Hunter S. Thompson Comes Alive on Gonzo Tapes

(Wired) - From his early military career to his invention of gonzo journalism and rebellious suicide, Hunter S. Thompson lived an iconoclastic life. He obsessively documented his adventures, recording rants and thoughts on cassettes and reel-to-reels, and collecting everything from notes on napkins to angry letters to his editors.
The Gonzo Tapes, a five-CD box set released last month by Shout Factory with the blessing of Thompson's widow, offers revealing peeks into the writer's mad, brilliant brain. Continued