Tomorrow is October 7. It is the second day of the annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac festival, which I will be attending and have blogged about recently. It is also "Talk Like a Beat Day," which I have blogged about recently. It is also the 56th anniversary of Alan Ginsburg reading "Howl" for the first time.
And with all of that up stuff, I am bummed out because I just found out one of my biggest real-life heroes, mentors, and friends died of a heart attack today.
Jack would totally understand.
Showing posts with label Howl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Howl. Show all posts
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
More on Howl, the film
Click here for another take on Howl, the film.
Ignore the blatant dangling participle. I don't think they really mean that the author of the piece has really been branded obscene.
Ignore the blatant dangling participle. I don't think they really mean that the author of the piece has really been branded obscene.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Howl film premieres tomorrow
The long-awaited Ginsberg biopic, Howl, opens tomorrow on opening night of the Sundance film festival. Click here to read an article from the Guardian about it. I blogged about this biopic back on November 10, 2009.
I absolutely cannot wait to see it!
I absolutely cannot wait to see it!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Howl biopic: Actors playing Ginsberg, Kerouac, & Cassady
According to imdb.com, the biopic Howl, depicting the obscenity trial of Allen Ginsberg, will be released in 2010. James Franco is playing Ginsberg, Todd Rotondi is playing Jack Kerouac, and Jon Prescott is playing Neal Cassady. I leave it to you to determine the appropriateness of the casting, but I think two of the three picks are right on, maybe all three. I'll reserve judgment until I see the film.
James Franco
Todd Rotondi
Jon Prescott
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
VMI cadets read Howl!
Cadets at Virginia Military Institute read Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." See Sweet Briar College.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Anniversary of the first public reading of Howl
The most famous poem associated with the beat generation writers, "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg, was first read publicly at The Six Gallery in San Francisco on October 7, 1955, 54 years ago today. In 1957, customs officials seized copies of the book containing Howl, leading to obscenity charges against its American publisher, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, owner of City Lights Bookstore. Ferlinghetti prevailed, with Judge Clayton W. Horn ruling that the poem was not obscene because it was of "redeeming social importance."
Read Howl here and the Footnote to Howl here (couldn't find it all in one spot).
WARNING: Do not read Howl if you are homophobic or prissy. Your brain will start to boil, blood will spurt out of your ears, and you will likely soil yourself. We don't want that, now do we?
Read Howl here and the Footnote to Howl here (couldn't find it all in one spot).
WARNING: Do not read Howl if you are homophobic or prissy. Your brain will start to boil, blood will spurt out of your ears, and you will likely soil yourself. We don't want that, now do we?
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