“No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride…and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well…maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Vegas

Retracing Hunter S. Thompson’s famous steps, 40 years later

By Zach Baron, The Daily, Tuesday, October 4, 2011

In 1971, Hunter Thompson first published ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ in Rolling Stone. Forty years later, The Daily’s Zach Baron revisits the piece and the town in which it was born, chasing Thompson¹s ghost through crazy desert car races, a dying local economy and a massive and menacing hacker convention known as DEFCON. Here are parts one and two of a four-part series.

Read more: http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/10/04/100411-arts-vegas-first-half/

From the “Get Yer Tickets Now” file…

Symphony Space’s Selected Shorts: Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 40th Anniversary Celebration!

Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos, Life on Mars), Anthony Rapp (Rent, Dazed and Confused), Scott Shepherd (Elevator Repair Service’s Gatz at The Public) and others read selections from the comic gonzo classic. With special guest speakers Chuck Klosterman (Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs) and Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone).

That Scott Shepherd fella knows how to read a book. Event is Wednesday, March 16th, info/tickets here.