Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2015
- “I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.”
- Hunter S. Thompson in 1967
As told to Studs Terkel (studsterkel.org)
Hear more from this rare interview: blankonblank.org/hunter-thompson
In the 1960s, Hunter S. Thompson spent more than a year living and drinking with members of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle club, riding up and down the California coast. What he saw alongside this group of renegades on Harleys, these hairy outlaws who rampaged and faced charges of attempted murder, assault and battery, and destruction of property along the way--all of this became the heart of Thompson’s first book: Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga. Shortly after the book came out, Thompson sat down for a radio interview with the one and only Studs Terkel.
CHOICE QUOTES
“I can't remember ever winning a fight.”
"I used to take it out at night on the Coast Highway, just drunk out of my mind, ride it for 20 and 30 miles in just short pants and a t-shirt. It's a beautiful feeling.”
“ I tried to keep my eyes on him because I didn't want to have my skull fractured.”
“They want to get back at the people who put them in this terrible, this dead end, tunnel.”
“ The people who are most affected by this technological obsolescence are the ones least capable of understanding the reason for it, so the venom builds up much quicker. It feeds on their ignorance.”
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Very relevant with all things going on right now
Dr. Dolf ya I heard abt that in Mark Dice’s book Illuminati Facts & Fiction
Dr. Dolf I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU JUST SAID WHITE BOY BUT YOU SPECIAL!
Thank you... Your inspiration gives me the courage to become a serial killer. ☕
@@toddbaker1425 Good Luck in your endeavors...make sure to social distance though.😈
"Vengeance for not getting an opportunity" is great way to put it.
"The Angels reflect not only the lower segments of the society, but the higher and, you know, where violence takes a more sophisticated and respectful form"
you would make a good editor
Thanks for that, we're all listening because we can't hear. So, thank you again for quoting something we're listening to.
Yes- why should I fistfight you when I can just outsource your manufacturing, clerical or call center job to India? I'd call that an economic beatdown, much harder to recover from. You may even have to move to find a job....Why should we insult and shove each other when I can just automate your warehouse management gig, now you are laid off...This is much more powerful than any punch ever thrown, game over.I don't fear the Hell's Angels as much as I fear the MBA/CPAs out there trying to make their numbers.
Chunda8 If you're not valuable to society, it's society's own damn fault for not giving you the tools needed to be valuable. If the plant decides your manufacturing job can be replaced with a machine, it's because nobody showed you how to tell that damn machine what to do.
It's just like Hunter said. The people who are hurt worst by this are the same people who are least likely to understand why it's happening to them.
There does seem to be some disconnect between school and work to say the least. Plus, let's say I do the math, get the credentials and become a C/C++ Software Developer/Programmer. I put my resume out there, I have a portfolio of working code, I'm asking 60K / year to start. They want someone in India to do the same job but for 30K /year tops. Hard to know what to do next, you could do the right things and still be screwed.
You know, I've read his books but I've never heard his voice before. I always thought of him as this really eccentric, drug fueled writer with a taste for the macabre and bizarre. I guess because of the movie. He's really a down to earth, very intelligent and insightful guy.
Paul TheSkeptic he doesn't seem to fucked up right now
VertPimpin Ha ha. So it's your contention that he's just sober right now?
Honestly, I think those things go hand in hand. The more intelligent minds are more creative, and the more thoughtful ones are more open minded about strangeness. But that's my ASD speaking, haha!
He was a smart fellow, but hard to truly understand. He lived and wrote in a time when he believed America would become truly equal and united, but the 70's saw the dream shatter in fear and corruption. That was what Fear and Loathing is about. Escapism. He saw Nixon as the essence of evil, today we remember him as mostly a corrupt president who was not able to admit Vietnam was doomed. But possibly we are more escapist now than ever before. We see the world as too complicated and corrupt, so we want it to burn. But burning it won't make it better, of course.
well, dang. i kinda liked that.
What a brilliant man. The wild man was an act. Hunter was undoubtedly a little unhinged, but he was a brilliant man who was deadly serious about journalism and the stories he felt needed to be told.
Wild man maybe was an act but he absolutely was a raging alcoholic and drug addict. Amazing writer though
"I am a professional coward" lol I love the way he worded things
He is a professional writer after all
More like a honest profesional, unlike many other profesionals around, ever. R.I.P. Mr Thompson.
Dylan M how the fuck do you know idiot?
@@70water61 ...pretty hostile to someone who was simply calling hunter a honest professional
That was amazing. One of the best original things I've seen on UA-cam. More Hunter please?? How about a longer interview?
You can hear the full interview on our website. Alas we can only animate so much content.
***** Thanks, I'll check it out. I really miss Hunter. Such a knack for cutting through the BS. Wish he had stuck around longer.
+Blank on Blank please animate more! More Grace Kelly, Janis Joplin! A suggestion have Audrey Hepburn.
more hunter ALWAYS!
I'm bored
Hunter was brilliant. Listen to how clear and concise he was in this interview. He described the world we live in now. He was always so insightful.
That is a chilling interview. Before he brain was pickled on a bottle of Wild Turkey a day, Hunter was a flat out genius. The greatest book every written about US politics is his Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, 1972.
HST's comments on the science of obsolescence and technology impacting those least likely to understand the reasons for them is brilliant.
piliage he makes a good case for free education not just limited to youth, maybe without even trying. its something i want to see before im old and obsolete, as selfish as that is.
Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail seemed like it was the most prophetic book I've ever read when a friend handed me it right after Trump got elected. Bernie getting backstabbed seemed like a shoddy replay of Mcgovern being forced to cut back to the party-line and losing his voters in On the Campaign trail. Brilliant historical literature.
@@suppositionstudios you can get any education you want, you have the internet, its all out there, on youtube and other websites. All for free.
Matthew Lawton speak for yourself
@@matthewlawton9241 god you sound so wound up you might just pop
This made me buy the book, literally 20 minutes after watching this video I drove to barnes n noble and picked up a copy
Always good to hear more from Hunter S. Thompson!
Rest in Peace, sir.
this was almost 50 years ago, his logic and insight is just as relevant today.
tomitstube most classic authors are
ofc thats less than a lifetime its the same society
I like how beautifully the artist who made the caricature captures the emotions of the interviewer when he says ' the journalist who is not detached..'
Ive always been fascinated by this man. My parents accidentally named me after him in the great year of 2000, and all my life I’ve had older people ask me if I knew who he was. It’s nice to know what he sounds like too now.
just finished reading his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - its like nothing ive read before and can only recommend it
It was SO much better than the movie.
Hunter is a legend, a true professional, and a unique talent! More Hunter S. Thompson, please.
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” -H.S.
I love this series! Hunter S. Thompson is one of my favorite writers so I'm happy to see him get the Blank on Blank treatment. Keep on the good work
I would LOVE to talk to Hunter, he is kind of my spirit animal.
On a different note: I just discovered this channel, and these little animated interviews are so damn good. Spending the night alone and drunk watching these is such a nice way to spend the night
Fear and Loathing was always a favorite novel of mine - what a fascinating man he was
This is brilliant. I've been a Thompson fan for more than a decade and this video means a lot. Thank you for this. You earned a sub.
but rust is also life
To see phadeo here makes me happy
oof
I’d also like to give huge props to Studs Terkel he is a legend where I’m from and one of the most natural interviewers
My God! Dr.Thompson interviewed by Studs Terkel, just to be in the room with journalists of there caliber would be out of this world. RIP to both of them.
A true poet the most un appreciated artist,his wisdom wasnt limited to kind words,the man was over all honest and brutal with his views of society aongst other things,hunter s thompson shall forever remain amongst the wisest men to have walked on this very earth
Tone it down a few notches, he was a little above ordinary but amongst the wisest men?! No.
He wasn't unappreciated. People knew about him, but chose to not face the truth.
The animation is sooo gooooooood!!!
See, this is why I love youtube so much. Thank you Blank on Blank for animating my heros :)
Great work and a great share. Wish hew as here now to hear his voice and thoughts.
I had friend named Sam, won't write his last name . He passed away 5 years go already. He was 81. We rarely talked about club stuff unless I asked a question, which I didn't make a habit of doing. I miss him, he helped me get off script pain meds I took for my 3 disc herniations and fractured vertebrae. He had just bought a 2016 Mustang GT , and had the dealership install a TVS supercharger , all bc of me . I still have my 2003 Cobra . Obviously he had a lot of bikes , I don't ride. Anyways, we were looking forward to going for some cruises in our rides . He end up passing away before we could, this month 5 years ago. As an aside , my parents ( I'm 52) had no idea he was 81 . He was an professional gambler and would bring back pastries from AC every Monday morning and drop them off to my parents. Sam was a good dude.
Thanks for posting this.R.I.P. Dr Gonzo! And the early info into the world of 1%ers and the 81.
This is AMAZING! Thank you, will be making sure to watch more Blank on Blank features!
Thompson was such an insightful man and a great writer.
His Hells Angels book is scary to read.
My ALL TIME Freakin FAVORITE youtube channel!!! So cool. PLEASE NEVER STOP!!!! Thank you!
I miss HST, originally got into reading FALILV and the whole "yay, he's a reckless alcoholic and drug fiend just like me" but then I stopped being a RAADF and delved deeper into his work, Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail etc, and realised that he was a hugely gifted writer who had found himself stereotyped via his non writing habits
Brilliant writer and investigative journalist. He is one of the last great ones. All they do now is interview each other and those that agree with their world view.
that was AMAZING. Thank you so much for uploading this!
Holy crap, what an awesome theme for a channel! Kind of surprised I've never come across it before. Subscribed.
Wow, I am no expert but this is the best Hunter S Thompson doc. I have ever seen
PBS and Blank on Blank thank you for doing this.
His strength was his honesty.
Another awesome video. I love this series and would love to see a future episode with Issac Asimov!
Wonderful nod, especially at the end. as he just kept riding down that road forever, RIP Hunter!
Wonderful to hear such a trenchant reading of post-War, postmodern America. The Hell's and their violence emerged specifically within American society.
these are phenomenal. some of my favorite content on youtube! thank you.
It's amazing how close Jonny Depp got....
awesome... would love to see more of Hunter in future episodes!!!
Not sure if there will be a repeat but you never know.
I will keep an eye out :D
This is some of the best animation i have ever seen.
Incredible combination of audio tapes and animation
would love to see you do a piece on Kesey, met Hunter at his cabin in Aspen, 1967, his wife and baby Juan, and in 1968 I met Ken Kesey at his communal farm in Springfield, Oregon, two outstanding days with two legends, unforgettable
I love how I only read things on Google about Hunter, I do read some of his writings as well, but then I get a suggestion automatically for this video... With all that said though I love the style of how this was done and Thompson was the man, Blank on Blank you got a new Sub.
Wow ! what a smart guy. Totally related to today, yesterday and the days to come seemingly :/. God bless all both great and small ♥️✌️
Hunter S. Thompson is a man that I respect and this was good to hear and see.
First time I've heard his voice..Depp actually did really well and sounds like him,I could only actually picture Johnny Depp whilst he was talking,in some fear and loathing scene.The greatest movie of all time..
This has got to be my new favorite channel
AWESOME! i have been waiting for a Hunter S. Thompson clip!
I just stumbled across this. This is fantastic!
really great channel here.
some enlightenment goin on for sure.
great to listen to while i'm 'driving on parkways and parking on driveways'
btw, farth is elat.
This is awesome wish there was more of these and it sound like a young hunter
this is the best series by PBS I've ever seen
Still true commentary. Wish we still had Hunter.
I honestly wished they never stopped blank on blank its so interesting seeing into the minds of celebrities
Absolute legend.
These animations are great.
I can listen to Hunter S. Thompson all day, but Studs Turkle is over the top for me.
Love the art & animation style. Reminds me of the movie American Pop.
You have to do an Andy Kaufman video!
We still have to reminded even today that we are a violent species, and that venting that drive is not bad - rather, suppressing and ignoring those urges is what causes issues.
That being said, war is hell
Is this like an animatic? Its great.
I love Hunter Stockton Thompson. Him and Philip K Dick are my two favorite authors. Granted Hunter was a journalist and author and a lot of his works are based on his own experiences. I guess you can say he was a biographer as well as well as a documentarian. Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trail is my favorite of his works.
Would love to see one of these with William Burroughs
Yes!
Me too
I just found out that Hunter's original Hell's Angel newspaper article was published on May 17th, 1965
The same day Trent Reznor was born. lol
Such a character
I'd love to see one done about Brian Wilson
i always come back to this
I wish I'd found this channel sooner. Fantastic stuff!
man this show was awesome, wish they'd bring it back
why aren't there more of these with Hunter? I could watch this for hours
I'd like to see a Mitch Hedberg or Sam Kinison one of these
Oh, Sam, yes.
Stu VS I'd MUCH rather see Mitch
💖💖 Mitch!!!
Lol hedbergs would be great. " I bought an ant farm, them fellas didn't grow shit!"
Bill Hicks!
Thompson wrote _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas_ as an example, or case study, of a couple of points he made in the last three or pages. It was a line of thought that started with his book on the Hell's Angels. It's a kind of loosely connected with _Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72._
This is beautiful. Amazing job
I am really glad u guys did this video
these are priceless keep 'em' coming enjoy them very much..
Studs Terkel, as evidenced by his huge body of work, could talk to ANYbody and get a great story!
Interesting. Love the animation paired with the commentary.
Hunter nailed it about us right now 2020 . all of us have it in us .
He read the shit out of them. He was a great speaker when he wasn't out of his mind on drugs and drink.
Please make one with Charles Bukowski!
This channel is endlessly interesting.
The freaking man. Great job guys, this was awesome.
Damn. Good interview.
The sound is great for ‘67
2 awesome writers get together.
This was absolutely awesome.
Beautiful video. Well done.
Too weird to live too rare to die... buy the ticket take the ride!!
Mahatma Gandhi?
Best book author ever and I love his not giving a shit attitude.
I would have liked to hear the interview Hunter Thompson would have given about post Trump era.
We could have used Hunter S Thompson during the Trump era
He railed against Nixon on a daily basis, writing articles, press releases and faxing the White House daily.
Amazing videos .. Love this channel.
My new favorite channel. Subbed!
I cant find the first song even with the title and the artist. Can somebody tell me on which album it is or where to find it?
I also haven't heard his voice before, but I now know where Johnny Depp got the characterisation in Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.
Is it bad that I find Thompson's voice soothingly nonchalant? I ask as I'm aware it's creepy to say this about the voice of the deceased but at the same time. There's an ere of chaotic calm to it.