Best Movies Watched in 2025 . Since people seem to love year-end lists — from critics’ picks to people’s own music streaming results — Sky suggested I make one for the best movies I watched this year. Never did one of these before, but thought I could share some highlights that might lead some to […]
Best Movies Watched in 2025
December 11th, 2025 · 5 Comments · Movies
Tags: Arthur Miller·Benicio Del Toro·Brad Pitt·Dustin Hoffman·Edgar Wright·Gabriel LaBelle·James Mangold·Jason Reitman·Jerry Garcia·Jonah Hill·Leonardo DiCaprio·Martin Scorsese·Martin Sheen·Paul Thomas Anderson·Penny Marshall·Philip Seymour Hoffman·Robert Altman·Robert Redford·Spike Jonze·The Grateful Dead·Timothée Chalamet·Tom Hanks
Anne Murphy’s “Tripping With A Viper” about Neal Cassady
May 4th, 2024 · 16 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats, Merry Pranksters
. Beat & Prankster fans rejoice! A new firsthand memoir has just been released of life with one of the Mount Rushmores of both the Beat Generation & the Merry Pranksters. That doesn’t happen very often, and there aren’t many options left. Anne Murphy (who later reverted back to her birth name Anne Marie Maxwell) […]
Tags: Acid Tests·Allen Ginsberg·Anne Marie Maxwell·Anne Murphy·Arthur & Kit Knight·Carolyn Cassady·Diane Di Prima·Edie Kerouac·Gavin Arthur·George Walker·Helen Weaver·Hettie Jones·Hunter Thompson·Jack Kerouac·Joyce Johnson·Ken Kesey·La Honda·Lu Anne Henderson·Merry Pranksters·Mountain Girl·Neal Cassady·Spit In The Ocean·The Beat Generation·The Beat Museum·The Grateful Dead·The Trips Festival·Tom Wolfe
Beatles post Get Back Lessons and Reflections
January 30th, 2022 · 3 Comments · Movies, Music
Some reflections on The Beatles post Peter Jackson’s masterpiece, and some fun facts picked up along the way . . . It was so much the blending of the four compatible yet different personalities that was key to their creativity and longevity. And that there were four different individuals for people to identify with and […]
Tags: Albert Maysles·Alice Cooper·Billy Preston·Brian Epstein·Derek Taylor·Elvis Costello·George Harrison·George Martin·Jack Kerouac·Jerry Garcia·John Lennon·Malcolm Gladwell·Maysles brothers·Paul McCartney·Peter Jackson·Ringo Starr·Robert Frank·The Beatles Get Back·The Grateful Dead·Tommy Hilfiger·Will Hodgson
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August 6th, 2017 · 19 Comments · Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac, Kerouac and The Beats, Merry Pranksters, Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me
George Walker & Brian Hassett Present Jack Kerouac & Neal Cassady . . Click here to jump to the Fall 2023 Tour dates & Locations Click here to skip to Show Set Lists with Clip Links Click here to go to Bios . George Walker & Brian Hassett first met in Boulder Colorado in July […]
Tags: George Walker·How The Beats Begat The Pranksters·Jack Kerouac·Jerry Garcia·Ken Kesey·Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!·Neal Cassady·The Beat Museum·The Grateful Dead·The Merry Pranksters