THE DAILY BEAT: New Jack Kerouac bobblehead coming soon!

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

New Jack Kerouac bobblehead coming soon!

As you know from my December 12, 2009 post here on The Daily Beat, Jack Kerouac bobblehead dolls have existed since the Lowell Spinners (a Boston Red Sox affiliate) gave them out as a promotion in 2003. The little buggers are fetching a couple hundred bucks on eBay!

Now it appears that the Spinners, in partnership with the UMass-Lowell English Department, will be giving out the above version to the first 1,000 fans at their game on August 7 in celebration of the On The Road movie. This time, however, you will be able to buy one on-line for twenty bucks. The Spinners say yet a third Kerouac bobblehead will make its appearance in 2013.

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john j dorfner said...: want one...; June 28, 2012 at 5:37 AM

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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."