THE DAILY BEAT: Kerouacian hobo army of Dharma Bums?

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Kerouacian hobo army of Dharma Bums?

From today's Dilbert (see above) I got the idea that maybe Occupy is really the beginning of a hobo army of Dharma bums taking over the world. And would that really be a bad thing?

2 comments:

john j dorfner said...: i don't think Kerouac would have anything to do with these people. kerouac was his own man. not a follower of these kinds of people. he'd stay FAR away. my take...; December 19, 2011 at 6:02 AM
Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...: John, I suspect you are correct, but more so based on political ideology than on the kinds of people in the Occupy movement. Some of them are quite sympatico with the beat mindset if you strip away the politics. At least that's my experience.; December 19, 2011 at 1:37 PM

Reviews of The Beat Handbook

Gerald Nicosia, author of the acclaimed Kerouac biography Memory Babe, said The Beat Handbook is "full of Jack's heart."

Jared Randall, author of the excellent book of poetry, Apocryphal Road Code, said this about The Beat Handbook: "Sometimes a book comes along at just the right time. In my wandering pack of experiences, I find they often do. Enter The Beat Handbook by Rick Dale."

Kenneth Morris, Kerouacian extraordinaire, said this:
"I just finished reading Rick Dale's beautiful utterance and call to action of Kerouac mind-set and zen sensibilities. It made me laugh and reflect on my own life and road I have naturally grooved into after absorbing the Kerouac canon. The road less traveled always had my name on it. And that has made all the difference. The Beat Handbook 100 Days of Kerouactions reaffirms the attitudes and ideology that made the Beats and Kerouac the important men of ideas that America (and the world) thirsted for, needed, and swallowed whole. Beautiful, absorbing, Top Ten whipsmart from my articulate, tender-hearted friend and fellow traveler. Highly recommended."