During my (grossly under-paying) day job, we do promotions for radio
stations. One of the station managers sent this quote to our COO (who
embodies the *REASON* I'm underpaid). Dr. Thompson is most widely known as
the Rolling Stone gonzo journalist who embraced guns, Harleys, politics,
cigarette holders, and drugs before they were cool.
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"The music business is a
cruel and shallow money trench,
a long plastic hallway
where thieves and pimps run free,
and good men die like dogs.
There's also a negative side."
-- Hunter S. Thompson
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Favorite scene from "Where The Buffalo Roam" about Thompson:
Thompson covering then President Nixon, settles into the press plane. His
seat mate is a severely stressed-out journalist with a headache. Thompson,
shaking pills out of his pocket, recommends "a blue one".
"Really, is it okay?" asks his seatmate.
"Oh, yah. It's okay. I'm a doctor," says Hunter, who holds a PhD in Poly
Sci.
"Are you sure?" asks his seatmate, gulping down the still unidentified pill.
Thompson deadpans:
"Oh, sure. I've never had any complaints....... Not from the *blue* ones."
