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Posted: 17 Aug '05, 05:19

The late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's ashes will be blown out of a cannon on Saturday 20th August in Woody Creek, Colorado - and DiS has world exclusive pictures.

The journalist and author will be blasted from the gonzo shaped device, Thompson's signature fist and dagger symbol, by his friend Johnny Depp.

Other guests expected include Sean Penn, Bill Murray and Jack Nicholson.

A security guard at the site said: "Saturday's going to be crazy, the sheriffs are going to be looking after a lot of A-listers coming up to Woody Creek."

DiS wishes HST good luck on his last road trip.

Photos taken by Peter White & Danielle Bouchard in Woody Creek, Colorado.

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Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown fro

fucking hell.
apart from screwing up the pictures, that's an awesome story.
he's sure going all out in death.
RIP Hunter. have a nice journey.

fishplums | 17 Aug '05, 05:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown fro

I'm currently reading Transmetropolitan in his honour... or because it rules, I can't recall which.

Stealthy | 17 Aug '05, 12:15 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

He can't HEAR YOU!

Guthrie | 17 Aug '05, 06:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

BETTER SHOUT LOUDER THEN

Awesome tribute for an awesome guy. Damn good exclusive too

quietcrown | 17 Aug '05, 08:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

Whats everyones favourite HST book apart from Fear & Loathing in LV?

I would be hard pressed to choose between the Rum Diaries and The Curse of Lono.

Anyone else?

marcofella | 17 Aug '05, 09:11 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

The Run Diaries, or Kingdom of Fear. He was a fantastic writer, and this is a fitting (i.e. surprisingly amusing, like the man himself) tribute to him. RIP HST.

dis-integration | 17 Aug '05, 09:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

Hell's Angels

-Raz- | 17 Aug '05, 10:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i prefer fear and loathing on the campaign trial to hells angels.
i thought hells angels didnt have the same frantic random nature of the later books.

easy_rob | 17 Aug '05, 12:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown

Frickin love Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail.

hollywood_freak | 17 Aug '05, 21:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

sweeet

thebigmusic | 17 Aug '05, 09:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

the hell's angels one is a damn fine read too.
what in God's name are those photos supposed to be though?

congaeel | 17 Aug '05, 10:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

Should have guessed, Pete. Nice one, squire.

Andrew_Future | 17 Aug '05, 11:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

Is he to be blown from a cannon or a member of a chapter of priests serving in a cathedral or collegiate church?

Idlewildman | 17 Aug '05, 11:15 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown

or from an accepted list of classics?
or a piece of music similar in format to Johan Pachelbel's Canon in D?

alcxxk | 17 Aug '05, 14:14 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

actually i think he's being blown from a composition or passage in which a melody is imitated by one or more voices at fixed intervals of pitch and time.

typos are funny.

Good on you hunter you crazy bastard.

RIP

mattlocus | 17 Aug '05, 11:57 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I think he's being shot from a body of literary works generally accepted to be essential to a particular field.

nice_squirrel | 17 Aug '05, 12:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown

HE

CAN'T

HEAR

YOU

Guthrie | 18 Aug '05, 01:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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are they (well depp anyway) actually going to the giant fist monument that hunter asked for then ?

soapy | 17 Aug '05, 12:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Exclusive pics: Hunter S. Thompson ashes blown from canon

wat a man, depp is playing HST in a new film version of Rum Diaries. its in production or something i have no idea, found it on iMDB.
i was shown a piece written by depp on Basquiat.
http://www.basquiat.net/
hes not a bad writer at all, influence by HST without a doubt.

ed_kneaf | 17 Aug '05, 20:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply