“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.” – Hunter S. Thompson in 1967. This is from PBS's excellent "Blank on Blank" series of animated interviews. It is nice to hear Thompson annunciate his words so clearly and crisply. The times I attended his speaking events in the 1980s, he sounded like his mouth was full of pebbles.
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A holiday letter to John Wilcock from Hunter S. Thompson (written exactly fifty years ago this week!) – Describing Thompson's intentions to run for sheriff of Aspen and Joe Edwards'… READ THE REST
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