Archive for maj, 2012
HUNTER S. THOMPSON
On August 20, 2005, in a private ceremony, Thompson’s ashes were fired from a cannon to the tune of Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky” and Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man.” The cannon was placed atop a 153-foot (47 m) tower of his own design, in the shape of a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button originally used in Hunter S. Thompson’s 1970 campaign for sheriff of Aspen, Colorado. Red, white, blue, and green fireworks were launched along with his ashes. According to his widow Anita, Thompson’s funeral was financed by actor Johnny Depp, a close friend of Thompson. Depp told the Associated Press, “All I’m doing is trying to make sure his last wish comes true. I just want to send my pal out the way he wants to go out.”
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JOHANNES L. MADSENS SAMLEDE
Posthumt voksede interessen for Madsens liv og værk dog stærkt i det litterære miljø. 2003 udkom hans værker, Johannes L. Madsen Samlede, kaldet JLM på Forlaget Arena, ved Madsens søn Eli I. Lund ligesom der blev produceret en CD, Smarte pletter mellem fingrene, med oplæsninger af hans digte ved blandt andre Klaus Rifbjerg og Jørgen Leth, produceret af Halfdan E og Martin G.