2015
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUNTER!!!
“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives… and to the “good life”, whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.” ― Hunter S. […]
GonzoFest Louisville strives to raise funds for Hunter S. Thompson statue
LOUISVILLE, KY (March 10, 2015) – GonzoFest Louisville is exactly one month away. This year’s festival returns on April 11 to Waterfront Park’s Harbor Lawn to celebrate its fifth year of honoring Hunter S. Thompson. Renowned Louisville sculptor, Matthew Weir has been selected as the statue artist for the life-size […]
GonzoFest Louisville to Throw Gonzo Art Party at Revelry Boutique Gallery
GonzoFest Louisville, in collaboration with Revelry Boutique Gallery, is throwing a Gonzo Art Party in effort to raise funds for GonzoFest Louisville 2015. British artist and illustrator, Ralph Steadman was a long-time friend of Hunter S. Thompson. Steadman partnered with Thompson drawing illustrations for several of Thompson’s articles and books, and has provided art for GonzoFest […]
A note from Ralph Steadman
I received an email from Ralph Steadman this morning. A pleasant surprise indeed. After scolding Ron Whitehead for introducing him to another Fat American Gabacho on the interweb he went on to give me several answers, but some of them to questions I may have never asked. Among them this […]
Ralph Steadman joins us in Bringing Bill to the Ville-GonzoFest 2015
From Gonzo Today Poetry Editor Ron Whitehead Ralph Steadman has joined GonzoFest 2015 in our efforts to Bring Bill to the Ville!! he just sent me this: RON Here is my pic of Bill MURRAY as Hunter in Where the Buffalo Roam – where it all started……….Hope you can open […]
A Few Notes from Ron Whitehead and Ralph Steadman
EXCERPT FROM RON WHITEHEAD’S PRESENTATION FOR HST’S INDUCTION IN THE KENTUCKY WRITERS HALL OF FAME ON JANUARY 28 “Back at the motel we talked for a while about America, the South, England – just relaxing a bit before dinner. There was no way either of us could have known, at […]
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