THE DAILY BEAT: HuffPo jumps on the Kerouac bandwagon

Thursday, June 14, 2012

HuffPo jumps on the Kerouac bandwagon

Thanks to the On The Road movie, we will now experience all sorts of Kerouac articles in various places. Click here for one in the Huffington Post. It's not a bad compilation of Kerouac sites in San Fran, but they are the obvious, touristy sites. The Beat Generation in San Francisco by Bill Morgan might be more up your alley if you're a real beat aficionado.

It's going to get harder and harder not to experience frustration with all the superficial Kerouactivities going on. Like Barbara Mandrell sang, "I was country when country wasn't cool."

We'll know that we loved Jack way before the Hollywood attention. Right?

1 comment:

Baltimore Colts fan said...: The Morgan book is great, very entertaining! Same goes for his "New York" book.; June 16, 2012 at 1:53 PM

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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."