POLO IS HIS LIFE
Hunter S. Thompson was one of the driving forces behind the staging of a snow polo tournament in Aspen, CO, the week of
December 29, according to The Philidelphia Inquirer. Organizers of the match credit Thompson with being the
inspiraton for the sport. "It's a very strange and mystical game," said Aspen resident Jimmy Ibbotson,
bass player for teh Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. "Doctor THompson has decided, for now, that polo is our game. From now on,
polo is our life." The article goes on to say that HST was a no-show at the match. Friends attributed Thompson's absence to
"late-night revelry". Cazart!
SCREEN GEMS
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is finally making its way to the screen, 25 years after it was first serialized in Rolling Stone.
Alex Cox (Repo Man) is set to direct the Rhino Films project with Johnny Depp likely to star as the drug-addled journalist road-tripping
through America. Production gets underway in early 1997.
SEX, DRUGS and ROCK 'N' ROLL
HST was interviewed by foxy rocker Phoebe Leger in Puritan magazine. Your editor scoured various
newsstands and bookstores in search of the latest copy of Puritan and finally gave up. However, I located a copy of the interview on the
WWW and printed it out. [NOTE: the interview and server have disappeared since 1997]. The mystery remains, though:
What the hell is Puritan magazine and where can you find it? Thanks to Gonzo Herald contributor Dave Swint, here's our answer:
"Puritan may be a bit tough to find at the average newsstand. It's a hardcore sex magazine (and yes, I mean hardcore...full insertion
shots, penetratons in every imaginable orifice, money shots...the works). This one is usually wrapped in brown paper and stashed in the dark
back rooms of the magazine store (if it is carried at all). If you really want to find an issue of Puritan, you may have to hunt out your
nearest sex shop. But don't ask me how I know all this..."
Thanks Dave, I'll stop looking now.
DEAR DOCTOR GONZO
Newsweek reports that Volume One of Hunter's letters will be published in hardback by Villard in the spring.
"When I was 19 I was already talking about selling my letters...calling them my nest egg," says the Doctor.
Wonder if my letter is in the stack? You know, the one I wrote to the Doctor foffering him tips on grammar and punctuation...
