Beat Sushi: Jack Kerouac spins for “Brian Land”
From a kura barn in provincial Japan, DaveO kicks off “Beat Sushi” by sending greetings to Beat / Deadhead / […]
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Helpful Quests, Libraries / Museums / Archives
Support: The Beat Museum
+ Beat Support + Many of you likely noticed the campaign to help the venerable San Francisco institution City Lights
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Libraries / Museums / Archives, Typewriters, Writing Life
Typewriters: Noble and Legendary machines, as seen at The Beat Museum, SF, 2018
Noble and Legendary Typewriters, as evidenced at The Beat Museum, North Beach, San Francisco, Republic of California.
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Writing Life
“You’re a Genius All the Time” ~ Still-life w/ Kerouac + hat, pipe, sunglasses
You’re a Genius All the Time #dealwithit Book of Jack Kerouac musings about story making, assembled and published by Chronicle Books
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Stubbed Toe
Hot Springs and Stubbed Toe – Haiku-ish poems, 1992-2004
“Hot Springs and Stubbed Toe” – A collection of short, haiku-type poems written by DaveO between Tottori, Japan and Olympia,
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Writing Life
Beat film, narrated by JK, “unadulterated half-hour chunk of Pull My Daisy”
Sure, you could experience the Beat sensibility on film by watching The Beat Generation. But why settle for that high-gloss Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Poetic Stories about Goalies – Postcard #62
Poet Randall Maggs discusses his book “Night Work” about the troubled soul of legendary hockey goalie Terry Sawchuk plus the
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach, Remembering Remembrance
Vimy Ridge Diaries on Remembrance Day – Postcard #61
On Remembrance Day in sunny, brisk Vancouver, Ian Bell (fresh from a CBC appearance “On The Coast“) joins Dave to
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Forests and Oceans Without End – Postcard #60
From a forested pathway along the open Pacific between Tofino and Ucluelet, DaveO reads poetry from Gary Snyder’s Myths +
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Owl Creek Limnology and Exploration – Postcard #59
Dave O spiels forth about the exploration of rivers and lakes, the impetus for ventures and motivations for trade ~
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Three Days and Eleven Dollars, Nov. 1991 – Postcard #58
By a campfire on Owl Creek, Dave reads an instructional guide to hitch-hiking about a November trip from South Carolina
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Arizona with Ole Gramps – Postcard #57
While summertime camping alongside Owl Creek and charging the recorder with the rays of the sun, Dave reads a short
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Hitch a Thousand Miles to See a Friend – Postcard #56
From Halfmoon Bay on Vancouver Island, Dave gives it up for zen poet hero Gary Snyder and recounts beat history from The Old Ways and logging culture from Myths and Texts plus poems about hitchhiking, girls, baths, clearcuts and the Buddha plus original freeverse poetry.
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Chronicling Interesting Boulders – Postcard #55
Alongside raging Lynn Creek, Dave remarks about boulders which are indeed interesting as the sign pointed out, then reads a
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Post-apocalyptic Skunks and Fevers – Postcard #54
From a skunk-scented perch along Mosquito Creek, Dave spiels about feverish dreams in a Mexican clinic, personal archeology, mirages about
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Howling at Land and Sea – Postcards #53
Visiting the Woodshop on Steamboat Island amidst hayfever and national holidays, Dave and Wm. Lenker exchange spontaneous musical freeverse tales
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