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The Rum Diary Back-Story Episode 4
The call from Hunter woke me up at 1am. I had been expecting it, but had fallen asleep in my cabin on the Frying Pan River. We had...
Wayne Ewing
Oct 11, 20112 min read
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The Rum Diary Back-Story Episode Three
“I want FOOD! Rum is not enough alone. I shall entitle my story ‘Rum is Not Enough.’ Or ‘ Not by Rum Alone.’ My stamps, envelopes,...
Wayne Ewing
Oct 9, 20112 min read
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The Rum Diary Back-Story: Episode Two
This Episode opens with Hunter and historian Doug Brinkley exploring the “War Room” in the basement of Owl Farm where Doug found the...
Wayne Ewing
Oct 4, 20112 min read
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The Rum Diary Back-Story: Episode One
For forty years Hunter S. Thompson struggled to finish his first novel – The Rum Diary – and then he fought until he died to make it a...
Wayne Ewing
Sep 29, 20112 min read
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Fear and Loathing in Hollywood
Six months had passed since Hunter’s trip to Hollywood in the spring of 1997 to replace Alec Cox as the director of Fear and Loathing in...
Wayne Ewing
Nov 11, 20099 min read
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The Chateau Marmont – Part 2
Hunter’s six days at the Chateau Marmont in March, 1997 developed into an odd routine. Mid-morning I would wake up in Marina del Rey on...
Wayne Ewing
Oct 14, 20097 min read
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The Chateau Marmont – Part 1
Hunter went to Hollywood many times and was first documented doing so in the 1978 BBC documentary Fear and Loathing on the Road to...
Wayne Ewing
Oct 6, 20096 min read
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