6 days ago by Droll Stroll

Having Orson Welles in mind today, I finished The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington and moved hastily to the 1938 Mercury Theatre radio production of "War of The Worlds." It apparently caused intermittent scenes of hysteria on urban roadways, in churches, at police stations. All of this, ama ...

11 days ago by Enola-Autumn

13 days ago

abnormal as it may seem recently it’s been the journey home following a night out that rates as one of its high points. it’s nothing to do with an antisocial personality or a desperation to return to an empty bed and my dog’s apathy; it’s that i now return home filled with emotions other than numb i ...

14 days ago by thejohnfleming

Yesterday and today have been days of me hearing about travel but not actually going anywhere myself except travelling for tea in Soho via a train in which the stranger opposite me kept farting… and driving from Greenwich to Borehamwood and finding the M25 turn-off I needed was closed. This is neith ...

19 days ago by stephensidlo

“Hunter S. Thompson didn’t just create a new form of journalism. He created a new way of thinking that is still important in today’s society. A style that is so influential that it has seeped through to the hearts and minds of the succeeding generations. Within the last two decades there have been a ...

23 days ago by vogue

pic: Clemence Poesy Glamour Mag UK Feb 2012 “Like most others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser . I would never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the b ...

29 days ago by Tommy Lindholm

Johnny Depp gjorde i Terry Gilliams Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) ett minnesvärt porträtt på den legendariske Gonzo-journalisten Hunter S Thompson, på vars bok filmen baserade sig. Depp, som var nära bekant till Thompson (som begick självmord genom att skjuta sig 2005) återkommer nu med ännu ...

29 days ago by thejohnfleming

Yesterday, I took a trip to Lake Como in Italy or, rather, to the town of Como, which has easy access to Switzerland across the lake and seems to have a suspiciously high number of “studio legale” – solicitors’ offices. Apart from that, my day seemed to be mostly taken up with traffic jams. I did, t ...

31 days ago by Cameron Hatheway

In this episode I’m joined by Haley Manbat as we discuss Hunter S. Thompson in cinema. We cover Where The Buffalo Roam, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, and The Rum Diary. Spoilers!

31 days ago by Cammy

In this episode I’m joined by Haley Manbat as we discuss Hunter S. Thompson in cinema. We cover Where The Buffalo Roam, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, and The Rum Diary. Spoilers!