Started by breakfast on Jun 7, 2022 10:28:18 PM
The Beatnik Horror
"Blame these 4 men for the beatnik horror." The People, 7 August 1960.
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Cool it, square bear.
Should I get married? Should I be good?
Astound the girl next door with my velvet suit and faustus hood?
My beliefs? I believe in nihilism, man. …… doh!
Entering a birthday party for Allen Ginsberg in June 1965, he [Lennon] had been greeted by the hairy Beat poet wearing nothing but boxer shorts on his head and a ‘Do not disturb’ sign on his penis. John was not amused: “You don’t do that in front of the birds.”
Craig Brown, One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time.