tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259386991508935093.post2849259684063782169..comments2024-03-24T12:14:08.296-04:00Comments on THE DAILY BEAT: Warning: Kerouac myth #2 spoiledRick Dale, author of The Beat Handbookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17721559977431022390noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259386991508935093.post-25845598147536887642013-10-27T10:05:52.824-04:002013-10-27T10:05:52.824-04:00Or as Jack said in 1964 (according to Dave Moore):...Or as Jack said in 1964 (according to Dave Moore): "I never was a beatnik. Do you know what a beatnik is? Usually some guy ... they leave home ...they write a line of poetry, type it up in a great big expensive five dollar binding book, put it under their arm, put on sandals, grow a little goatee, walk down the street and say they're poets. It's just a kind of a fad. It was invented by the press. Listen, if I'm a beatnik, I'm a railroad brakeman, merchant marine deckhand in war time. Beatniks don't do those things. They don't work. They don't get jobs ... What are they? They're just plain phonies, phonies walking around."Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17721559977431022390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259386991508935093.post-59429914645692209592011-10-11T07:39:24.340-04:002011-10-11T07:39:24.340-04:00a little part of me dies every time i see/hear &qu...a little part of me dies every time i see/hear "beatnik" used or the image perpetuateddavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720062848418335540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259386991508935093.post-10048822820929052542008-12-25T11:34:00.000-05:002008-12-25T11:34:00.000-05:00Keith,I'm sorry my post didn't meet your need for ...Keith,<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry my post didn't meet your need for comprehensive information. Would you like to elaborate on your point?<BR/><BR/>~RickRick Dale, author of The Beat Handbookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17721559977431022390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259386991508935093.post-74214823963372544982008-12-24T16:06:00.000-05:002008-12-24T16:06:00.000-05:00No word of the 'Negro' in relation to what is a be...No word of the 'Negro' in relation to what is a beatnik doesn't de-mythologize much.Keith Kirby Pitrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417747967725646620noreply@blogger.com