Marianne Faithfull puts pain behind her Nov 13, 2009
Faithfull is proud of her role as muse to the Rolling Stones in their early years, inspiring such songs as "You Can't Always Get What You Want," "Wild Horses, and "Sister Morphine" (for which she belatedly received credit for writing the lyrics). And she was a muse to the Beats Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughts and Gregory Corso in their later years."I like to be involved in every time as it goes past," says Faithfull, interviewed over lunch at an Italian restaurant in lower Manhattan.... (MSNBC -- Music)
Death shuts Gate on plan for new nightspot Nov 7, 2009
For 38 years it was a venue for artists as diverse as Duke Ellington, Arthur Miller and beat poet Allen Ginsberg ... For 38 years it was a venue for artists as diverse as Duke Ellington, Arthur Miller and beat poet Allen Ginsberg ... 96 Art D'Lugoff former owner of Village Gate, passed away on the eve of a deal to resurrect the hip jazz club, host to such notables as poet Allen Ginsberg. (New York Post -- News)
Great (Overlooked) Books -- A Symposium Nov 5, 2009
Williams is best remembered, if at all, for his red wheel/barrow/glazed with rain/water and his introduction to Allen Ginsberg s Howl and Other Poems, which is more than most poets, and certainly most Garden State loyalists such as myself, deserve. But at least one Williams work deserves to be read by every American and every citizen of the world who aspires to be American or understand the place: 1925 s In the American Grain, a wide-ranging collection of essays, fragments, and prose poems that... (The American Conservative)
Hack Day: like a tech version of a hippy commune Nov 2, 2009
There was also a brilliant mash-up, combining a news cast and the classic iconic vision of Bob Dylan dropping placards next to Allen Ginsberg, called The ideas that come out of these crowdsourcing events are simply a reflection of the skills and hard work of people willing to give up their free time to create something together, not unlike a tech version of a hippy commune. The Government 2. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Peeping Tom Wolfe Nov 1, 2009
Around the corner to the Cedar Tavern of Pollock and de Kooning, NYU, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, Allen Ginsberg and the Beats ... Around the corner to the Cedar Tavern of Pollock and de Kooning, NYU, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, Allen Ginsberg and the Beats. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
20 questions for author Patricia Cornwell Oct 29, 2009
Allen Ginsberg, although we'd go to some great Italian restaurant well, let's be specific: Il Cantinori in New York or Davide in Boston. I like wonderful food and service and quiet am not into the "see and be seen" deal. (Honolulu Advertiser)
CAT to present evening of Beat poetry and jazz Oct 21, 2009
Members of the EIU faculty will present poems by such luminaries as Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder and Anne Waldman, with improvisatory jazz music provided by an ensemble under the leadership of Paul Johnston. The reading has been compiled by directors Bailey Young and David Radavich. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Nat Finkelstein, 76; was Warhol house photographer Oct 16, 2009
Mr. Finkelstein was on hand when Warhol presented Bob Dylan with one of his Elvis Flaming Star silk-screen portraits and took pictures of Allen Ginsberg and Salvador Dali. He captured Sedgwick and Nico, of the Velvet Underground, at their most glamorous, and photographed the first Velvet Underground performances and recording sessions. (Boston Globe)
Poet, CCC professor releases his fifth book Oct 12, 2009
He pointed to William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg and Walt Whitman as particular favorites. Whitman still has the ability to fascinate Nelson, who has done much critical analysis of the poet's work and has had numerous pieces published on the subject. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
One Night in Milan Oct 2, 2009
The haunt of writers and artists such as Piero Manzoni and Allen Ginsberg, it's a taste of the bygone, bohemian days of the Brera district. Got an awful travel gripe. (Time.com)
Fillmore Street: All that jazz Oct 1, 2009
Allen Ginsberg first read "Howl" here, and on a more somber note, Jim Jones' Peoples Temple was located at Geary and Fillmore. Fillmore Street. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Tant: We lost a songbird with passing of Mary Travers Sep 26, 2009
Beatnik poets like Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti were breaking new ground in verse while Beat Generation novelist Jack Kerouac took his readers "On the Road" across America's emerging counterculture. Bohemian meccas like New York and San Francisco were fertile ground for such iconoclastic comedians as Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl, who skewered the sham and hypocrisy of American whitebread culture. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Jim Carroll; wrote songs, ‘Basketball Diaries’ Sep 14, 2009
Hailed by Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac as a powerful new poetic voice, he became a fixture on the downtown scene. After briefly attending Wagner College on Staten Island and Columbia University, he found his way to Andy Warhol s Factory, contributing dialogue for Warhol s films. (Boston Globe)
Andy Warhol's Junk Yields Odd Treasures Sep 12, 2009
In this photo taken on Aug. 13, 2009, books and a note by Allen Ginsberg found in one of Andy Warhol's time capsules wait to be catalogued at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar). (CBS News -- US)
The Original Beat Writers Sep 2, 2009
The core group of these influential writers were Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady and William S. Burroughs ... He started hanging around fellow Columbia students Allen Ginsberg and Lucien Carr in New York and soon met William S. Burroughs and Neal Cassady ... Allen Ginsberg was born June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey to Jewish parents Louis Ginsberg and Naomi Livergant. (Suite101.com)
Warhol's time capsules Aug 22, 2009
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar). PITTSBURGH (AP) A cardboard lid is lifted and four archivists peer inside. (The Palm Beach Post)
Junk collection lends insight on Andy Warhol Aug 21, 2009
Gene J. Puskar / APBooks and a note by Allen Ginsberg found in one of Andy Warhol's time capsules wait to be catalogued at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. The White House hasn't decided whether to go for it, he says, and if it does, any boxes would be vetted in advance to ensure nothing crops up that is offensive such as porn or truly disgusting like the oozing, decades-old soup cans Warhol often dumped inside. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Allen Ginsberg Life and Poetry Aug 4, 2009
Brief biography of Allen Ginsberg, a poet and leading figure of America's Beat era of new American poets ... Early Life and Sorrow of Young Allen Ginsberg ... Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey. (Suite101.com)
Holiday magazine: A majestic trip to 1961 S.F. Aug 2, 2009
Reporting on the city's nascent counterculture is theater critic and producer Kenneth Tynan, creator of the seminal, sexy "Oh! Calcutta!" Tynan's canny take in "San Francisco: The Rebels" harks back to cultural malcontents Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Sinclair Lewis, William Saroyan, Isadora Duncan and Gertrude Stein and contemporaries including Alan Watts, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Kenneth Rexroth. Taken together, according to Tynan, they illustrate that "In this bright, free-wheeling,... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Just a song singer’ Jul 31, 2009
There he met Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, singers Peter, Paul and Mary, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and later Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie. It was folk singer Fred Neil who nudged Havens onto the stage. (Helena Independent Record)
Beat Museum a 'Howl' of a time Jul 23, 2009
References to Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) and his epic poem "Howl" make many appearances besides this one in this offbeat "museum" of all things and personalities tied to the Beat phenomenon in San Francisco ... References to Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) and his epic poem "Howl" make many appearances besides this. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Freeing Tibet' Jul 20, 2009
And then the authors paint the implausible but historically precisely accurate picture of the CIA's protective role being passed on to Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and others of the counterculture Beat Generation as they discover Tibetan Buddhism, meet the Dalai Lama and start an international religious/cultural/celebrity-driven campaign to protect -- through publicity -- both the Dalai Lama and the entire struggle for freeing Tibet, which continues today through the efforts of celebrities such... (Human Events Online)
A literary map of San Francisco Jul 19, 2009
Jack London, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Alice Adams, Amy Tan, Michelle Tea - they have all etched the landscape for us. And so we thought it would be fun to create a map of San Francisco composed of some of the very words - from novels, poems and essays - that animate our city. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Kids Are All Post-Right Jul 16, 2009
Allen Ginsberg once told Norman Podhoretz, We ll get you through your children. Turns out it s not only the left-wing kids who reject neoconservatism, but a great many liberal and non-liberal students alike are turning to Rothbardianism. (The American Conservative)
Capturing beat of 1950s Paris Jun 30, 2009
From the poets Allen Ginsberg and Geoffrey Corso to now-forgotten names. He spoke their language. (BBC News -- Europe)
August Kleinzahler, poet, blooms in S.F. Jun 3, 2009
He also was attracting attention and kudos from other poets, including Allen Ginsberg, whom he would later meet. In 1992, Kleinzahler was introduced to Jonathan Galassi, editor at the publishing house Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pamela Anderson Not Only Star Cured Of Hepatitis C Jun 1, 2009
WHAT does Pam Anderson have in common with Mickey Mantle, Benito Mussolini, Allen Ginsberg and Linda Lovelace. They all suffered from hepatitis C. Chris Kennedy Lawford, who's been cured of this disease, wrote a book to help others, "Healing Hepatitis C," which he'll launch tomorrow in Wil liamsburg at Joe Schrank's Loft 107, a hip new sober fa cility featuring flat screens and a chef. (New York Post -- Gossip)
APA Honors the Year's Best Audiobooks at 14th Annual Audies Gala in New York City Jun 1, 2009
The Graveyard Book Author and Narrator: Neil Gaiman Publisher: HarperChildren's Audio Executive Producer/Producer/Director: Michael Conroy Distinguished Achievement in Production Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady By: L.A. Meyer Read by: Katherine Kellgren Publisher: Listen & Live Audio Executive Producers: Alisa Weberman and Alfred Martino Director: Alisa Weberman Audiobook Adaptation English Majors: A Comedy Collection for... (PR Newswire)
Iggy Pop: "Literature's like coke, music's like heroin" May 30, 2009
Literature, he said, had always been important to him, with a lot of William S. Burroughs in his early works along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Initially billed as a quieter album with jazz overtones, it mingles jazz, rock, pop and blues. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Tom Killion: In the arms of Mount Tam May 20, 2009
So, in January 1967, when he and Allen Ginsberg co-hosted the Human Be-In at Golden Gate Park, Snyder said: "Let's circumambulate Mount Tam!" They ran an ad in the Oracle, an underground newspaper, and the first public circumambulation drew a crowd of nearly 100 that spring. "It was a wonderful, and I'm sure stoned-out, event," Killion said with a laugh. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Radio Host Savage Always Up For a Fight May 20, 2009
He wrote 20 books and hung out with the likes of Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. His left-leaning politics shifted in the 1980s. (Newsmax)
On the Road to Aloud May 8, 2009
Shes also the co-founder with Allen Ginsberg of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. The event starts at 7 p.m.. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
The 'Beat' Poets and Mexico May 5, 2009
Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso were, along with William Burroughs, the main players in this debauched Mexican sojourn, with Ginsberg and Burroughs staying there for a total of about five years ... He was wanted by the state of Louisiana alter police found letters in his home from Allen Ginsberg detailing a possible delivery of marijuana. (Suite101.com)
Chronicling the counterculture May 1, 2009
Writers include Charles Bukowski, bp Nichol, Amiri Baraka, Michael Ondaatje and Allen Ginsberg. Echoes without Saying (1983). (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
North County band ready to ramp things up Apr 28, 2009
And so, a year ago this month, Cooper founded the Howls (named after an Allen Ginsberg poem he admired) with drummer Dave Gargula and a since-departed bassist. After three months, Caleb Chial joined on bass. (North County Times)
Price, Boyle inducted into exclusive academy Apr 15, 2009
"I'll never forget it. John Updike, white-haired and beaming with his lovely wife. Kurt Vonnegut gave a fiery, denunciatory speech about something or the other. And I got to sit down next to Allen Ginsberg and exchange what was no doubt witty repartee. That was pretty heady for a young pup.". Other inductees. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Dreamy event Apr 13, 2009
The Human Torch is set to play pride-of-Lowell Jack Kerouac in the 2010 movie "Kill Your Darlings," with Jesse Eisenberg of "Adventureland" as Allen Ginsberg. Business suits, business trip The yellow two-piece. (Boston Globe)
Michael Winship: Abraham Lincoln's legacy 144 years later Apr 11, 2009
Lincoln was assassinated 144 years ago on Good Friday, and so Waterston is appearing on Bill Moyers Journal this week to read excerpts reflecting the ways in which Lincoln s image has evolved and has been interpreted by great American writers from Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman to Delmore Schwartz and Allen Ginsberg ... Twentieth-century poet Allen Ginsberg saw Lincoln through a radical lens, Harold Holzer said. (Medfield Press, MA)
Images shift viewers' focus from Paris to space to China Apr 11, 2009
The Cambridge photographer's sitters are writers or artists (Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Robert Creeley, Gary Snyder, Michael Mazur). Geographers of the imagination, they, too, partake of travel. (Boston Globe)
Arts and Entertainment Apr 7, 2009
There is something for everyone in Natalie Goldberg's new book "Old Friend From Far Away." Masturbation, dying, Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, cabbage, and addiction are all on the literary menu. "Old Friend from Far Away" is a book about your life, your memory, the mind, and above all it's about writing it all down. (The Current Online, MO)
Take a free tour Mar 25, 2009
For a strong cup of house-roasted coffee or a light meal, try Cafe Trieste at 601 Vallejo St. This beatnik hangout attracted Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and other hipsters in the 1950s. A crowd still gathers here every Saturday afternoon to listen to gray-haired Italian men sing arias with the same passion they'd show if they were onstage at La Scala. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Dylanology 101 Mar 21, 2009
On the other hand, consider: Dylan won a special Pulitzer Prize last year and has been nominated for the Nobel Prize every year since 1996 (admittedly by the same person, originally acting on behalf of poet Allen Ginsberg). Rolling Stone magazine has called "Like a Rolling Stone" the greatest song ever written. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Catching up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti Mar 20, 2009
Just this week, production began on a film based on the obscenity trial over Ferlinghetti's publication of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl." ... Q: In the upcoming film of "Howl," James Franco will play Allen Ginsberg. (San Francisco Chronicle)
High-minded mining of Bob Dylan Mar 20, 2009
(Admittedly by the same person, originally acting on behalf of poet Allen Ginsberg. Rolling Stone magazine has called "Like a Rolling Stone" the greatest song ever written. (Boston Globe)
Exploring our love of the bean from the grounds up Mar 13, 2009
Beat Generation icons Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac did their coffee and cigarette thing here, and Francis Ford Coppola wrote much of the screenplay for "The Godfather" on one of the round tables. Amid it all, founder Giovanni Giotta's family and friends still perform what they call "an Italian-flavored version of the Lawrence Welk show" about once a month on Saturdays (see Web site for a schedule). (San Francisco Chronicle)
AROUND THE USA: Arts feel economic impact Mar 2, 2009
World-renowned poets the likes of former U.S. poet laureate Robert Hass, Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Paul Muldoon and Franz Wright, Allen Ginsberg and Derek Walcott have all attended past festivals. "The Dodge Poetry Festival is the single most successful gathering about poetry in my lifetime," said American poet Edward Hirsch. (USA Today -- Life)
Royalty Ain't What It Used to Be Feb 28, 2009
I wore my hair long and uncoiffed, no make up and affected black turtleneck sweaters in class, adopting the pose of a beatnik who could cite the poetry of Allen Ginsberg. When I wasn't hanging out at the library, I was in the Student Union drinking coffee with the foreign exchange students, often with Indians from Bombay before it was Mumbai, arguing about the status of Kashmir and deploring the evil V.K. Krishna Menon, the fiercely anti-American ambassador of India to the United Nations. (Townhall.com)
Touch of genius Feb 22, 2009
I once saw (poet) Allen Ginsberg reading, and before he could finish his poem, he fell over, drunk. I never wanted to be like that. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Save money, book ahead Feb 13, 2009
The 19-year-old University of Sydney student made a beeline for Shakespeare and Company, the iconic Left Bank bookstore that famously served as a base for beat generation writers such as Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs. Byron, an avid reader who is part-way through a science-arts double degree, says she was drawn to becoming one of the store's "tumbleweeds" - the term used for the 40,000-plus travellers who have worked there in exchange for one of the beds scattered throughout the upstairs... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
What's Happening? Feb 12, 2009
Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends and closest collaborators - including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg - to tell this poignant and important story; followed by live music with Gospel Dancers, Thin Hymns, Grape Soda, Dead Elephant Bicycle; $5; (706) 353-7377 or www. athenscine. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Book review: Toward 2012, Perspectives on the Next Age Feb 10, 2009
com - the name comes from an Allen Ginsberg poem - where most of the material in this collection originally appeared. Both have genetic countercultural credentials. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
