Hasten Down The Wind

We knew it was coming.

It doesn't help.

Warren Zevon died yesterday afternoon at age 56:

"In a macabre songbook that includes 'Excitable Boy,' 'Lawyers, Guns and Money' and 'Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner,' Zevon presented a world of the undead and the unethical on the rampage in a mercenary world. In 'Mr. Bad Example,' an altar boy grows up to be a vagabond con man: 'I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins/I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in/I'm proud to be a glutton and I don't have time for sloth/I'm greedy and I'm angry and I don't care who I cross.' "

Now that he's dead, he'll probably start getting his due.

UPDATE: Powerline, who've covered Zevon's illness as well as any bloggers, wrap it up with style.

RIP, Exciteable Guy.

Posted by Mitch at September 8, 2003 06:37 AM