I'm a drug addict and I love bush.
I hate how famous drug addicts are adored and looked up to..
And when their lives finally crash down due in part to their addictions, everyone makes excuses for them.
Fuck that.
He was an alcoholic, drug addict and I feel no pity for him.
Ummm didn't shannon hoon do tons of drugs?
he was a genius. a creator of a new journalistic genre.
The Sleeper Wrote:Ummm didn't shannon hoon do tons of drugs?
Yes and that's what killed him, 3 months after his child was born.
He was also a douchebag I have zero respect for as a person.
But I dig the songs, brother!
Hoon Wrote:The Sleeper Wrote:Ummm didn't shannon hoon do tons of drugs?
Yes and that's what killed him, 3 months after his child was born.
He was also a douchebag I have zero respect for as a person.
But I dig the songs, brother!
Well then, maybe you should understand that people are respected for their body of work rather than for the lifestyle they lead.
In an interview Dr. Thompson is asked how he'd like to be remembered:
With no time to think, I blurt out my last question. How do you want to be remembered?
Remembered?
Yeah, Leary shot his ashes in to space, what are you going to do? Maybe sprinkle them on Nixon's grave?
Every once in awhile I come across a pretty good line. Let me read you the thing. Voice of my generation, a roadman for the lords of Karma, that’s my real job. Yeah. I’m a writer, and that’s what I want to be remembered as. I heard the music, and I wrote to it. Some people beat drums. Some people strum guitars. It’s all in the music you hear.
That's not a legit Calvin and Hobbes is it?
why would you ask that? its right out of "homicidal psycho jungle cat"
As liberal as I am, I felt he went off the deep end a long time ago. This article sums it up well.
SF Chronicle
that is a contrarian piece, and pure bluster. I have read his later work, and though it isn't as tremendous as his earlier pieces, it is still quite good. this article suffers from lack of clear info, situations and examples...it's a clear hatchet job. thompson may not be everyone's cup of tea, but at least do a good job taking him down. Poor.
hey..i hear Babe Ruth sucked at hitting homeruns later in life. he must have sucked.
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