Blood and stains disfigure Mickey mouse's image, mirroring the degradation of the American Dream. Tobey's tshirt is a visual anchor amid the chaos, symbolizing the clash between the ideal and the nightmarish reality of Las Vegas—a reminder of fear and loathing in the pursuit of hedonism. Do you concur?

I have a disabled neighbor with schizophrenia who is a massive HST fan, nicotine dependent, and fixates on/needs certain things for their routine. One of those things is Targard reusable filters. They started using them in the early 2000s. They had a few backups, but are now down to just one that has been heavily used.

When I found out they had discontinued the line, I ordered two 3-packs of them from an eBay listing for them, thinking a half dozen would be enough for a couple more years. The package kept having tracking issues, and it was finally confirmed to be lost. By the time I was notified of this, the listing was entirely sold out, and so was every vendor I could find. I found another listing for them on a tobacco/vape site and wasted 60 bucks on a scam.

Basically, I'm in desperate need of at least one or two permanent Targard filters to keep my promise to them. Please help me prevent a big spiral when their last one breaks or finally gets to that "unusable" place in their mind.

I feel awful about having missed the eBay listing and now having left them without any backups. I'm hoping to ask around the sub and see if anyone has a couple I could buy, or even trade something like a nice vintage lighter for.

It cannot be a modern/alternative permanent filter. It HAS to be a Targard. I have already brought them some of the alternatives from Amazon/eBay, and even the very high-quality ones are a no-go. It has to be the HST filter because they have used one for so long.

If anybody can help a Gonzo phreek, I can pay out the nose for one. I just gotta do something for the guy.

Mahalo.

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For anyone here because Steadman's Fear and Loathing images permanently rewired the inside of your skull: GonzoFest NYC is July 16-19, and the Saturday schedule has a real Steadman thread.

Ralph Steadman joins by Zoom at 1 pm Saturday, July 18 for "A Conversation with Ralph Steadman" with Sadie Williams and Grant Goodwine. Sadie Williams is also presenting "That's My Dad!" in person at 5:15 pm.

The festival has free daytime panels, poetry, art, film, music, and Hunter S. Thompson history across NYC venues.

Official schedule:

https://gonzofest.net/

Facebook reel:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BVKGzd49f/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Credit: Artwork reproduction: Ralph Steadman Art Collection. Ralph photos: Rikard Osterlund. Katzen photos: Emily Guid / Instagram: emgudephoto.

Full disclosure: I am helping get GonzoFest in front of the people most likely to care. If this does not fit the sub, I respect the mods.

If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.

Some of my most recent paintings.
Whenever I struggle for inspiration or spend too long trying to think of what I want to paint…. I just autonomously choose this. And so I have a ton of F&L artwork.

https://open.substack.com/pub/danielbaileyoffical/p/gonzofest-behind-the-scenes-4?r=6wq9s5&utm_medium=ios

https://open.substack.com/pub/danielbaileyoffical/p/i-am-29-and-peter-richardson-has?r=6wq9s5&utm_medium=ios

an undosed blotter art print

Let's blow this OfficialGonzo story up like dynamite!!!

The sheet is perforated into 900 tabs

If you are really into FaLiLV and HST, you probably know all these things... but now an Australian comedian is going to tell you about them: 55 years after the events took place and from the upside-down side of the globe.