Eating the Beat Menu
Words by Nick Meador Illustration by Kaliptus (from issue 10, available at Amazon) Jack Kerouac’s...
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Sympathy for the Devil? Reconsidering the Legend of Raoul Duke on the 40th Anniversary of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Rory Feehan “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man”...
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HST & the Music of the Sixties
Illustration Isaac Bonan Words by David S. Wills From Beatdom #7. Music has always been a matter...
Read MoreThe Battle for Kerouac’s Estate
“Money is the root of all evil”For I willWriteIn my will“I regret that I was not ableTo love money more.”Jack Kerouac, 238th Chorus, Mexico City Blues Jack Kerouac died on October 21st, 1969, of cirrhosis of the liver. By the...
Read MoreHunter S. Thompson & the Beats
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...
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