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Uploaded by on Jul 5, 2008

the high-water mark - holden
A tribute to the late Dr Hunter S. Thompson
(1937-2005)
RIP Good Sir.
Video:
Intro: "Mad Taxi" (?) Unk.
Main narrative: an excerpt from "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" by Hunter S.Thompson (Random House).
Other Narratives; "Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision" BBC
Woodstock footage: TV Insider
Anti-Vietnam War Protest: Unk
Outro/Funeral: 'sacredrelapse'(YouTube) who was fortunate enough to be there..."breathe deep man, breathe deep."
All pictures copyright of individual owners (ie: Anita Thompson, Owl Farm, Random House, Rolling Stone, etc.)

Zoesgone 2008.

(An old original I found and made a video for. I apologize for the poor sound; it was recorded using DVD players.)

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  • what song is it?

  • @urmom436

    It's mine. I called it fittingly enough 'the high watermark'

    

  • This was very well done. Short, sweet, and in a sense poetic. I'm a writer myself, but I can only hope to be half the kind of writer Hunter was. My only way to channel the man is to pick up every possible book of his I can (reading Screw-Jack right now), and even read some of the things that inspired and infuenced him.

  • Cheers, Hunter was and is a huge influence of mine.

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  • r.i.p. HST, you fuckin maverick...

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  • I seem to miss Hunter a lot lately...

  • "that's the best shit i've evr wrote and they want to turn it into a fucking cartoon!" - HST

    R.I.P.

    we could use a voice like his in a time like this

  • This is for me, the perfect balance between narrative, journalism and poetry... the best monologue I have ever read.

  • So now, less than five years later... you can stand on top of a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West. And with the right kind of eyes you can see the high watermark... That place where the wave finally broke -- and rolled back.

  • 2:11 the dalai lama

  • Cool 5stars

  • Thank you very much

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