Explores the interaction between two of the most powerful socio-cultural movements in the post-war years - the literary forces of the Beat Generation and the musical energies of rock and its attendant culture.
Explores the interaction between two of the most powerful socio-cultural movements in the post-war years - the literary forces of the Beat Generation and the musical energies of rock and its attendant culture.
Acknowledgements Credits Preface Rock and rock'n'roll: A short note to the reader Introduction i) How the Beats met rock: Some history and some context ii) Charting the Beats: Background and impact iii) Beat and rock: A survey of association iv) The Beats' own recordings: A selective discography Chapter 1 - Sifting the shifting sands: Allen Ginsberg, 'Howl' and the American landscape in the 1950s Interlude A - Lawrence Ferlinghetti: A survivor surveys Interview 1 - David Amram, jazz musician and Beat composer, including the Pull My Daisy soundtrack Chapter 2 - Chains of flashing memories: Bob Dylan and the Beats, 1959-1975 Interview 2 - Michael McClure, poet and author of The Beard Chapter 3 - Muse, moll, maid, mistress? Beat women and their rock'n'roll legacy Chapter 4 - Raising the consciousness: Re-visiting Allen Ginsberg's 1965 trip to Liverpool Q&A 1 - Michael Horovitz, poet, publisher and British Beat Interview 3 - Larry Keenan, photographer of 'The Last Gathering of the Beats' in San Francisco in 1965 Obituary 1 - Peter Orlovsky, 'Member of the Beat Generation, poet and lover of Allen Ginsberg' Interlude B - All Neal: Cassady celebrated in downtown Denver Q&A 2 - Mark Bliesener, rock band manager and a founder of Neal Cassady's memorial day in Denver Chapter 5 - The British Beat: Rock, Literature and the British Counterculture in the 1960s Interview 4 - Pete Brown, British poet and rock lyricist for Cream Q&A 3 - Jonah Raskin, Ginsberg biographer and cultural historian Chapter 6 - The Sound of the Summer of Love? The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper, the hippies and Haight-Ashbury Q&A 4 - Levi Asher, founder of acclaimed Beat website Literary Kicks Interview 5 - Ronald Nameth, Beat film-maker and director of the film of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable Chapter 7 - The Meltzer chronicles: Poet, novelist, musician and historian of Beat America Review 1 - Book: David Meltzer, Beat Thing Interview 6 - Bill Nelson, British rock guitarist and Beat follower Q&A 5 - Jim Sampas, notable Beat record producer including Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness Chapter 8 - Versions of Cody: Jack Kerouac, Tom Waits and the song 'On the Road' Chapter 9 - Feeling the bohemian pulse: Locating Patti Smith within a post-Beat tradition Chapter 10 - Jim Carroll: Poetry prodigy, post-Beat and rocker Obituary 2 - Jim Carroll, 'Poet and punk musician who documented his teenage drug addiction in The Basketball Diaries' Chapter 11 - All cut up? William Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge's beatnik past Interview 7 - Steven Taylor, Ginsberg's guitarist and member of the Fugs Chapter 12 - Steven Taylor: A Beat Englishman in New York Q&A 6 - Pete Molinari, British singer-songwriter with Beat leanings Chapter 13 - Return to Lowell: A visit to the Commemorative and Kerouac's grave Review 2 - Film: One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur Review 3 - Album: One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur Q&A 7 - Chris T-T, British political singer-songwriter Obituary 3 - Tuli Kupferberg, 'Key figure in the US 1960s counterculture' Q&A 8 - Kevin Ring, editor of the magazine Beat Scene Review 4 - Album: On the Road: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Appendix - Jack & Neal on record Bibliography, Discography, Filmography, Broadcasts, Personal Communication and Interviews
Acknowledgements Credits Preface Rock and rock'n'roll: A short note to the reader Introduction i) How the Beats met rock: Some history and some context ii) Charting the Beats: Background and impact iii) Beat and rock: A survey of association iv) The Beats' own recordings: A selective discography Chapter 1 - Sifting the shifting sands: Allen Ginsberg, 'Howl' and the American landscape in the 1950s Interlude A - Lawrence Ferlinghetti: A survivor surveys Interview 1 - David Amram, jazz musician and Beat composer, including the Pull My Daisy soundtrack Chapter 2 - Chains of flashing memories: Bob Dylan and the Beats, 1959-1975 Interview 2 - Michael McClure, poet and author of The Beard Chapter 3 - Muse, moll, maid, mistress? Beat women and their rock'n'roll legacy Chapter 4 - Raising the consciousness: Re-visiting Allen Ginsberg's 1965 trip to Liverpool Q&A 1 - Michael Horovitz, poet, publisher and British Beat Interview 3 - Larry Keenan, photographer of 'The Last Gathering of the Beats' in San Francisco in 1965 Obituary 1 - Peter Orlovsky, 'Member of the Beat Generation, poet and lover of Allen Ginsberg' Interlude B - All Neal: Cassady celebrated in downtown Denver Q&A 2 - Mark Bliesener, rock band manager and a founder of Neal Cassady's memorial day in Denver Chapter 5 - The British Beat: Rock, Literature and the British Counterculture in the 1960s Interview 4 - Pete Brown, British poet and rock lyricist for Cream Q&A 3 - Jonah Raskin, Ginsberg biographer and cultural historian Chapter 6 - The Sound of the Summer of Love? The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper, the hippies and Haight-Ashbury Q&A 4 - Levi Asher, founder of acclaimed Beat website Literary Kicks Interview 5 - Ronald Nameth, Beat film-maker and director of the film of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable Chapter 7 - The Meltzer chronicles: Poet, novelist, musician and historian of Beat America Review 1 - Book: David Meltzer, Beat Thing Interview 6 - Bill Nelson, British rock guitarist and Beat follower Q&A 5 - Jim Sampas, notable Beat record producer including Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness Chapter 8 - Versions of Cody: Jack Kerouac, Tom Waits and the song 'On the Road' Chapter 9 - Feeling the bohemian pulse: Locating Patti Smith within a post-Beat tradition Chapter 10 - Jim Carroll: Poetry prodigy, post-Beat and rocker Obituary 2 - Jim Carroll, 'Poet and punk musician who documented his teenage drug addiction in The Basketball Diaries' Chapter 11 - All cut up? William Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge's beatnik past Interview 7 - Steven Taylor, Ginsberg's guitarist and member of the Fugs Chapter 12 - Steven Taylor: A Beat Englishman in New York Q&A 6 - Pete Molinari, British singer-songwriter with Beat leanings Chapter 13 - Return to Lowell: A visit to the Commemorative and Kerouac's grave Review 2 - Film: One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur Review 3 - Album: One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur Q&A 7 - Chris T-T, British political singer-songwriter Obituary 3 - Tuli Kupferberg, 'Key figure in the US 1960s counterculture' Q&A 8 - Kevin Ring, editor of the magazine Beat Scene Review 4 - Album: On the Road: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Appendix - Jack & Neal on record Bibliography, Discography, Filmography, Broadcasts, Personal Communication and Interviews
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[U]ndoubtedly, the most comprehensive survey of "British Beat" (interviews with Michael Horovitz, Pete Brown,Kevin Ring..), as well as informative Q & A's with American Beat scholars, Levi Asher and Jonah Raskin, and a whole lot more. The Allen Ginsberg Project
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