Love this. (and Thompson, so maybe a lil biased)

I agree about the Internet being riddled with wannabes. Not necessarily a bad thing, except I meet a lotta young men (I'm sure there's girls too, but men seem to dominate) who're stuck trying to emulate Thompson's crazy lifestyle, and less so his writing. It's easier to booze it up than to nurture the flair that made him a genius, no?

But hell yeah, Hunter Thompson's one of my favorite people in the writing world.

Zevon's also someone I really care for and I particularly like this song that he co-wrote with Thompson (they were long-time friends). You might like it :)