Category Archives: Books

Map for Kerouac’s ON THE ROAD

May 8, 2011 – 9:02 pm

This map from Jack Kerouac’s diary detailed his hitchhiking across the USA in 1947. His itinerary included more stops than the classic hit ROUTE 66 sung originally by Nat King Cole. New York City, Chicago, Davenport Des Moines, North Platte, Cheyenne, Denver, Laramie, Salt Lake, Reno, San Francisco, Madera, Fresno, Selma, Los Angeles, Prescott, Albuquerque, [...]

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Quote of the Day – Jack Kerouac / ON THE ROAD

May 8, 2011 – 8:59 pm

“One of the biggest troubles of hitchhiking is having to talk to innumerable people, make them feel that they didn’t make a mistake picking you up.” Jack Kerouac / ON THE ROAD Truman Capote commented about the writing style of ON THE ROAD, saying it wasn’t writing so much as typing. I read ON THE [...]

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The Hoax of Hypocrisy

April 3, 2011 – 5:04 pm

Last week the BBC supposedly announced that the Vatican Library was publishing its collection of banned manuscripts and books online. “Fans of antique erotica, rejoice. The world’s largest collection of pornography is about to be published on the web. Just make sure you have a credit card handy. The Vatican Secret Archives announced yesterday plans [...]

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Steal and Burn This Book

October 28, 2010 – 1:17 pm

In 1970 Yippie spokesperson Abbie Hoffman wrote STEAL THIS BOOK, a guide to growing week, communal living, food theft, passing bad checks and a whole slew of revolutionary repossession techniques as well as how to confront the police armed and unarmed. The book hit the bestseller charts in 1971. I stole the guide from a [...]

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Quote from WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

August 25, 2010 – 12:03 pm

“Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom’s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.” Nelson Algren from his 1956 novel WALK ON THE WILD SIDE.

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