Hogan's Beat Fever Jack Kerouac inspires outerwear
debut Thursday, May 24, 2007

Hogan's Jack Kerouac bomber jacket
(NEW YORK) Hogan will unveil its first-ever outerwear
piece on Tuesday, when the Tod’s Group-owned brand
debuts the Jack Kerouac Project, a capsule collection of
six leather goods pieces inspired by the Beat novelist, writer,
poet, and artist, which will be available exclusively at
Paris retailer Colette for one month. In addition to the
$1,590 bomber style jacket, the collection consists of two
styles of shoes (a $295 high top sneaker and a $475
working boot) and three bags (a travel bag, book bag, and
back pack priced from $950 to $1,290). Colette will celebrate
the launch by showcasing a series of photographs influenced
by Kerouac’s novel On the Road in its iconic rue Saint-Honoré
store windows. Following its debut at Colette, the collection
will be available in all Hogan stores worldwide beginning in July.

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Dal Vivo Bits Of Beat
Quest’anno cade il cinquantenario della pubblicazione di
“On the road” di Jack Kerouac, quale modo migliore per
omaggiarlo se non a suon di jazz? Questo è uno degli intenti
dei Bits Of Beat, progetto aperto che vede la partecipazione
di musicisti e poeti tutti felicemente intossicati dalla Beat
Generation, che tante menti ancora riesce ad influenzare.
In questo concerto assisteremo ad una sorta di reading della
leggendaria opera di Kerouac , e se sulla carta può sembrare
un’operazione nostalgica, beh leggetevi qualche pagina del
randagio per eccellenza e vi ricrederete. Inoltre, da Rinascita ,
c’è anche una caffetteria dove poter scegliere il giusto
accompagnamento “gustativo” alle musiche, per sentirsi,
finalmente, battuti e beati./ Italo Rizzo

DOVE
Libreria Rinascita Viale Agosta, 3606.25204819

QUANDO
21:30

COSTO
Gratis

The Subterraneans (1960)





Limited Edition of 3,000 Copies.
Composed by: Andre Previn

Released by Special Arrangement with Turner
Classic Movies Music The Subterraneans (1960)
was an attempt to package the Beat generation
for mainstream consumption. Based on the novel
by Jack Kerouac, the film was produced by the
legendary Arthur Freed and starred George
Peppard, Leslie Caron and Roddy McDowall. Its
reception was mixed but stellar in one key respect:
the progressive jazz soundtrack -- one of the all-time
best -- composed and conducted by Andre Previn.

Previn was the ideal composer to pull off such a
marriage: at once a classically trained musician
who scored a bevy of high-profile pictures for M-G-M
in the 1950s, he was also a talented jazz pianist
who soaked up the atmosphere of the West Coast
jazz movement -- all at 31 years of age.

Previn assembled a world-class roster of jazz artists:
Gerry Mulligan (who also acted in the film), Carmen
McRae, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Buddy Clark,
Dave Bailey, Art Pepper, Russ Freeman, Bill Perkins,
Bob Enevoldsen, and Jack Sheldon. Previn himself
appeared on-screen performing with The Andre Previn
Trio. Previn composed an underscore that married his
jazz source cues with the romantic aesthetic of the
Hollywood symphonic style -- the venerated soloists
move in and out of Previn's romantic, often modernist
sound.

The Subterraneans was released on LP at the time
of the film, and in recent years several of the jazz source
selections were included on a Rhino compilation. This
CD presents the definitive Subterraneans soundtrack
running over 79 minutes: the original album program
followed a new program of bonus selections, containing
all of the previously released music and much more,
including the underscore. Unlike most FSM CDs, the
selections are not presented in film sequence, because
in this case the score -- with the jazz source cues --
would not play well in literal film order.

The music has been remixed and remastered in
stereo from the original 35mm three-track masters,
with the exception of certain source cues which were
recorded on monaural 17.5mm film. Liner notes are
by Jeff Eldridge and Lukas Kendall.

PATTI SMITH TALKS ABOUT
ALLEN GINSBERG'S DEATH

There 's a Patti Smith audio clip on her
myspace page that is pretty cool. It's
called "Don't Say Nothing" and after 2
or 3 minutes of singing Patti starts
talking about her experience at Allen
Ginsberg's apartment the night he died
in 1997. It's a pretty powerful clip. It's
9 minutes long all together, but worth
the investment. Click on the link below
and then click on the audio clip "Don't
Say Nothing". You'll know you found the
right clip when you see a picture or Allen
pop up.

http://www.myspace.com/pattismith

KEROUAC'S BIRTHPLACE AT 9 LUPINE
ROAD IS ON THE MARKET

The apartment Jack Kerouac was born
and lived in at 9 Lupine Road in Lowell, MA
is available for rent. And beyond that, the
owner intimates if someone makes the right
offer the place is available for purchase.
Seems to me some well heeled Beat Fan
ought to buy this baby for posterity.
The Beat Museum would like to participate
but our plate is full right now.

http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_5881618

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

Jerry Aronsen's The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg disc set is one organized documentary augmented by an extensive collection of film material, photos, interviews and other 'historical evidence' relating to the famed Beat Generation poet. The feature-length documentary bearing the disc's title was first released ten years ago and provides a fine introduction to the interior life of this entertaining and unique artist. Hailed as a poetic genius, Allen Ginsberg spent a productive life as both an inspiration and a guiding moral compass for the counterculture.

The documentary tells the story of Ginsberg's life through prime-source testimony from his associates and loved ones. Director Aronsen had the cooperation of Ginsberg's brother Eugene and stepmother, both of whom are in awe of Allen's accomplishments. We see family photos and home movies from the poet's childhood in the 1930s. He looks like a happy kid, playing at the beach with his cousins.

In reality, Ginsberg's home life was a nightmare of emotional hardship and tragedy. Allen's schoolteacher father was supportive but his mother suffered from acute paranoia and spent serious time in mental institutions. By the 1940s she was institutionalized on a near-permanent basis. The experience forced Ginsberg to take life seriously at an early age; when his later associates in art suffered problems with alcohol and drugs, Allen would be a stabilizing factor.

In New York in the middle 1940s Allen linked up with poets and writers like Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, the vanguard of "The Beat Generation." He also met writers like William Burroughs and discovered his personal homosexuality. Aronsen documents the artistic interactions and disagreements of this group. Then a famous 1955 poetry reading in San Francisco 'united' the West and East coast Beats, with Allen on top of the artistic heap with his groundbreaking poem Howl. Addressed to his friend Carl Solomon, the poem makes reference to many of Ginsberg's associates and their histories in the Beat movement.

Ginsberg returned to personal concerns with the poem Kaddish, a rumination about his late mother Naomi. Anything but a rebel, Allen is shown as close to his brother and father. He later encourages his father to publish his own poetry.

The docu doesn't say much about the Howl obscenity trial or any of Ginsberg's publicized problems. It instead shows his rise to the status of unofficial Beat poet laureate. We see excerpts of his guest spots on Dick Cavett and William F. Buckley's talk shows; even Buckley respects Ginsberg. A section of the film documents Ginsberg's activities as a fervent anti-war and anti-nuke protester, but one who openly discouraged angry demonstrations like the '68 Chicago debacle. When activists began preaching open defiance of the law and radicals pronounced declarations of revolution, Ginsberg spoke out against them. He'd later say that the polarizing effect of seeing longhairs battling the police only strengthened the Right, helping Nixon's election campaign, prolonging the war, and so forth.

The seventies show Ginsberg relating to transcendental religions, developing his personal philosophy and continuing to write. The later years see him dealing with family setbacks and publishing more works, including books of his photography. Always candid, genial and thoughtful, Ginsberg is seen in many interviews from the late 1950s onward. The revised docu ends with a simple shot of his gravesite in 1997.


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New Yorker Video's 2-Disc DVD of The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg should be considered an audio-visual accompaniment to serious study of the poet, as the biographical scope of the docu does not pretend to penetrate into all corners of the man's life. But what is here is personal and authoritative, and highly useful to anyone seeking a full understanding of the man. The many extras encompass more poetry readings, incidental film of Ginsberg with William Burroughs and Neal Cassady and Ginsberg at an exhibition of his photography. An excerpt is included from Jonas Mekas' film Scenes from Allen Ginsberg's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit, along with odd bits like Ginsberg and Bob Dylan reading poetry at the grave of Jack Kerouac.

The bulk of the extras are filmed interviews with notables talking about Ginsberg, mostly uncut and ranging between a couple of minutes and a quarter of an hour in length: Joan Baez, Beck, Bono, Stan Brakhage, William Burroughs, Johnny Depp, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Philip Glass, Peter Hale, John Hammond, Jr., Abbie Hoffmann, Jack Johnson, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, "The Living Theater" (Julian Beck and Judith Melina), Paul McCartney, Jonas Mekas, Thurston Moore, Yoko Ono, Lee Ranaldo, Gehiek Rimpoche, Bob Rosenthal, Ed Sanders, Patti Smith, Steven Taylor, Hunter S. Thompson, Bob Thurman, Anne Waldman, and Andy Warhol.

Photo galleries, a memorial tribute and a music video called Ballad of the Skeletons complete New Yorker's package. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg is a major research item for any evaluation or study of the poet's life.

And for those who just can’t get enough of Kerouac,
NewWest.net reader Michael Hess wrote a comment
last week about the various map projects he’s been
working on to geo-locate the places Kerouac wrote
about. Hess is blogging as he maps.Aqui

Naropa University, the Boulder college founded by
Kerouac’s beat buddy Allen Ginsberg, is planning
to celebrate in a big way, and is gearing up for
its Kerouac festival to be held from June 30 to
July 1 this summer. In the meantime, Kerouac fans
can check out the festival’s blog, which includes
news, audio, and video on all things related to
Kerouac. Aqui

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