the state of "gonzo" writing circa 2006

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is there anyone around now doing that sorta HST/meltzer '60s-'70s speed-binge writeathon stuff in the print world (non-internet), or did it basically die for good after a blip of rebirth with infinite jest? i guess i'm interested in the "lifer" guys and not the mcsweeney's dudes who down a glass of mountain dew and write two carefully mispunctuated paragraphs.

i don't romanticize this type of writing (anymore, haha), but it came up in conversation earlier and i was curious.

― real savage-like (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

jody, this is OT, but i don't think '60s/'70s meltzer is speed binge writeathon. it's more playful. there's stoned-ness in The Aesthetics of Rock, but Gulcher seems to me to be pretty sober, actually.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

it's true, as he gets older the drug use factors in less and less.

― real savage-like (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

taibbi. who's inconsistent as hell, but yeah.

― a|ex (Pareene), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:38 (nineteen years ago)

as far as rock writing, chris stigliano still publishes 150 page issues of his fanzine and has high-powered blog posts every week!

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

Cintra Wilson is the only person I can think of who even comes close to HST

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 2 October 2006 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

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