Hunter Thompson cannon shot is today

[swag]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4168266.stm

Friends and admirers of the gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson have been gathering in Aspen, Colorado for his final send-off - in a cannon shot.
The writer's ashes are to be fired from a cannon on his Owl Farm home, exactly six months after he shot himself.

Johnny Depp, who played Thompson in the film of his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, paid for the cannon.

The writer's friend Matt Moseley told the BBC the funeral would be "the grandest celebration you can imagine".

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[stlsaxman]

1. Link for the webcam?

:popcorn: --"I wanna watch!"

[WCGreen]

2. He would probably be loathing the fear of this White House..

RIP HST

[ghostsofgiants]

11. He hated this White House

"Who are these Swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush ? ..... They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and viscious in the American character.... I piss down the throats of these Nazis. And i am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck Them."

[In_The_Wind]

3. thank you , my friend ~ swag

[swag]

8. You betcha, Joani. I don't drink whiskey any more, but today

I might stop by a familiar bar and order a Wild Turkey on the rocks.

The guy was a human fireball who brightened our times.

[In_The_Wind]

9. I was saddened by his untimely passing.

I printed many of the things on DU to share with my two house mates while we sat and mourned the world's loss.


these are tragic times ... indeed

[Heidi]

4. Thanks, swag.

We'll play some good music and burn some incense in celebration of a life lived to the fullest.

[JohnnyBoots]

5. An appropriate "Viking" funeral

[jus_the_facts]

6. I posted about this when it was first announced.....

...glad they've gotten it all together and may he rest in peace. :loveya:

[bridgit]

7. what, no trebuchet?

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Is there going to be any press coverage?

That's something I'd like to see.

In the meantime, I think I'll break out my Fear and Loathing dvd later.

[swag]

12. No. It'll be a private celebration.

I'd like to see it to, but the film of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas isn't a bad substitute.

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Indeed

The Criterion Collection dvd actually features the BBC documentary which is the origin of the cannon idea.

[Zomby Woof]

14. Good for Johnny!

Here's to HST, gone but never forgotten... :toast: