[marty60]

Well look at it this way. He has seen his "culture" being assigned to the dustbin of history. (Kerry-anti-war/American, algore, Hill and Bill,druggies, 60's BS), what is he going to do for the rest of his life.

But for the msm to try to make this zoned out stream of concious writer into some sort of literary icon is stomach churning.

and this article is just one indication of the shallowness of this guy.

[angkor]

HST styled himself after H.L. Mencken, the acknowledged master reporter of the 20th century. P.J. O'Rourke, Christopher Hitchens, and others would all say as much (Is Anne Coulter inspired by Mencken? Mark Steyn?).

But Mencken lives on with a body of sophisticated and sardonic work that seems to be endless in volume and scope. HST managed to produce only a very small fraction of his output, and it is supremely self-indulgent and monoscopic 60's leftist ranting.

I'm afraid you're right that HST will be bookended by the Hell's Angels at one end and Johnny Depp at the other. And that's about it.

RIP nonetheless.