"The Mint Las Vegas The Mint Las Vegas was a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The Mint was the sponsor of the Mint 400, the largest off road race from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. The Mint was made famous (or infamous) as the first night's stay in Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Acosta's legendary 1971 weekend trip to Las Vegas, immortalized in Thompson's novel ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."" The Mint opened in 1957. Milton Prell, who also owned the Sahara Hotel and Casino and the Aladdin Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip,"
"use and its early retrospective on the culture of the 1960s. Its popularization of Thompson's highly subjective blend of fact and fiction has become known as gonzo journalism. The novel first appeared as a two-part series in ""Rolling Stone"" magazine in 1971, and was published as a book in 1972. It was later adapted into a film of the same title in 1998 by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro who portrayed Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo, respectively. The novel ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" is based on two trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, that Hunter"
"Hunter S. Thompson Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. He first rose to prominence with the publication of """" (1967), a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in order to write a first-hand account of the lives and experiences of its members. In 1970 he wrote an unconventional magazine feature entitled ""The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved"" for Scanlan's Monthly which both raised his profile and established him as a writer"
"crowning achievement in gonzo journalism. For example, journalist and author Mikal Gilmore said the novel ""feels free wheeling when you read it [but] it doesn't feel accidental. The writing is right there, on the page — startling, unprecedented and brilliantly crafted"". Critics believe that ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" should be considered a work of gonzo journalism because the characteristics of gonzo journalism are all characteristics seen in the novel. British cartoonist Ralph Steadman added his unique and grotesque illustrations to the ""Rolling Stone"" issues and to the novel. Steadman had first met Thompson when ""Scanlan's Monthly"" hired Steadman"
"Dream. Horatio Alger gone mad on drugs in Las Vegas. Do it ""now"": pure Gonzo journalism."" Thompson based his style on William Faulkner's notion that ""fiction is often the best fact"". While the things that Thompson wrote about are basically true, he used satirical devices to drive his points home. He often wrote about recreational drugs and alcohol use, which added subjective flair to his reporting. The term ""gonzo"" has also come into (sometimes pejorative) use to describe journalism in Thompson's style, characterized by a drug-fueled stream of consciousness writing technique. ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" followed the Mint"
"voice to the mind-set of a generation that had held high ideals and was now crashing hard against the walls of American reality"". Cormac McCarthy has called the book ""a classic of our time"" and one of the few, great modern novels. In the book ""The Great Shark Hunt"", Thompson refers to ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" as ""a failed experiment in the gonzo journalism"" he practiced, which was based on William Faulkner's idea that ""the best fiction is far more ""true"" than any kind of journalism — and the best journalists have always known this"". Thompson's style blended"
"James Cartee began playing the role soon after Addis's arrest in 2009, and again after Addis's death in 2012. Hunter S. Thompson Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. He first rose to prominence with the publication of """" (1967), a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in order to write a first-hand account of the lives and experiences of its members. In 1970 he wrote an unconventional magazine feature entitled ""The Kentucky"
"then the editor of ""The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine"") wrote to Thompson praising the ""Kentucky Derby"" piece as a breakthrough: ""This is it, this is pure Gonzo. If this is a start, keep rolling."" According to Steadman, Thompson took to the word right away and said, ""Okay, that's what I do. Gonzo."" Thompson's first published use of the word appears in ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"": ""Free Enterprise. The American Dream. Horatio Alger gone mad on drugs in Las Vegas. Do it ""now"": pure Gonzo journalism."" The book for which Thompson gained most of his fame had its genesis"
"wrote. The result of the trip to Las Vegas became the 1972 book ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"", which first appeared in the November 1971 issues of ""Rolling Stone"" as a two-part series. It is written as a first-person account by a journalist named Raoul Duke on a trip to Las Vegas with Dr. Gonzo, his ""300-pound Samoan attorney"", to cover a narcotics officers' convention and the ""fabulous Mint 400"". During the trip, Duke and his companion (always referred to as ""my attorney"") become sidetracked by a search for the American Dream, with ""two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets"
"with counterculture credibility. It also set him on a path to establishing his own sub-genre of New Journalism which he called ""Gonzo,"" which was essentially an ongoing experiment in which the writer becomes a central figure and even a participant in the events of the narrative. Thompson remains best known for ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" (1971), a book first serialized in ""Rolling Stone"" in which he grapples with the implications of what he considered the failure of the 1960s counterculture movement. It was adapted on film twice: loosely in ""Where the Buffalo Roam"" starring Bill Murray as Thompson"
"The Gonzo Papers The Gonzo Papers is a four volume series of books by American journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson published between 1979 and 1994. The word Gonzo is often used to describe the unique style of journalism that Thompson cultivated throughout his life. The books largely serve as a collection of hard-to-find newspaper and magazine articles written by Thompson throughout his career, although all volumes do contain some new material by the author. Articles from Thompson's early days as a newspaper free-lancer, correspondent for the ""National Observer"", and columnist for the ""San Francisco Examiner"" are included, as are"
"Sean Penn, and Josh Hartnett; musicians Lyle Lovett, John Oates and David Amram, and artist and long-time friend Ralph Steadman. Thompson is often credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of writing that blurs distinctions between fiction and nonfiction. His work and style are considered to be a major part of the New Journalism literary movement of the 1960s and 1970s, which attempted to break free from the purely objective style of mainstream reportage of the time. Thompson almost always wrote in the first person, while extensively using his own experiences and emotions to color ""the story"" he"
"cultural changes Aspen underwent in the latter half of the century. In 1961 Hunter S. Thompson, considered the founder of gonzo journalism but then unknown, came to Aspen with $2 and decided to stay, eventually settling in nearby Woody Creek. He later became famous writing articles such as ""The Battle of Aspen"" for ""Rolling Stone"" about the hippies and other countercultures of the era drawn to Aspen by its natural setting and their indulgence in sex and recreational drug use. In 1970 he ran unsuccessfully for county sheriff, catalyzing a growing conflict between the newer and older, more conservative residents."
"explained that the title of the magazine referred to the 1950 blues song ""Rollin' Stone"", recorded by Muddy Waters and Bob Dylan's hit single ""Like a Rolling Stone"": In the 1970s, ""Rolling Stone"" began to make a mark with its political coverage, with the likes of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson writing for the magazine's political section. Thompson first published his most famous work ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" within the pages of ""Rolling Stone"", where he remained a contributing editor until his death in 2005. In the 1970s, the magazine also helped launch the careers of many prominent"
"Raoul Duke Raoul Duke is the fictional character and antihero based on Hunter S. Thompson in his autobiographical novel ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"". The book was originally written under the name Raoul Duke. Duke is the main character and narrator of many of Thompson's stories, novels, and articles, often taking part in the events of Thompson's life in Thompson's place. He is portrayed as a cynical, mentally unbalanced, Gonzo journalist whose daily life is a near-perpetual state of intoxication on whatever drugs happen to be available, ranging from cannabis to amyl nitrite to adrenochrome in an attempt to"
"Warren Hinckle Warren James Hinckle III (October 12, 1938 – August 25, 2016) was an American political journalist based in San Francisco. Hinckle is remembered for his tenure as editor of ""Ramparts"" magazine, turning a sleepy publication aimed at a liberal Roman Catholic audience into a major galvanizing force of American radicalism during the Vietnam War era. He also helped create Gonzo journalism by first pairing Hunter S. Thompson with illustrator Ralph Steadman. As a student at the University of San Francisco, Warren Hinckle wrote for the student newspaper, the ""San Francisco Foghorn"". After college, he worked for the ""San"
"concerns the reporting of personal experiences and emotions, in contrast to traditional journalism, which favors a detached style and relies on facts or quotations that can be verified by third parties. Gonzo journalism disregards the strictly-edited product favored by newspaper media and strives for a more personal approach; the personality of a piece is as important as the event or actual subject of the piece. Use of sarcasm, humor, exaggeration, and profanity is common. Thompson, who was among the forefathers of the new journalism movement, said in the February 15, 1973, issue of ""Rolling Stone"", ""If I'd written the truth"
"Beware the Gonzo Beware the Gonzo is a 2010 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Bryan Goluboff. The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010. In general usage, ""Gonzo"" refers to Gonzo journalism, a style of first-person confrontational journalism developed by Hunter S. Thompson in the early 1970s. Eddie ""Gonzo"" Gilman is the head geek at his high school—and determined to do something about it. When Gavin, the popular editor of the school paper, fires him, Eddie obtains revenge by establishing an underground paper of his own. He gains popularity and makes a new friend, Evie"
"The Gonzo The Gonzo is an undergraduate satire/humor publication founded in 1993 at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The first editor-in-chief of ""The Gonzo"" and its founder is Richard Diefenbeck, Jr., a continuing education student at Georgetown University who went on to write for Andrei Codrescu and created the first picture blog ever at Dr. Menlo Blogs From Space!. His successor, Shlomi Raz, ran the publication between 1994-1996. Dan Alamariu co-ran the paper with John Mathiesen during 1996. Finally, John Mathiesen co-ran the publication with Micah Sachs until its final issue in 1998. ""Every time you masturbate... God kills a"
"the techniques of fictional story-telling and journalism. He called it a failed experiment because he originally intended to record every detail of the Las Vegas trip as it happened, and then publish the raw, unedited notes; however, he revised it during the spring and summer of 1971. For example, the novel describes Duke attending the motorcycle race and the narcotics convention in a few days' time; the actual events occurred a month apart. Later, he wrote, ""I found myself imposing an essentially fictional framework on what began as a piece of straight/crazy journalism"". Nevertheless, critics call ""Fear and Loathing"" Thompson's"
"that. Although it was not widely read, the article was the first to use the techniques of Gonzo journalism, a style Thompson would later employ in almost every literary endeavor. The manic first-person subjectivity of the story was reportedly the result of sheer desperation; he was facing a looming deadline and started sending the magazine pages ripped out of his notebook. The first use of the word ""Gonzo"" to describe Thompson's work is credited to the journalist Bill Cardoso. Cardoso first met Thompson on a bus full of journalists covering the 1968 New Hampshire primary. In 1970, Cardoso (who was"
"his fictionalized appearance as Dr. Gonzo in Hunter S. Thompson’s classic, ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,"" as well as for his cult classic books, ""The Revolt of the Cockroach People"" and ""The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo"". It was released in 2017 as ""The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo"" ""Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle"", (2014) an investigative look at the life and mysterious death of pioneering journalist Ruben Salazar. Winner of Best Documentary at the 2014 San Antonio CineFestival. ""RACE 2012"", (PBS, 2012), a one-hour PBS election special, is a conversation about race, politics, and how"
"been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. You can't be objective about Nixon."" Thompson felt that objectivity in journalism was a myth. Gonzo journalism has now become a ""bona fide"" style of writing that concerns itself with ""telling it like it is"", similar to the New Journalism of the 1960s, led primarily by Tom Wolfe and also championed by Lester Bangs, George Plimpton, Terry Southern, and John Birmingham, and is considered a subgenre of New Journalism. When asked whether there was a difference between the two, Thompson answered, ""Yeah, I think so. Unlike Tom Wolfe or Gay Talese,"
"Aztlan"". This article also discusses the death of ""Los Angeles Times"" columnist Rubén Salazar. While working on the article, Thompson and Acosta decided that a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, was in order, so that they could freely discuss Salazar and racial injustice in L.A. away from any police supervision. Thompson wrote about this trip in his 1972 novel ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"". The legal department of the publisher of ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" said the book could not be published without clearance by Acosta, as references to him were recognizable. Acosta initially refused the clearance,"
"heads, in a similar manner to Tank Girl. Spider Jerusalem is reminiscent of previous ""muck-raking"" or ""Gonzo"" journalists such as H. L. Mencken and Hunter S. Thompson. Hunter S. Thompson is perhaps the most obvious inspiration for the character of Spider Jerusalem, and the fictional reporter's fondness for weaponry and spectacular consumption of drugs both indicate a resemblance toward the American gonzo journalist. (In Transmetropolitan #13, page 5, a book by Thompson is clearly visible amongst the objects strewn across the table in Spider's apartment. A book entitled ""FEAR AND LOATHING"" is also visible in Issue #1, Page 1, Panel"
"Bill Cardoso William Joseph Cardoso (September 24, 1937 - February 26, 2006) was an American journalist who was known for coining the term ""gonzo journalism"". Cardoso was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and raised in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of three brothers and had one daughter, Linda Cardoso. He studied journalism at Boston University and in 1967 he joined ""The Boston Globe"" and shortly thereafter became editor of the ""Globe"" Sunday magazine. He eventually settled in California. While not as well known as his literary friends, he wrote for many publications in the 1960s and 1970s such as ""Crawdaddy!"","
"without any coherent story for his editors, Thompson began tearing pages from his notebook, numbering them, and sending them to the magazine. Accompanied by Ralph Steadman's sketches (the first of many collaborations between Thompson and Steadman), the resulting story, and the manic, first-person subjectivity that characterized it, were the beginnings of the gonzo style of journalism. The article is less about the actual race itself – indeed, Thompson and Steadman could not actually ""see"" the race from their standpoint – but rather focuses on the celebration and that surrounds the event. Thompson's depiction includes the events in Louisville (his home"
"liked him"" declared ""Fuzzy"" in explaining the attachment to the uniform. ""A History of Southern Football, 1890-1928"" Fuzzy Woodruff Lorenzo Ferguson ""Fuzzy"" Woodruff (May 27, 1884 – December 7, 1929) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known throughout most of the southeast for his vivid writing. He was also a music and drama critic. He began his newspaper career as a member of the ""Montgomery Advertiser"" in 1907. Among the newspapers he served were the ""Birmingham News"", the ""Birmingham Age-Herald"", the ""New Orleans States"", the ""Mobile Register"", the ""New York Evening World"", the ""Chicago Inter-Ocean"", the ""Chicago Examiner"", the ""St."
"and Whitehead's travels to interview Thompson's son and author Juan Thompson have been documented in the Louisville paper LEO Weekly. In 2017 the editor-in-chief was Kyle K. Mann, and the publisher was Kidman J. Williams. Gonzo Today Gonzo Today is an internet-based publication inspired by the writing and reporting style of gonzo journalism popularized by Hunter Thompson. Among other pursuits, Gonzo Today interviews a wide range of notable persons, as noted by the New York Times obituary of poet and artist Heathcote Williams and includes other interview subjects such as artist Clayton Patterson, Ambrosia band members Mary Harris and Burleigh"
"Fear and Loafing ""Fear and Loafing"" was a newspaper column by Corey Levitan that ran from January 2006 to June 2011 in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada's largest newspaper. In each column Levitan took on a local job, that he was entirely unprepared to handle, for a day and then wrote about his experiences. The column ran in the Features section and quickly became popular among Las Vegas based readers. The idea for the Fear and Loafing column came to Levitan after an awkward journalistic experience Levitan had while writing for the Daily Breeze newspaper in Torrance, California. Levitan had"
"Lou Guzzo Louis R ""Lou"" Guzzo (January 11, 1919 – June 29, 2013) was a journalist, author, and television commentator in Seattle, Washington. He was an art and theater critic for 20 years at the ""Seattle Times"", then served as the managing editor of the ""Seattle Post-Intelligencer"", where his investigative team wrote stories that led to the indictments of more than fifty government officials. Guzzo was an ally of Washington state governor Dixy Lee Ray. He worked with her at the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, co-authored books with her, and helped in her successful bid for governor in 1976. Guzzo"
"mainstream American culture. The ""wave speech"" is an important passage at the end of the eighth chapter that captures the hippie zeitgeist and its end. Thompson often cited this passage during interviews, choosing it when asked to read aloud from the novel. ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" is Thompson's most famous work, and is known as ""Fear and Loathing"" for short; however, he later used the phrase ""Fear and Loathing"" in the titles of other books, essays, and magazine articles. Moreover, ""Fear and Loathing"", as a phrase, has been used by many writers, the first (possibly) being Friedrich Nietzsche"
"for instance, I almost never try to reconstruct a story. They're both much better reporters than I am, but then I don't really think of myself as a reporter."" In 1998, Christopher Locke asserted that the webzine genre is descended from gonzo journalism, a claim that has since been extended to social media. Gonzo journalism Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative. The word ""gonzo"" is believed to have been first used in 1970 to describe an article by Hunter"