I saw a special on Jack Kerouac and the Beats on Ovation channel a few weeks back (I like that channel a lot, they play a nice mix of stuff). Anyway, the only Beat writing I ever looked at was Bukowski because a friend of mine was into him. I didn’t get the point at all, and probably still wouldn’t. Another friend was into Hunter Thompson. (I guess Hunter is not technically Beat, but my good friend and sometimes artist cohort Richard Shin says he was definitely in that vein). Again I didn’t get the point. Then I heard Allen Ginsberg was a Satan worshipper. But while I’m not technically against Satan, it’s hard to really be for him either. Anyway, someday maybe I’ll try to read On the Road – that way I can feel like I’ve given the Beats a fair shake.
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