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"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. . ."

A group for fans of Jack Kerouac, and, to a lesser extent, any writers of the Beat Generation. Tell us your favorite Kerouac quotes, share any Kerouac-like moments you've had. Share your beat-inspired prose and poetry (or even photographs and music). The only rules for this group are: be open-minded and kind, please. Anyone who makes nasty comments to anyone else will be promptly kicked out of the community. Other than that, there are no rules. Blow as deep as you want to blow.

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jess says:

So - who all will be at the Jack Kerouac festival? I'll be there for the big gala event on July 1. So excited.

posted Jun 18

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jess says:

As far as I know, it's just a one-shot. It should be a yearly event, though.

posted Jun 22

johnjohndoe says:

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "On The Road." I re-read it recently and loved it again. Below is a like to a YOUTUBE post of Kerouac's appearence on the Steve Allen show in 1959. I'm happy to be a member of this group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBILjdzpzU

posted May 28

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letter writer says:

i saw that clip in a movie i watched in an english class in high school. after that, i was hooked.

posted May 31

jess says:

I can't tell you how many times these have inspired me. I'm posting them here in the hopes that maybe they'll inspire you, too.

JACK KEROUAC'S BELIEF & TECHNIQUE FOR MODERN PROSE
LIST OF ESSENTIALS

1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy
2. Submissive to everything, open, listening
3. Try never get drunk outside yr own house
4. Be in love with yr life
5. Something that you feel will find its own form
6. Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
7. Blow as deep as you want to blow
8. Write what you want bottomless from bottom of mind
9. The unspeakable visions of the individual
10. No time for poetry but exactly what is
11. Visionary tics shivering in the chest
12. In tranced fixation dreaming upon object before you
13. Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition
14. Like Proust be an old teahead of time
15. Telling the true story of the world in interior monolog
16. The jewel center of interest is the eye within the eye
17. Write in recollection and amazement for yourself
18. Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea
19. Accept loss forever
20. Believe in the holy contour of life
21. Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind
22. Dont think of words when you stop but to see picture better
23. Keep track of every day the date emblazoned in yr morning
24. No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge
25. Write for the world to read and see yr exact pictures of it
26. Bookmovie is the movie in words, the visual American form
27. In Praise of Character in the Bleak inhuman Loneliness
28. Composing wild, undisciplined, pure, coming in from under, crazier the better
29. Youre a Genius all the time
30. Writer-Director of Earthly movies Sponsored & Angeled in Heaven

posted May 14

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BIL BROWN says:

When I was at Naropa in 1992 (I graduated 1994), Allen Ginsberg came up with this extention of "MIND SLOGANS" that he coupled along with Keroauc's Spontaneous Prose. He also extended the SP thing too, but I can't seem to find that. I could be wrong.

Here is Allen's MIND SLOGANS

posted May 31

BIL BROWN says:

Keroauc Festival at Naropa.

posted May 31

jess says:

Thank you for posting that information. I am going to try as hard as I can to get there during that time.

posted Jun 1

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