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 30, 2009
There he met Alan 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, MT)
Kerouac will ruling Jul 29, 2009
There are new questions about the estate of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac after a Florida judge ruled that his mother s will was fraudulent ... Ever since, the Sampas family has had control of Jack Kerouac s manuscripts, letters, and personal belongings ... Jack Kerouac s daughter, Jan, challenged the will in 1994, after seeing a copy and deciding the signature was fake. (Boston Globe)
Fla. Judge Rules Will on Kerouac's Estate Is Fake Jul 29, 2009
-- A lengthy dispute over the estate of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac has ended with a Florida judge ruling that his mother's will was fraudulent ... Ever since, the Sampas family has had control of Jack Kerouac's manuscripts, letters and personal belongings ... But Jack Kerouac's daughter and nephew believed the will was fake. (Newsmax)
After 15 years, will on Kerouac estate ruled fake Jul 29, 2009
Hulton Archive / Getty Images fileThe "On the Road" author's manuscripts, letters and personal belongings were left to Jack Kerouac's third wife, Stella Sampas Kerouac ... CLEARWATER, Florida - A lengthy dispute over the estate of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac has ended with a Florida judge ruling that his mother's will was fraudulent ... But Jack Kerouac's daughter and nephew believed the will was fake. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson shoot films close to Seacoast Jul 26, 2009
Except Jack Kerouac, but hes a permanent resident. . (Seacoast New Hampshire)
San Francisco International Poetry Festival Jul 25, 2009
Jack Kerouac Alley (at Columbus Avenue). S.F. Festival continues through Sun. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Beat Museum a 'Howl' of a time Jul 23, 2009
But the presiding spirit at the Beat Museum is the more glamorous and short-lived Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), who befriended Ginsberg long before his 1957 "On the Road" sent Kerouac's name rocketing around the world. Numerous foreign-language editions of the book fill a locked case at the museum. (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)
I Used to Act Private in Public, Now I Act Public in Private Jul 16, 2009
As an actor, she costarred on Seinfeld and MTV's Remote Control, appeared off-Broadway, and starred in her own critically acclaimed solo show I Slept With Jack Kerouac and Other stories. She is the co-owner of the West Village wine bar, Pasita, and lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter. (Slate)
Book Buzz for Thursday, July 9, 2009 Jul 10, 2009
From Homer to Marco Polo, Captain Cook and Jack Kerouac, readers have been enchanted for centuries by the tales of travelers. Classic voyage raconteurs like Joshua Slocum, Jack London, Ernest Shakleton, Beryl Markam and Isabella Bird continue to interest and educate readers. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene Jul 9, 2009
This year's event begins with a party on Thursday, July 23, at Jack Kerouac Alley, adjacent to City Lights Books, and continues with readings by poets from around the world, a youth poetry event July 25 at the Western Addition Branch Library, a children's story time July 25 at the Richmond Branch Library and the North Beach Poetry Crawl at various locations on July 26. For further information, go to or. (San Francisco Chronicle)
San Francisco's famous fog Jul 7, 2009
I don't have to fear it" - from "Into the Mystic," by Van Morrison. San Francisco fog in literature: From "On the Road: The Original Scroll," by Jack Kerouac, 1957: "I wandered out like a haggard ghost, and there she was, Frisco, long bleak streets with trolley wires all shrouded in fog and whiteness. " Local observers say: "In San Francisco's Sunset District, you know it is truly summer fog when the St. Ignatius boys are walking around in two T-shirts. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Critic's corner Jul 7, 2009
This NBC summer-filler series doesn t exactly summon the ghost of Jack Kerouac. Seven families travel across the United States, compete in various challenges, and visit landmarks such as the Grand Canyon and the Washington Monument. (Boston Globe)
Righting a life hijacked by schizophrenia Jul 5, 2009
Nobel Prize winner John Nash, Pink Floyd band founder Syd Barrett and author Jack Kerouac all acknowledged schizophrenia diagnoses. But Joe isn t willing to become the face of mental illness in Montana just yet, which is why the Independent Record has agreed to keep his identity secret. (Helena Independent Record)
Cheers! Worlds 10 most legendary bars Jun 30, 2009
White Horse Tavern; New York City, N.Y.A favorite of New York's literati set, The White Horse has seen everyone from Jack Kerouac to Norman Mailer pass through its doors but is perhaps best known as being the bar that served the 18 whiskeys said to have killed Dylan Thomas. 4. (MSNBC -- Travel)
The sijo poetry form captures a Harvard professor’s imagination Jun 30, 2009
Jack Kerouac, who became an icon of the Beat Generation, wrote haiku. Now, McCann posits, Korea s time has come. (Boston Globe)
James Franco Takes A Poetic Turn Jun 24, 2009
The magazine's assistant editor, Jeannie Vanasco, told Page Six, "I met James through the brilliant writer Matthew Specktor . . . I threw out the idea of James recording passages of Lapham's Quarterly for us to post on our Web site. We met up at Columbia's radio station, where he spent an hour recording passages by Jack Kerouac, Leo Tolstoy and Benjamin Franklin, and another hour talking about poets only poets know of -- Eleanor Wilner, for example. I then threw out the idea of him reading at... (New York Post -- Gossip)
'Kerouac at Bat' explores beat author's passion for fantasy baseball Jun 21, 2009
Now batting, Jack Kerouac ... From boyhood on, Lowell author Jack Kerouac loved to create fantasy baseball games. (Boston Globe)
America's prettiest road trips Jun 5, 2009
In his famous novel "Big Sur", Jack Kerouac describes the Californian locale of the same name as a "poor haunted canyon which again gives me the willies.". For modern travelers less prone to fits of melancholy and yawning depression than Kerouac, is actually quite pleasant. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Newport history for sale Jun 1, 2009
Amram, who has collaborated with Jack Kerouac and Leonard Bernstein, marveled at the antiques, admired the Gothic ballroom and climbed to its dusty loft, where he played the pipe organ with gusto. "At 78 years old, I feel like I'm a 12-year-old going to Versailles or Monticello," Amram said afterward, telling Tinney he hoped to return. (Boston Globe)
2 days, $200 on Cape Cod May 31, 2009
Others craving the indoors could do well to choose one particular shop, Herridge Books, of Wellfleet, which features in its window such volumes as "On the Road," by Jack Kerouac; "Hugging the Shore," by John Updike; and "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss. No matter your choice, it will soon be time to turn south on Route 6 again, more focused now on heading for home. (Boston Globe)
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)
Harrison Ready to be a Bronco! May 30, 2009
I read On the Road by Jack Kerouac. It's a book about San Francisco during the beat movement in the 1960s and 70s. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
Making good on Kerouac’s promise May 23, 2009
I remember as a teenager reading this account of a George Shearing concert , in Jack Kerouac s classic On the Road. Dean and I went to see Shearing at Birdland in the midst of the long, mad weekend. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow Rev... May 21, 2009
Also commendable is that as well as teaching kids about tunnelling, arphids and hacking the Xbox, Doctorow also references Allan Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and the Freedom Rides of the 1960s. Little Brother is definitely one of the best novels of 2008, and in Marcus Yallow Doctorow has created one of the great YA heroes of the 2000s. (Suite101.com)
Mighty morphing Rangers May 18, 2009
Weekend Buzz: Rangers' rotation backing up potent offense - CBS News. Weekend Buzz: Rangers' rotation backing up potent offense. (CBS News)
Book Review Visions of Gerard by ... May 11, 2009
Book Review Visions of Gerard by Jack Kerouac. Book Review Visions of Gerard by Jack Kerouac ... There s a style to the prose of Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) where he s some sort of middle passage, some sort of vessel that is constantly taking and giving. (Suite101.com)
Useless Knowledge: Are you the bookish type? May 8, 2009
Pride and Prejudice Jack Kerouac. Do you have any Useless Knowledge quiz ideas. (Montana Standard, MT)
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)
Roger McGuinn: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer the 'Forrest Gump of music'? May 7, 2009
They picked the verse with "boot heels wandering" because it reminded them of Beat poet Jack Kerouac. "The Byrds were first to get a hit by rearranging a Dylan-written song and recording it with Rickenbacker electric 12-string guitar, electric piano, electric rhythm guitars, bass and drums," McGuinn says. (Dowagiac News, MI)
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. William Burroughs: On the Run in Mexico. (Suite101.com)
'Harry Potter' among those missing from e-library Apr 28, 2009
The manager of Jack Kerouac's literary estate, John Sampas, first said that "On the Road" was not available as an e-book, because the publisher (Viking) had not asked permission. He then called back and said the book was available, but realized he may have been talking about the original manuscript (the "Scroll" edition, published in 2007), not the edited version known to millions. (Yahoo News)
A librarian shares her poetry picks for young and old Apr 13, 2009
The CD included with this print collection includes rare selections from the beginning of recorded sound, including "The Charge of the Light Brigade" as read by Lord Alfred Tennyson, and Walt Whitman reading "America," as well as more recent selections from writers like Jack Kerouac and Sylvia Plath. Poetry lovers will cherish this collection; those who are less familiar with it may find that the voices of the authors give the works a whole new resonance and meaning. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
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)
Natalie Goldberg's Old Friend From ... Apr 12, 2009
Intertwined with those chapters are others, some of which use the work of well-known writers --Jack Kerouac, James Baldwin, Allen Ginsburg, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Rhys, to name a few as examples of autobiographical writing that may not be outright, traditional memoir. Tell me everything you know about Jell-O. Go. (Suite101.com)
The Beats: A Graphic History (2009) Apr 12, 2009
The section on Jack Kerouac, for example, uses very short sentences and very frank statements to turn him into a villain of sorts ... Their roles in the lives of Beat writers like Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs are severely down played Joan Vollmer, for example, who was married to Burroughs, is described merely as a journalism student, and her one piece of dialogue is, he s as good as a pimp in bed (describing Burroughs) ... In the same vein, Edie Parker, Jack Kerouac s first wife, is... (Suite101.com)
Graphic works: Revelations of conflict Mar 30, 2009
It delivers the texture of a movement easy to underestimate in brief biographies of touchstones like poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, novelists William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac and lesser-known lights like poet d.a. levy (an underground Cleveland icon) and mythopoeic poetess Diane di Prima. Like others in this revisionist, unabashedly liberal Hill and Wang series, this fearless, substantial history entertains as it uncovers. (Boston Globe)
A musician's travels Mar 28, 2009
Langston Hughes, Jack Kerouac, Johnny Depp. Get the picture. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Take a free tour Mar 25, 2009
For a livelier finale to North Beach, there's the famed beatnik hangout Vesuvio Caf;, steps away at 255 Columbus Ave. Crammed with photos from the era, it also features a balcony that overlooks Jack Kerouac Alley, where the "On the Road" author is immortalized in a mural and the zeitgeist of the Beats lives on in a free-wheeling bit of verse on the wall ... 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,... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
More free and cheap ideas for San Francisco Mar 25, 2009
Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, who appear as the loosely fictionalized road-tripping heroes in Kerouac s classic On the Road, put away a few drinks here back in the day. Sunday: It s a bit of a hike to Home Plate (2274 Lombard St.; 415-922-4663), so it s worth catching a cab to the no-nonsense chow joint in Cow Hollow, near the Marina District. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
REQUIRED READING Mar 23, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009 Last Update: 05:30 AM EDT. hide stories RELATED TOPICS. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Marin City looks to better days Mar 16, 2009
Dana Perrigan, Special to The Chronicle. Sunday, March 15, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
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)
Beat movement redux or what would Jack do? Mar 12, 2009
IN 1946, Herbert Huncke told Jack Kerouac that being "beat" is the condition of being beaten down, or poor. But apparently, Huncke, a street hustler and drug addict, was also the eternal optimist: "To be down and out is to increase one's ability to see oneself clearly.". (Boston Globe)
Free Tibet from our littany of outrages Mar 11, 2009
The Dalai Lama, Richard Gere and any and all of the Buddhist romantics in Northern California who know only the Buddhism of Jack Kerouac. I thought Obama's Secretary of State and consigliere Hillary Clinton made it pretty clear a couple of weeks ago when she visited China that the USA and China are now besties. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
11 Things: 144 Things I Love Mar 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009. The sky to the east at sunrise. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Anthony Lane: “Watchmen” as adolescent vision. Mar 4, 2009
Daniyal Mueenuddin, Jack Kerouac s lost novel, William S. Burrough s grocery lists. Dial a dog, David Sipress and Sidney Harris draw a dog. (New Yorker)
North Beach exemplifies S.F.'s dreams, history Mar 2, 2009
Maybe they were assigned "On the Road" in school and read how Jack Kerouac saw San Francisco after a long, crazy drive. "It seemed like a matter of minutes when we began rolling in the foothills before Oakland and suddenly reached a height and saw stretched out ahead of us the fabulous white city of San Francisco on her 11 mystic hills with the blue Pacific and its advancing wall of potato patch fog beyond, and smoke and goldenness in the late afternoon of time. 'There she blows!' Dean Moriarty... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bluegrass grown in Jersey Feb 24, 2009
Together since 2001, Railroad Earth - which takes its name from a short story by Beat laureate Jack Kerouac - has churned out an agreeable blend of styles, with bluegrass providing the template for inventive songwriting and restrained improvisation. The group visits the Georgia Theatre on Wednesday in support of its latest album, "Amen Corner," which was recorded at vocalist, guitarist and chief writer Todd Sheaffer's 300-year-old New Jersey farmhouse, a decided change of venue from previous... (Athens Banner-Herald)
How irony loses its irony Feb 19, 2009
The beat poets themselves loved to play on their chosen word: Jack Kerouac famously started associating it with the religious-sounding beatific, and spoke of the essence of their quasi-spiritual movement as beatitude, clever fellow. But beatnik rapidly lost its negative connotation, and became another fashion to be marketed. (Globe and Mail)
