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Heroes of Katrina, ghost of "Gonzo"

Andrew O'Hehir — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

An electrifying Katrina documentary blows the doors off at Sundance, and Hunter S. Thompson returns from the dead to eviscerate ski-resort Hollywood reptiles.

The Fix

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Stars to turn out for benefit, but will Kanye strike again? Plus: "Survivor" Hatch indicted.

Politics-a-palooza

By Jonathan Shainin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Gonzo journalist Matt Taibbi will do anything -- including throwing a pie made of horse sperm into the face of a New York Times bureau chief -- to bring political reporting back to life.

Letters

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

"Too weird to live, and too rare to die." Salon readers reflect on Hunter S. Thompson's life, death and legacy.

Gonzo gone

By Dana Cook — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Sonny Barger, Rosalynn Carter, Ben Fong-Torres and others remember the wild life and times of Hunter S. Thompson.

The Fix

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Married people aren't having sex! Dictators aren't apologizing! Bangs are back! Plus: The real question raised by "Sex and the City."

"Kingdom of Fear" by Hunter S. Thompson

By Allen Barra — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

In his new memoir, gonzo pioneer Hunter S. Thompson works hard to get us riled up. But without Dick Nixon to kick around, he offers little insight into our times.

Hunter S. Thompson

By John Glassie — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

The godfather of gonzo says 9/11 caused a "nationwide nervous breakdown" -- and let the Bush crowd loot the country and savage American democracy.

Hunter S. Thompson, Part 2

Interviewed by the Paris Review — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

More from the interview with the gonzo journalist about the origin of "Fear and Loathing" and other topics.

Hunter S. Thompson

Interview by the Paris Review — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

In this rare interview, the psychedelic writer talks about Vietnam and the death of the American dream.

The grotesque and the gold

By Gregory Daurer — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Artist Ralph Steadman is a people-loving, Nietzsche-reading, ink-splattering grump. And he doesn't think Hunter S. Thompson should have a gun.

Riot police break up Maxim party

By Amy Reiter — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Carmen Electra and others, like, don't know what the big deal was; Hunter "Eagle Eyes" Thompson doesn't quite shoot his mouth off. Plus: Madonna's baby arrives in good health, mercifully far from those brutish English hospitals.

Tom Robbins

By Tracy Johnson — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

As new waves of 20-year-olds wash up on his shores, the favorite novelist of the attitudinal post-adolescent set keeps writing with a pen dipped in acid.

The 7 vices of highly creative people

By D.A. Blyler — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

If you go through life free of bad habits, you won't live forever, but it will feel like it.

And now a word from our readers

By Amy Reiter — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Welcome to the First Annual Nothing Personal Readers' Choice Awards! Where you dish the gossip and I go on vacation!

A sexy librarian named Natasha and other surprises of the New Russia

By Rolf Potts — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

I journeyed 5,000 miles to learn that God is in the weiners and William S. Burroughs is a cult star.

Advertising stole my humanity!

By Jenn Shreve — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Capitalism is out of control with sexist ad execs, mix tapes by irrelevant hippies and the inevitable, horrible cloning of "The Bridget Jones Diary."

The Rum Diary

Mark Athitakis — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Mark Athitakis reviews 'The Rum Diary' by Hunter S. Thompson

"Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas"

By Cintra Wilson — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Terry Gilliam's 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' captures the crazy soul of Hunter Thompson's twisted masterpiece

Anthem

By Cynthia Joyce — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

'Anthem' lets you ride shotgun on a sweet but amateurish road trip in search of the American Dream.

Whisky business

By David McCumber — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:00 PST

Riding shotgun with Hunter S. Thompson