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Video: Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
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. [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-274009511898015967&hl=en]
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Marlon Brando Reads The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot
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. httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gKuA3iee4-c
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Video: A Tribute to the Poet Ted Hughes
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18DdJO9Lg-s
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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]