Comments on: Though You Are Dead, Happy Birthday, HST!

By: People Over Process » Blog Archive » Outsourcing my Feed Reading: Info Consumption with the del.icio.us network

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:13:06 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: Cory

Cory — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:48:59 +0000

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

By: Mike Otten

Mike Otten — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:08:15 +0000

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.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:47:58 +0000

So Sad.

By: Cote'

Cote' — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:18:14 +0000

That’s a good idea. I’ll have to plan one for next year ;)

By: Cory

Cory — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:12:56 +0000

Too bad we all live so far apart, we should throw him a birthday party…..maybe with some fireworks as a celebration

By: Cote'

Cote' — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:19:55 +0000

No cake was baked. So sad!

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:14:34 +0000

Did you bake him a cake? Mmmm, cake.

By: Cory

Cory — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:01:50 +0000

Well, there is only one thing to say…happy Birthday Mr Thompson