Jack Kerouac, How many have even heard of him?

lawrosa wrote:

Funny you misspelled his name on this thread but spelled it correctly earlier.
Apparently you do well on the street corner yourself.

Wow... flaming... You should be suspended or banned IMO..

Telling a poster he will do well on a street corner? Really?

Thats some nerve IMO, and I am wondering where the mods are on this site...

You made me laugh out loud THANK YOU:B

He's a very familiar person around here due to his living in Lowell. Half hate him, half love him. Half think he was just a drug addict, half think he was a free spirit.

http://www.nps.gov/lowe/historyculture/kerouac.htm

Johno02 wrote:
I remember him, and the book. I may just check it out and read it again, its been a long time.

This......

Sure have, he was a beat generation writer and poet. His mixings with other beat guys like Ginsburg, Neal Cassidy, and William burroughs were his fame.

Yeah, they made you read him in English at Michigan, back in the eighties. Natalie Merchant song about him too. Better RVing song is Fastball's "The Way" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbD5dShemps. Even has an RV in the video. Should be the full-timer's anthem.


Lyrics:

They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going Without ever knowing the way?
They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down They started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?


Anyone could see The road that they walk on is paved in gold
And It's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll Never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows Wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today , today

The children woke up
And they couldn't find 'em
They Left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off
And left it all behind 'em
But Where were they going Without ever knowing the way?

Anyone could see The road that they walk on is paved in gold
And It's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll Never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows Wandering off somewhere
They Won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happy there today , today

Anyone could see The road that they walk on is paved in gold
And It's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll Never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows Wandering off somewhere
They Won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happy there today

Pre-hippie hippie. I lost interest when he settled down in the village. Sell out after all.

I believe he was the model for Maynard G. Krebs.

Funny you misspelled his name on this thread but spelled it correctly earlier.
Apparently you do well on the street corner yourself.

Wow... flaming... You should be suspended or banned IMO..

Telling a poster he will do well on a street corner? Really?

Thats some nerve IMO, and I am wondering where the mods are on this site...

Water-Bug wrote:
In the 50s or 60s, he wrote the book "On the Road." It was a hippie guide book but he wasn't a hippie but rather a true free spirit. He defined a hippie as someone who could find a marijuana joint on any street corner in America. The road was his world and he loved evety minute of it.

I have not heard of him before. I am guessing the book to be a journal of sorts, a conglomeration of his adventures while travelling.

I remember him, and the book. I may just check it out and read it again, its been a long time.

As with most things either you get it or you do not.
Neither is right but the fact you know who he is says volumes about you and your inquisitiveness.
If you read even some of his typing GOOD FOR YOU you tried