.: Randomness :.

[Ben Lahnger]

Originally Posted by Xnguela

I assume it's because the movement was based on beat poetry?

Xng, that is correct. The Beat Generation was built on a culture based on Beat poetry and counter-culture writers. Jack Kerouac is probably the best known figure at the center of the movement. Allow me to quote the above referenced Wikipedia article:

The adjective "beat" (introduced to the group by hustler Herbert Huncke) had the connotations of "tired" or "down and out", but Kerouac added the paradoxical connotations of "upbeat", "beatific", and the musical association of being "on the beat". Kerouac later wrote several articles pertaining to his coining of the term, sometimes with conflicting information, but (novelist John Clellon) Holmes recalled him explaining: "like we're a generation of furtives. You know, with an inner knowledge there's no use flaunting on that level, the level of the 'public', I mean a kind of beatness...because we all really know where we are"
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Echoes of the Beat Generation run throughout all the forms of alternative/counter culture that have existed since then (e.g. "hippies", "punks", etc). The Beat Generation can be seen as the first modern "subculture".

And an additional clarifying line from the same article: The term Beatnik was coined by Herb Caen of the San Francisco Chronicle on April 2, 1958 as a derogatory term, and was probably a reference to the recent Russian satellite Sputnik.


My favorite book about the San Francisco hippie counter-culture of the 60's is Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". In it, the hippies clearly pay homage to Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg and the Beat Generation as the source and inspiration for their movement.

Interestingly enough, after 37 years of planning, producer/director Francis Ford Coppola is ready to bring Kerouac's seminal novel “On the Road” to the theatres. Stay tuned to JackKerouac.com for more details on the “On the Road” movie, including casting choices and release date information.

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."
-- Jack Kerouac, "On The Road”

[Wise Child]

Originally Posted by Blushing Heliophobe

Well, I'm packing up and moving along for a little while. I'll be offline after tomorrow for awhile because me and the Mr are bringing the Bump home for some family visits. We're heading out to Missouri, and then we'll hit LA. I will be back and posting in April.

*waves sadly* Have lots of fun and stay safe love.

[WolfMoon]

Bh, I'll miss having you around. Just keep you and the family safe, love.

*BIGSQUEEZYHUGZ*

and

*bellyrub*

[DarkIce]

Originally Posted by Blushing Heliophobe

Well, I'm packing up and moving along for a little while. I'll be offline after tomorrow for awhile because me and the Mr are bringing the Bump home for some family visits. We're heading out to Missouri, and then we'll hit LA. I will be back and posting in April.

*Sadness overwhelming me*

Always thought the USofA is a place where you´ll be able to find a telefon outlet behind every f**king cactus. But probably you just tell us you´re leaving your notebook at home ;-)

[succubus,queenofvampires]

I so hate the weather right here. It's so unpredictable. This week, it was all sunny and great.And now there's a SAND storm and the sound of the wind is DEAFENING!!I just hate the goddamn ozone layer hole, changing all the climats like that!

Ok, I don't know what the point of this was...I'm so bored!

[edible_eye]

Originally Posted by Blushing Heliophobe

*blushes*

Well, I've still got one day left, but yall are definitely increasing my "feeling loved" internal counter. Shucks...

i'll miss ya, beautiful girl.

see you when you return.

I hate Jack Kerouac and the fucking beat generation.

[maggot]

High five!

Bye Blushing! We will all be eagerly awaiting your return!

Originally Posted by Xnguela

Where is everyone tonight?

I'm bored!

I'm here if that means anything.

If that's your thing,who am I to complain?

Look,I just drove everyone away. I have that effect on people.

This is disturbing.....

I hate Emo,and it's evil twin:"Indie"

Between the two,Indie is an actual music division..
so I don't dislike it as much as the other.(But isn't the clothing style the same?)

Hate is such a strong word,it should be more like:"I dislike your tight girly pants and floppy hair".

[Ben Lahnger]

Anybody know when we're supposed to hear from Tenet again? I miss his brand of Randomness..

[Lackluster_Heavens]

For chocolate wrestling we used a tarp....but we didn't really care once someone went out of it, as long as they got back in. That was a sticky day.

If I had a lot of t-shirts that I wanted to get rid of,would that go in:"Shill"?

[Lackluster_Heavens]

I have no idea how expensive buy dirt would be...Alls I know, chocolate wrestling is fun as hell.

[Lackluster_Heavens]

And probably a wee bit more sticky than mud.

[maggot]

Depends on the quality. Now if you get German Bittersweet chocolate(My favorite!) you'd have to pay a pretty penny for enough. But if you bought really cheap chocolate... It would still probably cost more.

[Lackluster_Heavens]

Herseys, we had to pool our money to buy enough. It was quite a bit. But still, you cannot beat that look on your mothers face when she takes a walk through the park and sees you and 5 other guys and 6 other girls wrestling in chocolate. She eventually understood.

[Lackluster_Heavens]

Hey, my mom took pictures too....but only because she didn't recognize me at first. My mom's weird the more I think about it.

[maggot]

I can imagine it now... "I have no daughter!" Hahaha... My friend's mum would freak out.