{"id":5185,"date":"2011-08-26T09:44:48","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T16:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=5185"},"modified":"2011-10-03T22:51:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T05:51:54","slug":"the-doctor-is-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2011\/08\/26\/the-doctor-is-in\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gonzo Reply"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Hunter S. Thompson&#8217;s Response to An Unsolicited Freelance Submission<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"reviewermag\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<b>ROLLING STONE<\/p>\n<p>625 Third Street, San Francisco, California 94107 . Telephone: (415) 362-4730<\/p>\n<p>You worthless, acid-sucking piece of illiterate shit! Don\u2019t ever send this kind of brain-damaged swill in here again. If I had the time, I\u2019d come out there and drive a fucking wooden stake into your forehead. Why don\u2019t you get a job, germ? Maybe delivering advertising handouts door to door, or taking tickets for a wax museum. You drab South Bend cocksuckers are all the same; like those dope-addled dingbats at the Rolling Stone office. I\u2019d like to kill those bastards for sending me your piece&#8230;and I\u2019d just as soon kill you, too. Jam this morbid drivel up your ass where your readership will better appreciate it. <\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>(Signed)<\/p>\n<p>Yail Bloor III<br \/>\nMinister of Belles-Lettre <\/p>\n<p>P.S. Keep up the good work. Have a nice day.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/08\/16\/hunter-s-thompson-letter_n_928491.html\">Huffington Post entry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/reviewermagazine.com\/images\/HUNTER-S-THOMPSON-LETTER\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter S. Thompson&#8217;s Response to An Unsolicited Freelance Submission Tweet ROLLING STONE 625 Third Street, San Francisco, California 94107 . Telephone: (415) 362-4730 You worthless, acid-sucking piece of illiterate shit! Don\u2019t ever send this kind of brain-damaged swill in here again. If I had the time, I\u2019d come out there and drive a fucking wooden stake into your forehead. Why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[598,579],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-reflected-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3477,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/12\/25\/exile-on-kettner-nope\/","url_meta":{"origin":5185,"position":0},"title":"Xmas Exile On Kettner","author":"admin","date":"December 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Exile On Kettner Blvd? 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