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The Beats & Sixties Counterculture

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 10, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

The 1960s are associated with what Frank calls ‘the big change, the birthplace of our own culture,...

Hunter S. Thompson & the Beats

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 9, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

Note: This essay was hugely expanded in 2020. The new version is found here. Hunter S. Thompson was no Beatnik. For one thing, he was too late. By the time he was knocking out Gonzo journalism, Kerouac had died, the hippies had...

Going To Meet The Man

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 9, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

First Encounters with Allen Ginsberg, by David Breihtaupt I live more and more in my head each day...

The Plurality of Beat Spirituality

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 9, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

by Lee McRae ‘The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and hand and asshole are holy! – Allen Ginsberg In the twenty-first century many do not find much need to cling so...

Beat

Posted by David S. Wills | Feb 8, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

by Adi Rajkovic There have been many pivotal experiences and events that have influenced my vision as an artist, but the most arresting event (historically speaking) has been the Beat Generation. Although short lived and long...