Hunter S. Thompson and his "attorney" Oscar Zeta Acosta chilling in Caesar's Palace [April 1971]

Mar 23, 2024 3:14 AM

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2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

2 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 0

I think he's Samoan.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah, that "attorney" is connected. No question.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is bat country!

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Did you see what that polar bear was doing?

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I think I'm starting to get the fear

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Is this not a reasonable place to park?

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

That poor kid who survived bat country? Spiderman

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.

2 years ago | Likes 49 Dislikes 0

I haven't watched either movies based on fear and loathing. They seem pretty popular.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I watched Fear and Loathing about a decade before I did acid for the first time, so I knew what to expect when I did acid for the first time haha

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Upvote for Oscar Zeta Acosta. Recommendation: "Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo"
Oh. And I will never not upvote HST.

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Seems like a decent lawyer, despite his racial handicap. (It's from the movie!)

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

R.I.P Hunter. Long Live Gonzo!

2 years ago | Likes 78 Dislikes 1

I’m doing my best

2 years ago | Likes 36 Dislikes 0

Lol

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

What do you mean, "'attorney'"? Are you prepared to go to court, you brainless monster??

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

FBI informant? Counterculture hero or drug pusher in "war on drugs" against kids https://gijn.org/stories/hunter-s-thomp/nixon-a">ps://gijn.org/storiesson/">/nixon-a">ps://gijn.org/stories/hunter-s-thompson/ war on drugs https://www.business">/hunter-">son/">/nixon-a">ps://gijn.org/stories/hunter-s-thompson/ war on drugs https://www.businessinsider.com/nixon-adviser-ehrlichman-anti-left-anti-black-war-on-drugs-2019-7 https://www.spyculture.com/hunter-s-thompson-fbi-file/ https://irp.fas.org/congress/1998_cr/980507-l.htm https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/fear-and-loathing-las-vegas-book-movie-b1951877.html

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Medicine! MEDICINE!!

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

And one for the doctor.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They did get the look spot on in Fear and Loathing

2 years ago | Likes 123 Dislikes 4

Almost like they had photographs to base it on.

2 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 1

Let him dream

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The Brown Buffalo was an actual licensed California lawyer and a leading figure in the Chicano civil rights movement.

2 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

His first article with Hunter, Strange Rumblings in Aztlan, is a powerful piece.

2 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

"They gave you what?"
"LSD"
"Castration! DOUBLE CASTRATION!!!"

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Did you see GOOOOD just did to us man??!!

2 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

God didn't do it. You did. You're a fucking narcotics agent. I knew it!

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

wow benicio looked trustworthy af next to that guy... nice oj gloves, gonzo

2 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I remember that Acosta didn't like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas only because HST called him a 300-pound Samoan.

2 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

The movie really did some solid justice to the book. I remember reading it for the first time and seeing Hunter's (Thompson's? Not sure what he would have preferred) recommendation in the foreword to read it in something close to the state as it was experience a.k.a intoxicated as all hell. I can't imagine trying to read or write at ALL if I was on half as many drugs as that dude took during his trip.

2 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Heard a story....
HST worked as a bouncer for a strip club in San Francisco. He was writing a story of 2 bbrothes that ran the place. When one brother killed the other, HST was so bummed that he burned the manuscript.
I heard that from a regular that used to play golf with HST and share joints.
That's all I got. I will not be taking questions.

2 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

This man suffers from a bad heart!

2 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

2 years ago | Likes 81 Dislikes 2

There's the "Duke" I know. ;-)

2 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

As your attorney, I advise you to do this cocaine.

2 years ago | Likes 197 Dislikes 2

Do you think he would know if cocaine ver goes bad?

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As your attorney I advise you to rent a very fast car with no top.

2 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

When the going gets weird…

2 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

As your attorney I advise you to rent a fast car with no top

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

As your attorney I advise you buy a motorcycle so you can cover this story righteously.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Doctors orders

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I’m suspicious of the salt shaker

2 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Could be for the Tequila. Could be cocaine. Although I thought they spilled it on the drive over ….

2 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Don’t you put salt on your non-gloved hands for shots?

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

"As your attorney I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown bottle in my shaving kit. You won't need much." *Raoul upends it*

2 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 0

Pure human adrenochrome

2 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

just a tiny taste

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Derp

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There's only one source for this stuff ... the adrenaline glands from a living human body….

2 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

“You took too much.. just ride the bastard out.”

2 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

2 years ago | Likes 107 Dislikes 1

Shit…now I gotta watch this movie again!

2 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Is it that good?

2 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Yes

2 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Ah devil ether...

2 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

PLEASE! TELL ME ABOUT THE FUCKIN GOLF SHOES!

2 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0