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though apparently aldous huxley's book on his drug experiments "the doors of perception: heaven and hell" is very good and was the inspiration for jim morrison calling his band "the doors"
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:banana:
though apparently aldous huxley's book on his drug experiments "the doors of perception: heaven and hell" is very good and was the inspiration for jim morrison calling his band "the doors"
I liked On the Road. I'm not exactly anywhere near the Beat scene, though I have friends that related to it more closely and enjoyed it more for that reason, but I still found it to be a good read. When reading it the desire to rip out on a road trip was instilled in me, and a few years after reading it when I finally got the chance to take a nice long road trip I could recall parts of the book, but uhm, I drove sober and straight so the similarities wound up few and far between beyond that.
Huxley's book is well worth a read. Glad to see Robert Anton Wilson on that list -his non-fiction is also extremely illuminating - 'Prometheus Rising' is a must; though I've known many people who just haven't got it. Don't forget the late, great Hunter S. - obviously the list goes on. Just had a message aboutswearing on the site! Bit surprised that a seemingly intellectual, literary site advocates censorship in this way. Abject hatred etc. are obviously beyond the pale, but come on! Does that mean that we can't quote Bukowski ...or Lawrence? Or Phillip Larkin? Come on!
damn straight bandini!
T'ank you my Welsh friend. One of the contenders for best living band are from Wales, in my opinion. Are you a Super Furry fan? (I realise that sentence will sound strange to many!)
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Originally Posted by Bandini
then it's probably too late at the moment...i'll wait for the next existential train to pass...
Does anyone else find it weird that we had this exact same discussion a year or so ago, only with different folks?
I'm off to listen to a bunch of Grateful Dead records again.
...Drivin' that train
High on...
let me help you out....cocain.
Casey Jone you'd better
Watch your speed
Everybody must get stoned.
Everybody now,
You can get anything you want
at Alice's restaurant
You can get...
excepting Alice
I've got almost that whole song memorized. Arlo Guthrie came out to my island but I didn't have the time to see him.
Was lucky enough to catch Arlo, in Austin, Texas at the Armadillo World Headquarters…a few years ago…
and we was both jumpin’ up and down and yellin’, "KILL-KILL-KILL"
when the sergeant came over
sat me down
pinned a medal on me
and said, “you're our boy”
Koa - not that you can't live 'existentially' at any age, it just takes more...more...just more! Simone De Beouvoir (? can't be arsed to look at my books in the other room) reckoned that the female could never 'transcend' to live as an existentialist, because she is grounded by her biology (bit more complex than that - but you know) - but I reckon that's extended to all who have kids. You can't follow just any path...