It has been said that "the true voice of [Hunter S.] Thompson is revealed to be that of American moralist ... one who often makes himself ugly to expose the ugliness he sees around him." That ugliness served its literary and journalistic purpose, no doubt. As for the purpose it served in his private life, in the realm of getting nitty-gritty, mundane things done, that's a whole other question. Not much is known about this clip other than it features a NSFW voicemail that the gonzo journalist left for his local AV guy in Woody Creek, Colorado. The poor man....

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