I recently found a pdf form article on a Czech magazine that reported, in detail, every day of Ginsberg's time in Prague.. it was'65. The students were fascinated by him, even named him their *Král majálesu* Their King of May. He spoke even less Czech than myself and the students at the time were not all mostly fluent in English, as they are today (studentý, ďakuju vám, robíte mi veľa zábavy) but they all understood and communicated well. After a few nights of being followed home with students, his notebook of poems and notes that he had "lost" was recovered by StB. Promptly, he was expelled from Czechoslovakia. But The students had been very much influenced and excited to want to know him and his experience as a Beat. Who wouldn't be? I am so fortunate to have known and finally been trusted by people who were there for that. And there when the soviet tanks came a few years later. (And oc, after the VR) They were very stoic about the recollections. Very private. man, did I luck out in the marriage department. Unforgettable days of my life with the best people. Not only Prague, but Brno, Česka Lipá, over to Pardůbice. Now, even my own days are long ago. Just like Allen's time.
Wait what? I thought Allen Ginsburg was a highly educated and enlightened person? However, his cognitive dissonance here is striking. On the one hand he claims to be a practitioner of Hinduism, albeit with some Buddhist undertones, yet he seems to be advocating for communist China and the Soviet Bloc. What about what the Chinese communists did to the Tibetan Buddhists and Hindus after they took control in the 1950s under Mao? How can you be a Buddhist or Hindu for that matter and defend the communist government of China and the Soviet Bloc? Does he not know what happened to homosexuals under communist regimes? Me thinks Mr. Ginsburg smoked waaaaaay too much ganja and perhaps did waaaaaay too much brownstone at some point. He is totally burned out and thoroughly discredited at this point!!
I think it has to do with enlightened-or people or those trying to attain enlightenment, is people not necessarily being consistency machines. But I do see what you've laid out here and how some schizms (?) arise. There sure are a lot of them with a lot of people today. I thought he was, at the time of his death, not a discredited person.
So that's why the U.S. fought so hard to keep the Soviets out of Afghanistan. The west lost control of south asian opium to the communist bloc, they didn't want to lose Afghan opium to them as well.
The man walked out and started playing a harmonium while laying down a mantra. Then he started raving about the CIA's involvement in opium smuggling from southeast Asia which ended up being, more or less, true. Wild stuff, as Carson would say. Imagine that happening on a late night show these days.
I believe the word you're looking for is "drivel"- a synonym for nonsense/BS. "Dribble" is a verb synonymous with "drip" or "trickle".Though I share your sentiment, I hope the irony of your comment is not lost on you, good sir.
To Cloaked by Roak: Thanks for the upload. It's not *Allan Ginsburg* , but *ALLEN GINSBERG* . Please rectify title and subtext, and if possible upload a widescreen format of the video. These people seem squeezed...
Cool, I am not sure about paddy chayefsky a guru, but I read your book about the half eaten sandwich the maid threw away, and there was controversy about that. Also, moral endeavors about sexual encounters outside and inside social media, the constitution gives you a hands up, including the bill of rights, but when it comes down to criminal attacks taken from the media that is where you draw the line. The heads get the idea that the future is evolving to a whole new dimension, but when a little frail girls or women getting hurt taken from Television you need to hold back. Humans are susceptible to anything, gay, drugs, vision, so we need to pay more attention to what's around you. Teach behind the scenes.
It seems so surreal, Janet. An old youtube video of an old interview show. As informed...Mr. Ginsburg regards the camera. Is he for real? I have my doubts. However, my doubts and his standing hardly matter. We are all subject to all sorts of ill winds.
