Funny display of ignorance.

I never criticize a fellow Irishman. Plus, he's right. I lived in Haight-Ashbury in 1967 and 1968. In crash pads. It was just as he writes: hippy= sloppy living + shoddy thinking. LONG LIVE BEATNIKISM! At least they produced writers, poets and artists.


Signed, the man that was there.

 

aaahhh who is they?

 

Ginsburg, Kerouac, Kesey, Cassidy, Pollack,Ferlighetti, Dylan, etc. Oh, and me...google me up--Burl N. Corbett.

 

and ill bet your house is imaculent?

 

just gotta poke around !!

 

and when they aint had a shower offer one!

 

Good God, no! My house (a two-story stone, circa 1830 farmhouse) is a hell-hole mess even my three daughters won't clean for less than $500. 6 fucking cats don't help. My last girlfriend-- this is no lie-- a 39 year-old reformed lesbian (I converted her back to heterosexuality) threw up her hands in horror-- just sweeping the cobwebs away took up a good portion of her time. (The other portion of her time was spent pleasuring me,but that is a different thread.)

Where was I?

Lost in cyber-space.

HELP!

 

THUDLY..............

I have to say I vehemently disagree with you, not all hippies behave in the way he associates, that is the woeful ignorance of this man, he is unable to see past a singular view, and from the sounds of it, so are you. You seem to exonerate the beat mentality from this narrowminded view, but just take into account that the beats also spoke of acceptance, and this whole movement, dating back to the late 40's (not the 60's as many claim) is ROOTED in the writings and the actions of the beats, so to criticize one, while posturing the other, is essentially ludicrous. Also, why can you not criticize a fellow Irishman? Just because you share the same roots, does not mean that all of your countrymen are right about everything, and therefore should not be held accountable. I also lay question at your feet as to your claim to be part of the beat scene, I am not second guessing you, however I have never heard of you as a writer, and never once heard your name mentioned during any of the myriad of discussions i've had at Zane's farm..........why don't you enlighten me, as to your activities and status, that give you the ability to snuff out an entire group of people based on the rants of one insecure, angry ego, tell me some stories of city lights...........enlighten me, i'm listening.

 

spam.

 

sometimes i feel like smashing something when one of my friends displays pure ignorance and starts saying "Why dont you live on the street if your a hippy?" etc

 

hehehehehehe! sorry cant help beleive it or not i got problems of my own lmfao!!! hehehe!

 

Dudenamedrob-- I lived at 25 Bleecker St.--150 feet away from the Bowery and what was to become CBGB's from 1966 to 1968. I KNEW beatniks. Beatniks were into the intellectual pursuits; hippies were into getting stoned and staring at their lint-crammed navels.


Also, I was joking when I said I'm reluctant to criticize fellow Irishmen. Doesn't anyone have a sense of humor on these fucking forums?

Finally, I never claimed to have published a "beatnik novel", though I HAVE published a "redneck novel". It's entitled, "A Haven From Violence" and is available through Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com.

Buy it and make me $4 richer.

 

BTW, I was not only a frequent visitor to City Lights bookstore, but bought my copy of KADDISH and OTHER POEMS there.


So, NAH, NAH, NA NAH NAH!

 

Yeah Hippies are pretty dumb....I can't even get the fems here to learn their fertility cycle by studying their vaginal liquids. they call me perv, and wanted me banned....

here's the link. http://www.woomb.org

but, hippies are a barometer of how screwed up the system is. and as a barometer I think they are great. I rented a stairway landing for $5.00 a week in a hippy house and it was great 'cause it meant I had a place to crash that was warm, and dry, and the stairs led to the attic which is where you could fuck in peace. the tragedy of that!! but it kept me alive in my darkest days with no family, no god, and no country.

so I love hippies, even if I feel sorry for them - with their drugged out minds, sexual tragedy, and hopless future.

 

whu duh vuk Uh tink You iz? sound to me like ah shorthair pigclon, talkin pig talk, walkin duh pig walk, smillin duh pig smile.

You said, "so I love hippies, even if I feel sorry for them - with their drugged out minds, sexual tragedy, and hopless future."

 

Makes me ashamed to be Irish, if this is what our emigrants turn out like

 

Wow he must really have had something against the people he lived with as a kid...

 

Nathan11

FUCK OFF you have long hair too jeez.

 

1. You need to chill the FUCK out.
2. I was joking about it being a problem.
3. What does long hair have to do with any of it?
4. I DON'T have long hair.

So, my friend, please know what the hell you're talking about before you tell me to fuck off, fucking child.

 

That's just plain stupid. I agree that is ignorence. There are alot of people who misunderstand us and other types of people.