Trippy! Absolutely out of the blue I picked up some of his papers a few nights ago, long about Monday, and read “Saturday Night At The Riviera”. Man do I love that little 1-2 pager.
Did his wife ever blow his ashes out of a cannon? I read somewhere shortly after his death ther there was a tape of him and his lawyer discussing their funerals and she was quoted as saying those were his wishes. She was going to build the cannon on their property somewhere.
According to my source, (Wikipedia, which I find to be reliable), Yes Hunter Thompson was shot out of a cannon on August 20, 2005 which was on a 153 foot tower. Fireworks were also fired when the cannon was shot. Currently, the cannon is in storage until a permanent location can be found. People who wish to see Hunter Thompsons page can see it at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hunter_S._Thompson&oldid=64728373
[...] Outsourcing my Feed Reading: Info Consumption with the del.icio.us network Some years back, I wrote a “Page Two” observing that Hunter S. Thompson had been the major literary influence on many letter-writers and would-be [Austin] Chronicle contributors who submitted long, drug-fueled rants of run-on sentences stacked on each other as though that is the way Thompson wrote. Really, the only things most of these writers missed was his brilliant sense of style, writing skill, wit, intelligence, and inspiration. –Louis Black, see also Bruce Sterling’s SXSW 2007 keynote. [...]
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Well, there is only one thing to say…happy Birthday Mr Thompson
Posted 18 Jul 2006 at 12:01 AM ¶Did you bake him a cake? Mmmm, cake.
Posted 18 Jul 2006 at 9:14 PM ¶No cake was baked. So sad!
Posted 18 Jul 2006 at 9:19 PM ¶Too bad we all live so far apart, we should throw him a birthday party…..maybe with some fireworks as a celebration
Posted 18 Jul 2006 at 10:12 PM ¶That’s a good idea. I’ll have to plan one for next year ;)
Posted 18 Jul 2006 at 10:18 PM ¶So Sad.
Posted 19 Jul 2006 at 2:47 PM ¶Trippy! Absolutely out of the blue I picked up some of his papers a few nights ago, long about Monday, and read “Saturday Night At The Riviera”. Man do I love that little 1-2 pager.
Did his wife ever blow his ashes out of a cannon? I read somewhere shortly after his death ther there was a tape of him and his lawyer discussing their funerals and she was quoted as saying those were his wishes. She was going to build the cannon on their property somewhere.
Posted 19 Jul 2006 at 3:08 PM ¶According to my source, (Wikipedia, which I find to be reliable), Yes Hunter Thompson was shot out of a cannon on August 20, 2005 which was on a 153 foot tower. Fireworks were also fired when the cannon was shot. Currently, the cannon is in storage until a permanent location can be found. People who wish to see Hunter Thompsons page can see it at
Posted 19 Jul 2006 at 5:48 PM ¶http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hunter_S._Thompson&oldid=64728373
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[...] Outsourcing my Feed Reading: Info Consumption with the del.icio.us network Some years back, I wrote a “Page Two” observing that Hunter S. Thompson had been the major literary influence on many letter-writers and would-be [Austin] Chronicle contributors who submitted long, drug-fueled rants of run-on sentences stacked on each other as though that is the way Thompson wrote. Really, the only things most of these writers missed was his brilliant sense of style, writing skill, wit, intelligence, and inspiration. –Louis Black, see also Bruce Sterling’s SXSW 2007 keynote. [...]
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