriter-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4963\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hunter-Thompson-typewriter-1024x661.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hunter-Thompson-typewriter-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hunter-Thompson-typewriter-768x496.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hunter-Thompson-typewriter.jpg 1548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today marks the 15th anniversary of the death of Hunter S. Thompson, author of <em>Hell&#8217;s\u00a0Angels<\/em>, &#8220;The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,&#8221; <em>Fear\u00a0and\u00a0Loathing\u00a0in\u00a0Las\u00a0Vegas<\/em>, <em>The\u00a0Curse\u00a0of\u00a0Lono<\/em>, and other equally harrowing and inimitable gonzo-journalistic views of the American scene. Here follow the posts I&#8217;ve written about Thompson and his work for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/\">Open Culture<\/a> over the past eight years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/02\/the_crazy_never_die_hunter_s_thompson_in_rare_1988_documentary.html\">The Crazy Never Die<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/02\/the_crazy_never_die_hunter_s_thompson_in_rare_1988_documentary.html\">: Hunter S. Thompson in Rare 1988 Documentary (NSFW)<\/a><\/li><li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/08\/ifear_and_loathing_on_the_road_to_hollywoodi_the_bbcs_1978_portrait_of_hunter_s_thompson.html\">Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/08\/ifear_and_loathing_on_the_road_to_hollywoodi_the_bbcs_1978_portrait_of_hunter_s_thompson.html\">: The BBC\u2019s 1978 Portrait of Hunter S. Thompson<\/a> (full video <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/laamYjSwcHI\">here<\/a>)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2019\/02\/hear-a-six-hour-mix-of-hunter-s-thompsons-favorite-music.html\">Hear a Six-Hour Mix Tape of Hunter S. Thompson\u2019s Favorite Music &amp; the Songs Name-Checked in His Gonzo Journalism<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2017\/05\/hear-the-10-best-albums-of-the-1960s-as-selected-by-hunter-s-thompson.html\">Hear the 10 Best Albums of the 1960s as Selected by Hunter S. Thompson<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2017\/05\/how-hunter-s-thompson-gave-birth-to-gonzo-journalism.html\">How Hunter S. Thompson Gave Birth to Gonzo Journalism: Short Film Revisits Thompson\u2019s Seminal 1970 Piece on the Kentucky Derby<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2014\/01\/how-hunter-s-thompson-and-psilocybin-influenced-the-art-of-ralph-steadman.html\">How Hunter S. Thompson \u2014 and Psilocybin \u2014 Influenced the Art of Ralph Steadman, Creating the \u201cGonzo\u201d Style<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2017\/07\/hunter-thompson-predicts-the-future-telling-studs-terkel-about-the-coming-revenge-of-the-economically-technologically-obsolete-1967.html\">Hunter S. Thompson Chillingly Predicts the Future, Telling Studs Terkel About the Coming Revenge of the Economically &amp; Technologically \u201cObsolete\u201d (1967)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2017\/02\/hunter-s-thompson-gets-in-a-gunfight-with-his-neighbor-dispenses-political-wisdom.html\">Hunter S. Thompson Gets in a Gunfight with His Neighbor &amp; Dispenses Political Wisdom: \u201cIn a Democracy, You Have to Be a Player\u201d<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/03\/hunter_s_thompson_and_franz_kafka_inspire_animation_for_a_bookstore_benefiting_oxfam.html\">Hunter S. Thompson and Franz Kafka Inspire Animation for a Bookstore Benefiting Oxfam<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2014\/07\/hunter-s-thompsons-conspiratorial-911-interview.html\">Hunter S. Thompson\u2019s Conspiratorial 9\/11 Interview: \u201cThe Public Version of the News is Never Really What Happened\u201d<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/05\/hunter-s-thompson-writes-a-blistering-over-the-top-letter-to-anthony-burgess-1973.html\">Hunter S. Thompson Writes a Blistering, Over-the-Top Letter to Anthony Burgess (1973<\/a>)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2015\/09\/jack-kerouac-poetry-prose-readperformed-by-20-icons.html\">Jack Kerouac\u2019s Poetry &amp; Prose Read\/Performed by 20 Icons: Hunter S. Thompson, Patti Smith, William S. Burroughs, Johnny Depp &amp; More<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2018\/10\/outsiders-lou-reed-hunter-s-thompson-frank-zappa-reveal-captivatingly-animated-interviews.html\">The Outsiders: Lou Reed, Hunter S. Thompson, and Frank Zappa Reveal Themselves in Captivatingly Animated Interviews<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/08\/playing-golf-on-lsd-with-hunter-s-thompson.html\">Playing Golf on LSD With Hunter S. Thompson: Esquire Editor Remembers the Oddest Game of Golf<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/12\/read-10-free-articles-by-hunter-s-thompson.html\">Read 11 Free Articles by Hunter S. Thompson That Span His Gonzo Journalist Career (1965-2005)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll find much more about Thompson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/gcsearch?q=hunter+thompson#gsc.tab=0&amp;gsc.q=hunter%20thompson&amp;gsc.page=1\">in the site&#8217;s archives<\/a>. You can also find a selection of some of my other favorite posts in the Open Culture section of my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?page_id=4238\">essays page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the 15th anniversary of the death of Hunter S. Thompson, author of Hell&#8217;s\u00a0Angels, &#8220;The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,&#8221; Fear\u00a0and\u00a0Loathing\u00a0in\u00a0Las\u00a0Vegas, The\u00a0Curse\u00a0of\u00a0Lono, and other equally harrowing and inimitable gonzo-journalistic views of the American scene. Here follow the posts I&#8217;ve written about Thompson and his work for Open Culture over the past eight years: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4964,"href":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions\/4964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}