Beyond Jazz: Kerouac and Music
The links between the Beat Generation and music seem obvious, and many of them have been pretty...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Dec 4, 2018 | Reviews | 0 |
The links between the Beat Generation and music seem obvious, and many of them have been pretty...
Read Moreby Karen Dewar | Feb 21, 2017 | Essays | 0 |
The generally accepted definition of the word “hipster” in 2017 is a young, non-traditional,...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Feb 5, 2017 | Beat News | 0 |
In the above video, Beatdom Books author John Tytell talks with Martin Torgoff, whose new book,...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Dec 7, 2016 | Reviews | 0 |
Martin Torgoff’s Bop Apocalypse (not to be confused with the similarly titled The Bop Apocalypse,...
Read Moreby Alyssa Cokinis | Oct 28, 2015 | Beatdom #16, Beatdom Content, Essays | 0 |
The Beat Generation found itself mystified by the black culture of the time. This mystification...
Read Moreby Merel van 't Hooft | May 26, 2015 | Beatdom Content, Essays, Features | 3 |
“If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem...
Read Moreby GK Stritch | May 1, 2014 | Reviews | 0 |
“I want to be considered a jazz poet . . .” i Don’t miss Mark Murphy’s 1981 recording “Bop for...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Apr 23, 2014 | Beatdom #14, Beatdom Content, Features | 0 |
By Kurt Kline In the poetry of Bob Kaufman, the poet is the healer, journeying down...
Read Moreby GK Stritch | Apr 1, 2014 | Memoirs, Fiction & Poetry | 0 |
“All you need is one person in your whole life to really be listening.” i Young Charlie Parker...
Read Moreby GK Stritch | Jul 28, 2013 | Reviews | 0 |
“All I can say is, if you know Jimmy Heath, you know Bop.” — Dizzy Gillespiei Jack Kerouac, jazz...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Mar 1, 2011 | Beatdom #8, Beatdom Content, Features, Interviews | 0 |
By Spencer Kansa In 1951, Jack Kerouac began work on a roman a clef whose breathless prose would...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Aug 24, 2010 | Beatdom #7, Beatdom Content, Essays, Features | 13 |
Illustration Isaac Bonan Words by David S. Wills From Beatdom #7. Music has always been a matter...
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