. Here’s the first live show for the book — a Facebook live stream for an online Prankster reunion — featuring The Franken Fracas, Obama’s election night, Abbie Hoffman, the climactic Bernie rally in New Hampshire & lots of other gems . . . . David Amram — Jack Kerouac’s principal musical collaborator […]
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“Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy” News & Reviews
May 31st, 2020 · 8 Comments · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Politics
Tags: Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy·Democrats Abroad·Jerry Ciminio·The Beat Museum
The Beat Museum’s Jerry Cimino Introduces Brian Hassett
April 30th, 2020 · 12 Comments · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Kerouac and The Beats, Politics, Weird Things About Me
Introduction to Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy (April 2020) . Sometimes you meet a person who thinks like you do, who views the world through a similar lens. For me, Brian Hassett is one of those people. We’re all products of our times, and Brian, being slightly younger than me, came of age in a different decade […]
Tags: Beat Shindig·Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy·Carolyn Cassady·John Cassady·New Hampshire primary·Politics·The Beat Museum
Bernie Sanders’ campaign climax in New Hampshire
March 24th, 2020 · 8 Comments · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy excerpt . . Following the climactic election eve rally of the 2020 New Hampshire primary with Bernie Sanders at a hockey arena . . . The most extraordinary thing happened when it was over. As the thousands of kids streamed out of the arena, right next to it was a big […]
Tags: Bernie Sanders·Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy·New Hampshire primary·Wayne Gretzky
Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy
February 29th, 2020 · 6 Comments · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
FRIDAY NIGHT DEBATE NIGHT Friday February 7th was the big nationally televised Democratic debate from Manchester. I tried every angle to get tickets, but even longtime plugged-in politicos told me they were shut out. Made me feel a smidge better. The obvious thing was to go to the DoubleTree Hotel in Manchester. Manchester’s the main […]
Tags: Amy Klobuchar·Andrew Yang·Bernie Sanders·Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy·Chris Hayes·David Corn·Democratic Primary·Elizabeth Warren·Joe Biden·Joy Reid·Michael Bloomberg·Michael Moore
Brian Hassett – Adventures in Print
January 26th, 2020 · 21 Comments · Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy, Kerouac and The Beats, Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me
40 YEARS IN PRINT . A CHRONOLOGY OF THE PUBLISHED REAL-LIFE ADVENTURE TALES . . 1977 – May — writing a song with Guess Who founder Chad Allen – not in print as of yet, but it is on my website here. 1980 – April — John Anderson in San Diego – Blissfully Ravaged in […]
Tags: Barack Obama·Beat Shindig·Bernie Sanders·Big Sur·Bill Clinton·Blissfully Ravaged in Democracy·Carolyn Cassady·Gary Hart·George Walker·Grateful Dead·How The Beats Begat The Pranksters·Howard Dean and Al Franken·Jack Kerouac·Ken Kesey·On The Road·Paul Tsongas·Phil Lesh·The Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac·Walter Salles·Woodstock
Pranksters for Proactive Politics
November 30th, 2019 · 1 Comment · Merry Pranksters, Politics, Weird Things About Me
. Original Merry Prankster George Walker & author-performer Brian Hassett team up to make elections fun again. Soon to be joined by an unlimited cast of players and Pranksters crisscrossing the United States in a new version of Ken Kesey’s original psychedelic Furthur Bus — and this one is going to go even Farthur! After […]
Tags: George Walker
Al Franken “Giant of The Senate” book review
December 27th, 2017 · 9 Comments · Politics
. Al Franken is a great writer of our times. When you read even just the first chapter of this book — “Why I’m A Democrat” — it’ll make you wanna throw every one of his sanctimonious accusatory quasi-republican Democrats off a cliff — not under a bus, like they did him. I really enjoyed […]
Tags: Al Franken·Barack Obama·Deadheads·Giant of The Senate·Paul Wellstone·Saturday Night Live·Tom Davis
Hillary Clinton Javits Center 2016
November 13th, 2016 · 18 Comments · New York City, Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
Election Night 2016 in New York City . . It was such a beautiful fall Tuesday in New York. We were all in such a good mood. But in retrospect there were some early warning signs I’d rationalized and dismissed: The tollbooth clerk I had a happy election exchange with but when asked who she […]
Tags: Abbie Hoffman·Al Franken·Bob Dylan·Hillary Clinton·John Lennon·Ken Kesey·New York·Vincent Van Gogh·Woodstock
Gary Hart rally 1984 Washington Square
September 11th, 2016 · 12 Comments · New York City, Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
How Rock Concerts Led To Politics . For most of ’80s I lived in Phyllis & Eddie Condon’s palatial apartment on Washington Square North. The NYU Program Board from where I ran the concerts was in the Loeb Student Center on Washington Square South — about a 3-minute walk away — if you didn’t dawdle […]
Tags: Bernie Sanders·Election 2016·Grateful Dead·Greenwich Village·Hillary Clinton·Washington Square Park·Winnipeg
How the 2016 Election Will Play Out
August 9th, 2016 · 9 Comments · Politics
. The 2016 Presidential and Congressional elections will be a win for Clinton because . . . — Trump continues to be unhinged for the next 3 months; — his racism / bigotry comments & viewpoint continue to reappear; — there’s a 3-month continuous drip-drip-drip of negative Trump business stories; — the Republican party will not […]