Obit: Beat Writer/ Muse Carolyn Cassady Dead at 90
Carolyn Cassady, who will forever be remembered as the model for Camille, the second wife of Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac’s Great American Novel “On The Road,” died on Friday near her home in...
View ArticleAllen Ginsberg Photos of Bob Dylan, Kerouac, Patti Smith & More Donated to...
Nearly all of Allen Ginsberg’s photographs have been donated to the University of Toronto by the Larry & Cookie Rossy Family Foundation, according to the Huffington Post. The nearly 8000...
View ArticleDestroy the Mood: Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ Reduced to a Google Maps Trip
And so it has come to this. The mythic travels of Sal Paradise reduced to a Google Maps trip. Gregor Weichbrodt’s “On the Road for 17527 Miles” removes all the poetry from Kerouac’s journey. The...
View ArticleA Journey Towards Cultural Freedom (And Bob Dylan) ‘On Highway 61’
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View ArticleMore Hype About My New Novel, The Flowers Lied
Remember back when you first wanted to become a rock critic? Or perhaps first started reading rock reviews. Those are the days of The Flowers Lied, my new rock ‘n’ roll coming-of-age novel. Writerman,...
View ArticleHow Jack Kerouac Influenced Bob Dylan & More
In a 12,000 word essay, “Bob Dylan’s Beat Visions (Sonic Poetry),” that appears in the upcoming book, “Kerouac On Record: A Literary Soundtrack,” I explore how Bob Dylan was profoundly influenced by...
View ArticleBob Dylan’s Beat Visions – A Rock’s Back Pages Excerpt
We’ve known for years that Bob Dylan borrowed melodies from older songs, and that particular songs and poems inspired him to write his own lyrics. In a nearly 12,000 word essay in the just published...
View ArticleLive: The Dylan-Kerouac Connection
To celebrate Bob Dylan’s birthday, a very special event, “The Dylan-Kerouac Connection,” will be held in Berkeley, CA on Friday, May 18, 2018. Former Rolling Stone Senior Writer/ West Coast Music...
View ArticleMusician David Monterey Does Dylan at “The Dylan-Kerouac Connection”
I got the call at 5:03, two hours before the event I was doing with singer/guitarist Johnny Harper was to begin. I was in my car, had just gotten on the freeway, and was heading to San Francisco....
View ArticleObit: Beat Writer/ Muse Carolyn Cassady Dead at 90
Carolyn Cassady, who will forever be remembered as the model for Camille, the second wife of Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac’s Great American Novel “On The Road,” died on Friday near her home in...
View ArticleAllen Ginsberg Photos of Bob Dylan, Kerouac, Patti Smith & More Donated to...
Nearly all of Allen Ginsberg’s photographs have been donated to the University of Toronto by the Larry & Cookie Rossy Family Foundation, according to the Huffington Post. The nearly 8000...
View ArticleDestroy the Mood: Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ Reduced to a Google Maps Trip
And so it has come to this. The mythic travels of Sal Paradise reduced to a Google Maps trip. Gregor Weichbrodt’s “On the Road for 17527 Miles” removes all the poetry from Kerouac’s journey. The...
View ArticleA Journey Towards Cultural Freedom (And Bob Dylan) ‘On Highway 61’
The musicians and writers whose art presaged and influenced and influenced The Sixties. By Michael Goldberg. On Highway 61 – Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom, Dennis McNally,...
View ArticleMore Hype About My New Novel, The Flowers Lied
Remember back when you first wanted to become a rock critic? Or perhaps first started reading rock reviews. Those are the days of The Flowers Lied, my new rock ‘n’ roll coming-of-age novel. Writerman,...
View ArticleHow Jack Kerouac Influenced Bob Dylan & More
In a 12,000 word essay, “Bob Dylan’s Beat Visions (Sonic Poetry),” that appears in the upcoming book, “Kerouac On Record: A Literary Soundtrack,” I explore how Bob Dylan was profoundly influenced by...
View ArticleBob Dylan’s Beat Visions – A Rock’s Back Pages Excerpt
We’ve known for years that Bob Dylan borrowed melodies from older songs, and that particular songs and poems inspired him to write his own lyrics. In a nearly 12,000 word essay in the just published...
View ArticleLive: The Dylan-Kerouac Connection
To celebrate Bob Dylan’s birthday, a very special event, “The Dylan-Kerouac Connection,” will be held in Berkeley, CA on Friday, May 18, 2018. Former Rolling Stone Senior Writer/ West Coast Music...
View ArticleMusician David Monterey Does Dylan at “The Dylan-Kerouac Connection”
I got the call at 5:03, two hours before the event I was doing with singer/guitarist Johnny Harper was to begin. I was in my car, had just gotten on the freeway, and was heading to San Francisco....
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