Tom Wolfe Made Me Cry . We’ve had a flood of famous & important people dying the last few years. 2016 was the recent one most think of as the mass kill-off year that had us all praying for it to end — which it did, sadly, in November, with democracy and decency being cremated […]
Tom Wolfe Made Me Cry
June 17th, 2018 · 9 Comments · Merry Pranksters, Weird Things About Me
Tags: Dr. Seuss·Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test·Jack Kerouac·Jackson Pollock·Neal Cassady·Philip Seymour Hoffman·Shakespeare·Tom Wolfe
Rolling Stone Book of The Beats excerpt
February 29th, 2016 · 6 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats, New York City
Abstract Expression: From Beat to Brando . Fire lights and smoking nights And splashes of dripping paint; Jazz explosions and constant commotions “Leave It To Beaver” this ain’t. . It was the halftime show of the century! 1945 to 1955. “We’re gonna rock the rock in the second half.” Or we’re all gonna die. . […]
Tags: Charlie Parker·Jack Kerouac·Jackson Pollock·Lord Buckley·Rolling Stone
Wailin’ at The Whitney
January 26th, 2013 · 12 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats, New York City
Wailin’ at The Whitney (a feature story from 1995 on the historic Whitney Museum show) Communities of creative minds exchanging ideas has been a dream of artists from the moment they first walked away from the other apes and got back to the land to set their soul free. The Lost Generation café klatch […]
Tags: Allen Ginsberg·Beat Culture at the Whitney·Beat Whitney Show·Dennis Hopper·Gregory Corso·Jack Kerouac·Jackson Pollock·James Dean·Michael McClure and Ray Manzarek·Neal Cassady·On The Road scroll·Pull My Daisy·Rebel Without A Cause·The Beat Generation·The Living Theater