I saw in Google maps a lot has changed a in all these years, since the building under construction on the other side of the street was demolished and built again in 2012. And the building where the restaurant was located is now a totally different building. It´s amazing to see these famous beatniks in their every day life. I just read about Ginsberg´s stay in Paris, in the so called "Beat hotel" in 1957 and 1958.
THEY SAY THAT ITS JUST ROCK 'N ROLL - BUT IT GETS YOU RIGHT DOWN TO YOUR SOUL. THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. WHAT A FUCKIN GUY. WHAT A BLESSING FROM GOD, HIS SHORT PRESENCE HERE HIT THE WORLD LIKE A METEOR. IN PEACE NOW
Nice document. Jack Kerouac wears the same striped shirt and black trousers in an interview given to journalist Pierre Nadeau on 29 November 1959 for Radio Canada. Jack, the heavenly hobo. I love it!
Initially, I thought, 'What's with all the kids and strollers? It looks like Saturday afternoon in Park Slope.' But in 1959 Kerouac was 37 and on the cusp of middle age. On The Road had been published a couple years before, and his friends were starting to see some literary success too. If this film had a soundtrack, we'd probably hear the youngish authors talking about publishers, book deals, new projects and maybe moving to Montclair.
NYU destroyed the East Village and around Washington Square Park with their Real Estate intrusion and their connections to developers, so much was destroyed and continues today.
‘Released as a promotional single in September 1959, the track would not achieve commercial success until it became a sleeper hit in 1961. "Take Five" went on to become the biggest-selling jazz single of all time and still receives significant radio airplay.’
The irony of the "Beats" is their focus on individual expression, but gravitating to the collective-left. They couldn't, and still can't, see the forest from the trees...
Lucien Carr is on the screen at 1:22 and his son, the author Caleb Carr is on Jack's lap in the same frame. It's not just Kerouac and Ginsberg. There is also Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the beginning as they walk into the bar.
Yes he defended underage male teenagers getting sexually and romantically schooled by older gays, as in Ancient Greece and many other cultures. In that , by our standards at least, he was wrong. But don't reduce his genius to that, and the legacy of the work he left behind. Or the morality of his politics so far ahead of his time. Reply
all too familiar with that n'hood.Notice new cooper union engineering school across the street.Now notice how that chick blames Kereouac for pissing off that street whack with the baby carriage.Mind your own bizness a hole!They ALWAYS do that shit! Hey,they could have used that jazz music for one of them Charlie Brown christmas specials.
I'm pretty sure that is Lucien Carr seen at 4:25. Kerouac's friend from Columbia back in the mid 1940's who later moved to New York City in the early 50's and apparently stayed there for a while. Nice to see him here and looking quite a bity different from his college years.
JK was a little shy. I almost said a little crazy. I think that is why? He still holds a little bit of virtue he does not want to lose. He is a great teacher. I almost never fall out when I tune in. I appreciate that. A great inspiration!
Thanks for saying this. She’s actually an aunt of mine (sort of a distant complex relation from my mom’s Italian side, predominately Sicilian). According to my mom she had a horrible relationship with her conservative old-school Italian dad, this playing a big part in her social rebellion.
@@jeffreyhanc1711thats cool as heckkkk. Without your aunts influence where the hell would us artists have been and would have we had that swing... Bless the Beats
DiPrima, Joyce Johnson, Elise Cowan ... the women in the Beat orbit have always been minimized. Johnson's book, Minor Characters, is a wonderful book - I highly recommend it ❤
