February 21, 2005
RIP (not) Hunter S. Thompson

To settle the debate about whether Thompson was referring to the music business, radio, or television:

'Where Thieves and Pimps Run Free' (p. 2)

It pointed me to Hunter S. Thompson's book called Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s, published by Summit Books in 1988. There, on page 43, I hit paydirt. Thompson had written:

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.

Posted by Dave at February 21, 2005 10:49 PM