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Article #17675RE: New! Perform Colonoscopic Surgery In The Comfort Of Your Own Home
From: chagelstein
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:00
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>>Let me elaborate: gonzo journalism is a narrative style that rejects the >>school of though that calls for a dispassionate "objective voice." From >>what I see in this newsgroup, several of you seem to think gonzo >>journalism consists of only a few chapters of Fear and Loathing in Las >>Vegas, a book which is much more than HST's hallucinations in the Nevada >>desert. Allow me to introduce your egotisical gonzo: journalism. Having appropriated the craft, your own narritive style reflects the school of thought that calls for passionate narcissim on parade. From what I see in your replies, you seem to think gonzo consists of political rectum; ie: the biggest asshole has all the power. A few chapters of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas doesn't impress you, its simply a book bigger than the rest of us, and that makes you hallucinate as follows: >>HST's work is a biting incisive commentary on the dark night of the >>American soul. Dr. Squiddy et al are not fit to scrape the peacock shit >>of Thompson's front porch, let alone carry the torch of gonzo journalism. Mr. Walter Thompson, you are not fit to work with biting incisive commentary. Not only does the dark night of the American soul scrape its peacock shit in your face, but the torch of gonzo journalism is the bathroom light bulb which enables HST to take a piss without missing the bowl.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f9d08,1693b6c3a9ac8093 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9d08,public X-Google-Thread: 107423,9b39330d04db108f X-Google-Attributes: gid107423,public X-Google-Thread: 1051ef,1693b6c3a9ac8093 X-Google-Attributes: gid1051ef,public X-Google-Thread: 10ed7b,1693b6c3a9ac8093 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ed7b,public X-Google-Thread: 106e75,1693b6c3a9ac8093 X-Google-Attributes: gid106e75,public X-Google-Thread: 104d31,1693b6c3a9ac8093 X-Google-Attributes: gid104d31,public From: chagelstein@jack.clarku.edu Subject: RE: New! Perform Colonoscopic Surgery In The Comfort Of Your Own Home Date: 1995/10/21 Message-ID: <21OCT95.17452250@jack.clarku.edu> X-Deja-AN: 117871475 sender: news@black.clarku.edu (USENET News System) references: <breitt.427.01A365B7@interaccess.com> <4603c4$rs2@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <dstaffen-1710952052590001@dstaffen.link.ca> <462chf$jdj@celebrian.otago.ac.nz> <468oem$rfq@alterdial.UU.NET> <468omg$rfq@alterdial.UU.NET> organization: Clark University newsgroups: talk.bizarre,alt.personals,chi.personals,rec.humor,alt.journalism.gonzo,alt.fan.suicide-squid