Gonzo! Fear and Loathing in journalism. Beginning with a self-deprecating quotation from Raoul Duke, Doctor of Gonzo Journalism is good Gonzo. Warren Hinckle, of Ramparts fame, tells us how Gonzo came to be: “Gonzo journalism – the unedifying concept of the reporter as the proactive part of the story, with equal emphasis on the imaginative and comic as the fact – grew out of the 1970 assignment I gave Thompson for Scanlan’s Monthly. Gonzo started when Hunter called me from Colorado at home in San Francisco about 4 a.m. – a normal social hour – to say that he wanted to cover the Kentucky Derby which was then but two days away. I said Okay, we’d send him tickets and money (“With expenses, anything is possible,” Hunter frequently said).” But, seriously, this is some great reporting on the training of cub who would know from Gonzo. Thank you
Gonzo! Fear and Loathing in journalism. Beginning with a self-deprecating quotation from Raoul Duke, Doctor of Gonzo Journalism is good Gonzo. Warren Hinckle, of Ramparts fame, tells us how Gonzo came to be: “Gonzo journalism – the unedifying concept of the reporter as the proactive part of the story, with equal emphasis on the imaginative and comic as the fact – grew out of the 1970 assignment I gave Thompson for Scanlan’s Monthly. Gonzo started when Hunter called me from Colorado at home in San Francisco about 4 a.m. – a normal social hour – to say that he wanted to cover the Kentucky Derby which was then but two days away. I said Okay, we’d send him tickets and money (“With expenses, anything is possible,” Hunter frequently said).” But, seriously, this is some great reporting on the training of cub who would know from Gonzo. Thank you
Shock! Horror! Gonzo rumbled! - Great comment Joel, I loved it. Thanks for reading 👍🫡😎
Crikey I got your name wrong Jerome. Apologies, it’s late and I’m on my second bottle of whiskey …