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Beck Covers Le Grand Meaulnes
The Guardian Unlimited Book section has a story on a new program of Penguin books, MyPenguin. The selection of novels sport ‘naked’ covers, enabling you to add your own designs. To promote the series Penguin has commissioned popular musicians to design the cover for a novel of their choice, and Beck, the American singer/songwriter, has […]
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Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Movie
Variety is reporting that the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is to become a movie, directed by Gus Van Sant. Variety.com – Van Sant in the Kool-Aid mix
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The Culture Club: Theme For July-October 2007
We’ve got a big gap between meetings, mainly due to holidays and other commitments. For the next few months, then, we’ll be looking at a group of poets, including Ted Hughes and Emily Dickinson. So far the only confirmed works are the following poems by Elizabeth Bishop: The Moose Sandpiper One Art The Shampoo Arrival […]
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Video: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
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. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZy2lK6WZ44]
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Video: Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters
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. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcstOdT1Pe0]
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Video: Jack Kerouac Explains On The Road
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. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ_Nk_aPWnE]
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Video: Jack Kerouac, King of the Beats
Here’s a full length documentary on Jack Kerouac and the Beats I found at Google Video. [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3263084391161565877&q=video+jack+kerouac+king+of+the+beats&total=2&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0]
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Video: Charlie Parker’s Last Days
Here’s an interesting piece from a documentary on Charlie Parker, documenting the last days of his tragic decline. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs324qO77Og]
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Video: Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins Play Ballade
A vintage recording of Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax with Charlie Parker on alto sax, playing Ballade. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFsL9EwplNo]
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Video: Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Play Hot House
Vintage recording from 1952 showing two jazz greats, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, playing Hot House. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91dolWWdetI]