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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...

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...

Modern Beats: Diablo Cody

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

by Steven O’Sullivan In Issue Three David knocked out a solid run down on Tom Waits, while...

Corso

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

by Steven O’Sullivan Being a street urchin in New York’s Little Italy around the 40s you would typically follow fabulous cinematic example and team up with the fat kid, the tough kid, and some kind of leader and you’d all...