Philomene Long’s The Beats – An Exisitential Comedy
November 18, 2017
We continue our spotlighting of video now available via the digitalization of Allen’s Stanford University archives. Today – Philomene Long & (Jay D Kugelman)’s LA-based documentary from 1980,  The Beats: An Existential Comedy The video is available – here [Stuart Z Perkoff appearing on Groucho Marx’s tv show, You Bet Your Life[…]
Friday’s Weekly Round-Up – 300
January 27, 2017
No Friday-Round Up last week, so a little catch up today, starting with Sean Elder’s Gary Snyder interview, “National Treasure,” in Lion’s Roar.  [Gary[…]
Remembering Pasolini
November 2, 2016
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) Our earlier (2013) posting on Pier Paolo Pasolini, due to a technical error, was unfortunately, and unintentionally, deleted. On the occasion of the anniversary (now the 41st year anniversary) of his assassination, we now restore and republish it here. Today marks the date (the 38th year anniversary) [now[…]
Friday’s Weekly Round Up – 48
November 4, 2011
This week’s Friday Round-Up begins once again in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. Here’s Eric Drooker‘s on-site slide presentation (and a spirited recital of the Moloch section of Howl). Andy Laties is on saxophone, Eric Blitz is on percussion (“playing a piece of foam-core because the cops shut down his drums”). Filming[…]
Remembering Bob Kaufman
April 18, 2011
April 18 is the birthday of the late great Bob Kaufman  Cranial Guitar, his Selected Poems from Coffee House Press, is certainly a good place to start – and check out in there the very useful (28-page) introduction by poet David Henderson (in fact, check out, if you can[…]