Philosophy
Just watched "Howl" and highly recommend it. James Franco is amazing as Allen Ginsberg and the film is an absolute delight. I, with a deep love of the Beats, and TheWife, who had no sense of their work or history, both just loved it.
Focusing on the trial of Ferlinghetti for publishing Howl and Other Poems, it makes you wonder whether a poem today could still have the cultural effect that Ginsberg's "Howl" did. Perhaps as lyrics to a popular song, but as a poem? Is the culture just different or could a poem still capture the society in the same way?
- Cowboy Neal Was At The Wheel
In The Grateful Dead and Philosophy, one of my favorite chapters is from philosopher Gary Ciocco and deals with the relation between the rise of the Beats in the 50s and the hippie culture surrounding the Grateful Dead in the 60s. Gary argues that the...
- Walt Whitman - Song Of Myself
The poetic style of free verse was born from the iconoclastic mind of Walt Whitman, an American poet who embodied the concepts of individualism and defiance to his core. On the one hand, the invention of free verse made it possible for geniuses such as...
- Deceased--bob Hare
Bob Hare July 5th, 1931 to December 19th, 2011 Cheers, Duffy's Tavern, The Vanguard...a regular watering hole for the exchange of ideas: Academic or political. "Bob Hare dies at 80; owner of Hermosa Beach coffeehouse that drew Beat artists" Bob...
- Those Bookstores
Fond memories of smelly and ratty bookstores. They are gone in my city. And I bet comrade Tim has a story or two. "A Book Lover’s San Francisco" by Gregory Dicum December 1st, 2010 The New York Times ON a balmy fall evening in the Mission District...
- Lewis Carroll's Odd Poem
Stranger than above... I often wondered when I cursed, Often feared where I would be - Wondered where she'd yield her love When I yield, so will she. I would her will be pitied! Cursed be love! She pitied me... Lewis Carroll This is an unusual form...
Philosophy
Howl and the Power of Poetry
Just watched "Howl" and highly recommend it. James Franco is amazing as Allen Ginsberg and the film is an absolute delight. I, with a deep love of the Beats, and TheWife, who had no sense of their work or history, both just loved it.
Focusing on the trial of Ferlinghetti for publishing Howl and Other Poems, it makes you wonder whether a poem today could still have the cultural effect that Ginsberg's "Howl" did. Perhaps as lyrics to a popular song, but as a poem? Is the culture just different or could a poem still capture the society in the same way?
- Cowboy Neal Was At The Wheel
In The Grateful Dead and Philosophy, one of my favorite chapters is from philosopher Gary Ciocco and deals with the relation between the rise of the Beats in the 50s and the hippie culture surrounding the Grateful Dead in the 60s. Gary argues that the...
- Walt Whitman - Song Of Myself
The poetic style of free verse was born from the iconoclastic mind of Walt Whitman, an American poet who embodied the concepts of individualism and defiance to his core. On the one hand, the invention of free verse made it possible for geniuses such as...
- Deceased--bob Hare
Bob Hare July 5th, 1931 to December 19th, 2011 Cheers, Duffy's Tavern, The Vanguard...a regular watering hole for the exchange of ideas: Academic or political. "Bob Hare dies at 80; owner of Hermosa Beach coffeehouse that drew Beat artists" Bob...
- Those Bookstores
Fond memories of smelly and ratty bookstores. They are gone in my city. And I bet comrade Tim has a story or two. "A Book Lover’s San Francisco" by Gregory Dicum December 1st, 2010 The New York Times ON a balmy fall evening in the Mission District...
- Lewis Carroll's Odd Poem
Stranger than above... I often wondered when I cursed, Often feared where I would be - Wondered where she'd yield her love When I yield, so will she. I would her will be pitied! Cursed be love! She pitied me... Lewis Carroll This is an unusual form...