07-01-2008, 04:37 PM | #11 |
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It was popular before that. Like Lord of the Rings and Kerowak and Dylan, it was part of the 60's canon.
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Kerouac, not "Kerowak." And lord help you if you're mocking the saint of beat.
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Speaking of mocking the sacred, I couldn't believe this article:
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I was. I almost wrote Dillon.
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I'd have been down with that. Dylan's an overrated, incoherent pile of garbage masquerading as a high-brow political statement.
Kerouac, on the other hand, was a poet in prose form.
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Quote:
Guns, explosions and car chases are fun.
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I'm trying to understand a Kerouac guy who's a tool of the fossil fuels industry. I guess the 60's were a long time ago.
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I enjoy spending time in the mountains, that doesn't mean I don't want to drill the bejeezus out of them.
Kerouac was a champion of the freedom the domestic oil and gas industry, in conjunction with the domestic auto industry, has blessed us all with: The Freedom of Movement.
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"That's not writing. That's typing."
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I saw Kerouac's original scroll in Santa fe a while back. A very cool artifact of the era; He didn't type too much better than me, btw. Kerouac is an american origianl; his life moved to ther beat of bongos and didn't seem self-conscious. He was more 60s foundation than 60s revelation.
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