Bob Browning's blog

I am reading Hells Angels by Hunter S Thompson.

I wish I could write like that.

The stories about the Outlaws themselves are hilarious in a black sort of way, but there is at least a certain internal logic to their behaviour. The real lesson of the book for me is that the Idea of the Hells Angels (or if you will, the Brand) ended up more powerful than the Hells Angels themselves. Police over-reacted to events that had nothing to do with the Hells Angels on the other side of the continent simply because of rumours of their involvement.

Hunter S Thompson is a genius with deep insights into human psychology.

Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas next.