anyone hear this about keith and hunter s thompson good buddies
maybe keith can be the entertainment. for this gig






ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Organizers of a memorial for Hunter S.
Thompson plan to erect a 150-foot structure - courtesy of actor
Johnny Depp - to shoot the gonzo journalist's ashes onto his ranch
near here.
Friends and acquaintances gathered Thursday to discuss the Aug.
20 invitation-only service, which will be six months after Thompson
shot himself in his Woody Creek home.
Jon Equis, the event producer working with Thompson's family,
said the tower will be 12 feet wide at the base and 8 feet wide at
the top, where a cannon will be placed.
Depp, who portrayed the author in the movie version of
Thompson's book ``Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' will pay for the
tower, designed to resemble Thompson's ``gonzo fist'' emblem.
As Thompson requested, his ashes will be shot out of the cannon
onto his property.
Equis said the tower will be constructed far from Woody Creek
Road and covered with a black drape before the service to
discourage tourists. A public event is expected to be planned later
to commemorate the writer's life.
The August event will consist of ``spoken word and live
entertainment,'' Equis said. The cannon will be fired around
sunset.
The event organizers must get the plans reviewed by the Pitkin
County Community Development Department, but Thompson's widow,
Anita Thompson, was supportive. She said the event will be a
celebration.