The Next Gonzo

Excellent read for anyone else who knew they wanted to be a writer as a kid when everyone else wanted to be fireman. Actually, I wanted to be a fireman-jet pilot-writer/photographer. I've grown substantially since then. Today I want to be a writer/photographer-international teacherman. See?

Anyways, from the snobs guys at Pitchfork:

Get That Out of Your Mouth #27

Chris Dahlen tries answering the question of why there aren't any "great" culture writers, like Hunter S. Thompson and Lester Bangs, today.

"... as we spend more of our lives online, more of our experience of the world takes place entirely in our own heads-- and our imagination is being rewired by computers... we have to strip away the geekery, the gadgetry, and the consumerism, and instead of explaining why this brave new freakshow interests us, we have to understand what it's doing to us. And whoever does that, wins the title of 'the next...' "

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