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Off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, And Ginsberg - Carolyn Cassady (ISBN-10 : 014015390X)
This is Carolyn Cassady's story of her life at the centre of the beat generation. In 1948, at the age of 25, she married Neal Cassady.
Less than ten years after their marriage, he had become a living legend, his wild spirit immortalized in the character of Dean Moriarty, the heroic traveller in Jack Kerouac's "On The Road".
Carolyn Cassady reveals how she had to compete for Neal's attention with his friends and lovers.
Their marriage at first alienated poet Allen Ginsberg, who wanted Neal to himself.
Even after the civil ceremony, Neal continued to see and "test" other women. |
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Off the Wall: Psychedelic Rock Poster: Psychedelic Rock Posters from San Francisco - Jean-Pierre Criqui, Jean-Marc Bel, Amelie Gastaut
(ISBN-13 : 978-0500285541)
In the mid-1960s, San Francisco rock, or psychedelic rock, emerged in Haight Ashbury, fueled by the use of hallucinogenic drugs like LSD. Groups and musicians such as the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Santana and others rose to prominence and in turn influenced musical groups around the USA and in other parts of the world, from the Velvet Underground to Sly and the Family Stone to The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The posters announcing the concerts that were held at places such as the fabled Fillmore and the Avalon Ballroom matched the revolutionary music with their brilliant, swirling colours and hallucinogenic imagery. Created by some of the most inventive graphic designers of the era, including the 'Big Five' of psychedelic poster design - Wes Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Alton Kelley and Stanley 'Mouse' Miller - these groundbreaking posters reflect a singular moment in the history of American culture.
This book showcases well over a hundred of the most striking, original and unconventional posters from this memorable period, stunningly printed in five colours to best reproduce the rich hues and dizzying patterns of the originals. The accompanying texts explain the influences ranging from Art Nouveau and Op Art on psychedelic poster design, and discuss the contributions of dozens of artists. |
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On the Bus: The Complete Guide to the Legendary Trip of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and the Birth of Counterculture - Paul Perry, Ken Babbs
(ISBN-13 : 978-0938410911)
Documents Ken Kesey's fabled 1964 trip with Neal Cassady |
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Openers II: Lyrics of Roky Erickson - Roky Erickson
(ISBN-10 : 188098525X)
The lyrics and writings of Texas rock legnd Roky Erickson, whoese statling work - both with th psychedelic rock 'supergroup' the 13th Floor Elevators and his solo efforts - has left an indlible mark on rock and roll music. |
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Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There: How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America - David Hepworth (ISBN-13 : 978-1784165031)
The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest, most powerful nation on earth was trying to emulate the music, manners and the modes of a rainy island that had recently fallen on hard times.
The resulting fusion of American can-do and British fuck-you didn’t just lead to rock and roll’s most resonant music. It ushered in a golden era when a generation of kids born in ration card Britain, who had grown up with their nose pressed against the window of America’s plenty, were invited to wallow in their big neighbour’s largesse.
It deals with a time when everything that was being done - from the Beatles playing Shea Stadium to the Rolling Stones at Altamont, from the Who performing their rock opera at the Metropolitan Opera House to David Bowie touching down in the USA for the first time with a couple of gowns in his luggage - was being done for the very first time.
Rock and roll would never be quite so exciting again. |
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