The picture at left is of artist Robert LaVigne, and is copyright by Larry Keenan–used with permissions. Says Larry, “Robert LaVigne is one of the few Beat artists that was aligned with the Beat poets. Besides his own work he did poster art and graphics for Allen Ginsberg and others. In this photograph he is…
Beat Films: Overviews of the Best by Adrien Begrand Okay, here are my picks for the definitive Beat video experience:
Back at the Whiskey by Mary Sands 4/5/00 (Also published in the Keroauc Connection, issue #30) Wow. A most synergetic performance just happened, and it oughtta go down in history, if for no other reason than it’s the first time the Doors (or 2/3′s of what’s left of them) have been back at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go,…
Teaching Beat Literature We were lucky to have both Ginsberg and Snyder read here in the past few years. Ginsberg’s reading drew over 1,000 people, and Snyder offered unasked to sit in on my honors course on the Beats, where stunned students found themselves face to face with one of the writers they were reading.…
[On the old site, Matthew had sent me a picture of his mile marker near the Matterhorn, but I don't have that picture anymore.] This picture is of a mountain across the pass from the Matterhorn and is copyright by Matthew Frondorf, who climbed up the Matterhorn, retracing Snyder’s and Kerouac’s steps from The Dharma…
Soly Haim Script: Michael Bockman Doozy Film Factory PO Box 25164 Los Angeles, CA 90025 DoozyFilms@yahoo.com STARVING HYSTERICAL NAKED Starving Hysterical Naked is the story of a close group of young friends who formed the core of the most influential “youth” generation of the last fifty years. The main characters of are based on the…
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