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Book review #15: False Prophet
Ginsberg guitarist for two decades and now nearly 40 years a Fug, Steven Taylor recalls his days as a punk musician on tour, on stage & in the studio in a groundbreaking report from the rock trenches
Mar 27
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Kerouac'n'roll! Book birthday at the double
Two print collections which gave attention to the Beat Generation's alliance with popular music each enjoy an anniversary this spring
Mar 23
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The punk with a PhD
In the late 1980s, he set out on a new wave adventure, gigging across North America & Europe, before his doctorate became a first-hand account of a rocker on the barricades and a book to boot
Mar 27
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What's the word? Looks like a billion…
Premier – and premiere – punk poet's piece breaks barriers on music streaming service to become 'world's most popular poem'
Mar 20
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Depp scoops prestige Beat award
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The 1975: That name again!
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Johnny Depp accepts Beat Laureate prize
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Kerouac spoken word classic hits 25
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Forever Beat? Dylan meets the academy
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Book review #13: Desolation Peak
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Beat Meetings #2: Steve Turner & Herbert Huncke
In the second of our recently-launched feature, a London music journalist heads to Manhattan to connect with a legend of the neon New York night
Mar 18
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Beat Soundtrack #28: Jim Cohn
In which prominent Beat figures, writers and critics, historians and academics, fans and followers, talk about the relationship between that literary…
Mar 13
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How bard of the Beat put pen to paper to produce Jack-inspired classic
More than 40 years ago a Canadian tripster travelled to a major Boulder convention with Kerouac at its heart. Ten years ago he sat down to put on record…
Mar 10
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Correspondence #22: David Buckley
An established American rock musician long resident in London recalls, as a Lowell teenager, an invitation to a meal with Jack Kerouac
Mar 4
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Get the Fugs out
EXCLUSIVE news from the camp of the legendary Beat-rock-folk-poetry band as the group celebrate their late, great member Tuli Kupferberg on record and…
Mar 3
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Recent posts: A quick round-up #2
It's been a busy start to 2023 at Rock and the Beat Generation and here we share a whistle stop tour of our latest topics…
Feb 28
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Live review #3: Oliver James Lomax
The Beats and the beats blended almost seamlessly in a poetic soirée that spanned Mumbles, Manhattan and Manchester
Feb 26
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Beat Meetings #1: Steven Taylor & Gregory Corso
NEW SERIES: An occasional feature in which writers and academics, commentators and followers, remember and reflect upon an encounter with a member of…
Feb 24
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Depp scoops prestige Beat award
23
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The 1975: That name again!
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Johnny Depp accepts Beat Laureate prize
12
3
Kerouac spoken word classic hits 25
13
Forever Beat? Dylan meets the academy
14
4
Book review #13: Desolation Peak
10
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