hunter s thompson Archives - Page 9 of 11

Hunter S. Thompson’s Ten Best Albums of the 1960s

Posted by David S. Wills | May 22, 2010 | Beatdom Content

A list of Hunter S. Thompson’s favourite music

The Beat Generation and Travel

Posted by David S. Wills | Feb 17, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays

More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have...

The Battle for Kerouac’s Estate

Posted by David S. Wills | Jan 11, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays

“Money is the root of all evil”For I willWriteIn my will“I regret that I was not ableTo love money more.”Jack Kerouac, 238th Chorus, Mexico City Blues Jack Kerouac died on October 21st, 1969, of cirrhosis of the liver. By the...

The Sea is my Brother

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 10, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

Since the fiftieth anniversary of On the Road, Kerouac has been somewhat revitalized. Despite being dead for forty years, Beat enthusiasts are still getting to read fresh material, as publishers trawl through his estate for...

Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac and Ernest Hemingway Review No Country for Old Men

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 9, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

by Matt Gibson Hunter S. Thompson The theatre was dark and reeked with the stench of a hundred overfed accountants gorging on chemical drenched popcorn and syrup water. I’d been assigned to review No Country for Old Men for...