21st Century Beatniks versus Hieroglyphic Caricatures There’s long been a debate about the word “beatnik” — originally coined by a sensationalist San Francisco gossip columnist in 1958, playing on the Yiddish suffix “nik” and the first Russian satellite launched in September ’57 known as “Sputnik.” Jack and Allen & company hated the word back in […]
Beat Versus Beatnik
March 3rd, 2021 · 23 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats
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Festival Express
April 24th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Grateful Dead, Movies, Music
Here’s an article I wrote on the film Festival Express, published in Relix Magazine, April 2004. Drivin’ That Train . . . The Festival Express Rolls Again After 30 Years by Brian Hassett “That was the best time I’ve had in rock and roll,” said Jerry Garcia. “There were no straight people.” In the summer […]
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