WHO IS ASTERISK?
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Well here's one I don't read every day. Earlier this month several gonzo fans emailed me about
an article on a website called Underground.net. The best way
to find out the truth about any rumor is to go to the source, so I sent a note off to
the site. The editor of the site, Shlomo Sher, does not know the true identity of the mysterious,
gonzoesque writer on his site. If Underground.net sounds familiar, it's because Ryan M.
wrote a story about HST a few months ago on the site.
The article in question is called
Savagery of the Flighty White Nigger. It's a very well-written, gonzo article that is bound to turn the corners of
most people's mouth despite the title. The question these gonzo fans were begging was...is it HST?
Writing under a new pseudonym?
And therein I was stuck. I read it once. I read it twice. I read it a few more times, analyzing the language
and I could not tell. Me, a gonzo fan of ten years, who has read and re-read all of HST's books so
much that I can quote entirely passages...it was a terrible feeling ;-)
I had some gonzo friends read it, and they liked the article. But they weren't sure either. The subject matter didn't
seem right for HST, although the length did. So either it is HST, or just one of the best purveyors of his style
that I have read since Lo Phat Ham. Maybe it's Phatty himself.
In response, Shlomo wrote his own thoughts on the subject, which can be read here.
What do you all think? Write your opinion in the Owl Farm Kitchen.
