Please tip a glass of your favorite beverage in honour of Ralph Steadman who Turns 72 today!
More borrowed words about raplh on my blog.
"The utter collapse of this Profoundly criminal Bush conspiracy will come none too soon for people like me... The massive plundering of the U.S. Treasury and all its resources has been almost on a scale that is criminally insane, and has literally destroyed the lives of millions of American people and American families. Exactly. You and me, sport — we are the ones who are going to suffer, and suffer massively. This is going to be just like the Book of Revelation said it was going to be — the end of the world as we knew it."
Fuckin A.
I'll have to throw back a drink or two for him.
I just watched Fear And Loathing last night. I've got the Criterion Collection version, and the menu screen is video of Ralph actually writing the Fear And Loathing title for the movie.... it's bad ass.
Chaos and artistry.
Hunter S.'s legacy would not be the same without Steadman, that's for sure. It's like the perfect marriage of text and images, two sides of the same brain. One of the greatest artistic partnerships I can think of.
Immitation is the best form of flatery.
Troof.
Those dudes were DEFINITELY on the same wavelength.