William Burroughs – Heavy Metal Guru
by Spencer Kansa. ”Tell him I’ve been reading him and I believe every word he...
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Category: Beatdom #7
Long John Silver and the Beats
by Wayne Mullins Many people ask what are the Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles how did...
Read MorePeter Orlovsky Obituary
On May 30th, 2010, Peter Orlovsky died at the age of 76. He is best known as the long-time partner...
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Patti Smith and the Beats
“A hipster goes into a diner. ‘What kind of pie do you have?’ he asks. The waitress says, ‘The pie...
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HST & the Music of the Sixties
Illustration Isaac Bonan Words by David S. Wills From Beatdom #7. Music has always been a matter...
Read More“It was electric”: A conversation with Michael Sharp
By Noel Dávila On Ginsberg’s anger & kindness, Kerouac’s “homo viator”,...
Read MoreLast Thoughts on Ginsberg
by Michael Hendrick I have not reached the point where I will pay for a ring tone on my cell. Just the words “ring,” “tone” and “cell” in the same phrase pisses me off. Once somebody bought me a vanity license plate permit as a...
Read MoreCome Join Uncle Sam’s Band
by James D. Irwin It’s about ten past four on a Sunday afternoon. I feel like I’ve been beaten up;...
Read MoreLast Thoughts on Ginsberg and Dylan
by Ben Simon, My favorite of Bob Dylan’s legendary Basement Tape recordings is probably the most...
Read MorePeople who died: Jim Carroll’s last diary entry
A farewell to a key post-Beat, whose creative life stretched from Warhol’s Factory to Cobain’s...
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