Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic perform the entire Eroica Symphony by Beethoven. This was part of the Berlin Philharmonic’s 100th year celebrations.

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Colonel Kurtz, played by Marlon Brando, reads excerpts from T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men in the film Apocalypse Now. Here is his reading of the entire poem, much of which was cut from the movie, but was released later in the Apocalypse Now Complete Dossier on DVD.

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This video cuts together clips documenting the activities of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. It’s useful for putting names to faces when reading the book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

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This clip from a BBC documentary showcases Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, and specifically the incident, documented in the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, when they arrive at Timothy Leary’s Millbrook base.

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This is a short edit from the documentary Jack Kerouac, King of the Beats. Here Kerouac is interviewed about his novel On The Road, and reads from the final page of the book.

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Here’s a full length documentary on Jack Kerouac and the Beats I found at Google Video.

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Here’s an interesting piece from a documentary on Charlie Parker, documenting the last days of his tragic decline.

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A vintage recording of Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax with Charlie Parker on alto sax, playing Ballade.

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Vintage recording from 1952 showing two jazz greats, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, playing Hot House.

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