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Global New World Order
Dorothy, we're not in Kansas anymore..
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." ― Lord John Dalberg-Acton 1st Baron Acton ( Read more... ) -
Talking Asshole Typewriter or Text Device
“The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods. Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets.”
― William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
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Central INtelligence Fuck Me Goddam Internet
Spent the life since 911 travelling in Interzone. Oh, the horrors I have seen.We have graduated from the talking asshole typewriters since then, but misogyny is still the same ( Read more... ) -
Last words of Hassan Sabbah
August 2 1997 marks the anniversary of the death of beat punk grandfather of western counter culture William Seward Burroughs
Last words of Hassan Sabbah
Assembled from the experimental films and recordings of the Beat literary icon. An eerily prophetic work from the cut-up period of the 1960's, Last Words of Hassan Sabbah is quintessential ( Read more... ) -
Night Tide - Dennis Hopper Beatnik Jazz
Dennis Hopper in one of his first starring roles visits a cool Beatnik hangout. Excellent combo with Paul Horn on flute. Released in 1961, Night Tide is a pretty interesting little flick...haunting and mysterious. Hopper is a sailor on leave when he meets a woman at the Blue Grotto while listening to some hip Jazz. She performs as a mermaid in a ( Read more... ) -
Los Beatniks- Tampico Twist 1962
These are Los Beatniks from Mexico, not the Argentine group of the same name. For those who don't know the geography of Mexico, Tampico is a city in the state of Tamaulipas.
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Beatniks in Newquay, 1960
Beatniks in Newquay 1960. Interviewed by Alan Whicker for BBC's "Tonight programme. Captures the spirit of the time!
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1963 (1 of 3) The Beatniks of Greenwich Village
Village Sunday (1963)
Producer: Wilensky (Stewart)
The colorful counterculture of Greenwich Village in the early 1960s.
Narrator: Jean Shepherd. Director, producer and screenwriter: Stewart Willensky.
Beat life avantgarde poetry and music: Charles Mills.
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I Feel Like Saying A Beatnik Poem 1950's B Movie Style
A great clip from the 1958 teen B movie High School Confidential. This clip features Phillipa Fallon as a beat poetess. That's Uncle Fester, AKA Jackie Coogan on piano behind her. Turn your eyes inside and dig the vacuum. Tomorrow...
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