FYI...Thompson's original quote was about television. However, "music"
seems to slide in there quite nicely.
"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as
some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the
journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run
free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason."
For more, check this out:
http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/science/urbanlegends/library/weekly/aa011001a.htm
Jim L'Hommedieu wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> * * * * * *
>
> "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
>
> * * * * * *
>
> 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."
