When Being A Radical Was More Fun: Allen Ginsberg
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008





Whenever I’m feeling uninspired or down I know it’s time to bust out the Ginsberg! I ran this on MySpace a couple of weeks ago when I was going through a bit of a rough patch and people seemed to really enjoy it, so here it is. The first is a four minute film of him reading a poem he wrote in a plane coming from Prague–after being kicked out–on his way to England. It’s fantastic! He takes shots at Capitalism and Communism. The Second thing is the entire text of his famous poem “Howl.” If you’ve never read it put on your seatbelt! If it’s already one of your faves, read it anyway, it’s different each time. Here is the film:
[Note: This is my first Transmission from work! During nearly the entire existence of this website I’ve been blocked from the internet. Well, me and my co-worker finally found a way around it. Expect much more consistent work here from now on! Oh, it’s on. P.S. with all of this extra time I should now be able to finish a new essay.]
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