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The Beat Rap Sheet

But yet, but yet, woe, woe unto those who think that the Beat Generation means crime, delinquency, immorality, amorality ...…

13 years ago

Billy Burroughs: Gentleman Farmer

The notion of Burroughs as a farmer – even an inept one - may not sit right with readers of…

13 years ago

Hank Williams III Digs Beatdom

Photo courtesy of Michael Hendrick

14 years ago

At the Holiday Inn

Words by Michael Hendrick; Illustration by Waylon Bacon When considering the implications of the affects of drug use on the…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago

Kerouac’s Bad Trip

In January, 1961, John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the United States of America, whilst the much maligned…

14 years ago

From Ganja to God

by Geetanjali Joshi Mishra Beatdom Issue 9 They are unmistakable: roughly kept beards, unmanageable, unruly and unkempt hair, chillums dangling…

15 years ago

Do the Beats Matter Today?

by Harry Burrus When Jack Kerouac died in 1969, only one of his 20+ books was in print. At the…

16 years ago

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