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Global Visitors MapSanto Christoforo, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844760386135590513noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813484085200239765.post-53803212826888914392012-02-24T15:27:00.000-08:002012-02-24T15:27:22.578-08:00Bruce Lee Was Also A Champion Cha-Cha DancerHey! Do any of you remember the dance called "The Cha-Cha?" I think it even predates Chubby Checker's Twist. It was probably a favorite of at least the early beatnik crowd. I know it has been revived lately by the Latino Community, but it was a hit back in the old days as well.<br />
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Enjoy this free lesson by two professional instructors:<br />
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<dl class="avatar-comment-indent" id="comments-block"><dt class="comment-author " id="c5884247469117321290"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="c5884247469117321290"></a><div class="avatar-image-container avatar-stock"><span dir="ltr"><a class="avatar-hovercard" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11710820172582855335" id="av-0-11710820172582855335" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" title="Lori" width="16" /><span style="color: #888888;"> </span></a></span></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11710820172582855335" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #888888;">Lori</span></a> said... </dt>
<dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-5884247469117321290">I am a teacher and want to recreate a beatnik coffee house. Any suggestions what I can do? </dd><dd class="comment-footer"><span class="comment-timestamp"><a href="http://bongosandespresso.blogspot.com/2011/03/dig-it-beatnik-coffee-house-website.html?showComment=1319421789959#c5884247469117321290" title="comment permalink"><span style="color: #993300;">October 23, 2011 7:03 PM </span></a></span></dd></dl></div><div class="comment-footer"><span class="comment-timestamp">OK. I'll give it a shot.</span></div><div class="comment-footer"><br />
</div><div class="comment-footer"><span class="comment-timestamp">Start with a basement room. Put in a small stage or platform. On it, place a microphone stand and at least one large stool. Place studio lights on the ceiling, facing the stage. Get some fake brick wallcovering and put it up on at least three of the walls. Don't forget to put up some posters and graffiti too!</span></div><div class="comment-footer"><br />
</div><div class="comment-footer"><span class="comment-timestamp">Fill the place with small round tables and chairs. Have a Greek Diner-style coffee maker in the back. Serve your coffee in demi-tasse sized cups and saucers (or smaller, if you can get them).</span></div><div class="comment-footer"><br />
</div><div class="comment-footer"><span class="comment-timestamp">Extras: See if you can get hold of a set of bongos, a conga drum and someone who can play guitar.</span></div><div class="comment-footer"><br />
</div><div class="comment-footer"><span class="comment-timestamp">Hope that helps!</span></div>Santo Christoforo, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844760386135590513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813484085200239765.post-5076134391794271462011-11-11T11:55:00.000-08:002011-11-11T11:55:30.298-08:00Guest Posters Welcomed!If you have any ideas for articles to showcase on this blog, please do not hesitate to contact me about them. I just received a kind letter from one of the followers here, and it inspired me to extend the invitation to you all. <br />
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I'm pretty much tapped for ideas lately, so your efforts will greatly help keep this blog going. Thanks in advance to all who decide to respond. <br />
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Contact me through my email: <a href="mailto:beatnik@mail2cool.com">beatnik@mail2cool.com</a>.Santo Christoforo, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844760386135590513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813484085200239765.post-38130814812214378972011-11-11T11:48:00.000-08:002011-11-11T12:19:36.464-08:00GINSBERG AND GELEKAllen Ginsberg became fast friends with a Tibetan Tulku named Gelek Rinpoche (Rim-po-shay). Tulku signifies that Gelek is a reincarnated holy man, the late abbot of an important monastery in Tibet. It was this man who tended to Allen as he lay dying of liver cancer. The extraordinary relationship between the two is best illustrated by this article excerpted from <span style="color: #cc0000;">The Allen Ginsberg Project: An </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Allen Ginsberg Gallimaufry</span> blog:<br />
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Gelek Rinpoche's Birthday!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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</div><div><a href="http://www.jewelheart.org/gelek-rimpoche/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Gelek</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> and Allen and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.jewelheart.org/"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Jewel Heart</span></a> - </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Jon Kain in his piece for the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Shambhala Sun</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">, some years back, "</span></span><a href="http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1709&Itemid=0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Gelek Rinpoche's Remarkable Journey</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">", notes "They [Gelek and Allen] met in the early 1990's, forming a fast friendship. Allen eventually became Gelek Rinpoche's student, with Rinpoche performing the ritual at Allen's death. "Allen never missed the opportunity to teach me about American culture and language, Rinpoche told me", (Kain recounts), "He pushed me all the time. He was really so kind. And then what little </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">dharma</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> I know I contributed to him". </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Mutual respect. It was (always) sincere mutual respect, (notwithstanding the teacher-pupil relationship(s), notwithstanding Rinpoche's charming, disarming, modesty).</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Here's Allen, from his </span></span><a href="http://ginsbergblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/steve-silbermans-hotwired-interview.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #2288bb;">1996 </span></span></span></a><i><a href="http://ginsbergblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/steve-silbermans-hotwired-interview.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Hot Wired </span></span></span></a></i><a href="http://ginsbergblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/steve-silbermans-hotwired-interview.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #2288bb;">interview with Steve Silberman</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"I've had a very good life, especially great luck with teachers particularly </span></span><a href="http://chronicleproject.com/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> and now </span></span><a href="http://www.jewelheart.org/gelek-rimpoche/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Gelek Rinpoche</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">. Both have great hearts. So there's a basic security to all that".</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">and hearing <u>The Submarine Race Watcher</u></span> mantra at regular intervals.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also remember him as the self-proclaimed <em>"Fifth Beatle".</em> It was some time after this Beatle phase that I gradually lost touch with him and his show. I totally agree with those that felt he was sucking up to the Fab Four way too much. If one of them stopped, Murray needed vitamin K to stop his nose from bleeding. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are two videos covering this topic:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/vVSR_uMhTFI/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vVSR_uMhTFI&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vVSR_uMhTFI&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/suSx4MnXIUU?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">[That's British Slang for "Jerkoff"; wanking means beatin off!]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like the singer Shirley Ellis in her song, <em>The Name Game</em>, Murray invented his own language. This entailed taking the first letter of a word and inserting "eee-azz" between it and the rest of the word. Baby for example became b "eee-azz" aby. His own name Murray wound up to sound like M "eee-azz" urray. That was real cool for that time period. When all was said and done, he kept hipster talk and its protoype "scat" alive beyond the 1940's and '50's. He was sort of an Uber-beatnik in many ways.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">"Ah bey, whoa. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Ah bey, whoa.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Koomazowazowa!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Whoa!"</span></div>Santo Christoforo, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844760386135590513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813484085200239765.post-70565500911043936342011-04-20T14:13:00.000-07:002011-04-20T14:15:52.677-07:00TROMA Productions: As The Beatniks Grew Older ..."<b>Troma Entertainment</b> is an American independent film <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Production_company" title="Production company">production</a> and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Film_distributor" title="Film distributor">distribution</a> company founded by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Lloyd_Kaufman">Lloyd Kaufman</a> and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Michael_Herz_(producer)" title="Michael Herz (producer)">Michael Herz</a> in 1974.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-HorrorStart_0-0"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8813484085200239765#cite_note-HorrorStart-0"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[1]</span></a></sup><br />
<u>The company produces low-budget independent movies that play on 1950s horror with elements of farce.</u> Many Troma films contain social commentary."<br />
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Here are two of their classic films:<br />
SURF NAZIS MUST DIE!<br />
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THE TOXIC AVENGER<br />
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Like so many others from The Beat Era, Long John's show was the pioneering prototype for future ones, such as Art Bell. Here are some samples of the original controversial call-in radio talk show. The first two <br />
feature his fights with prank callers. The third is a sample of a typical Long John Nebel interview.<br />
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<big><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore: </span></strong></big><br />
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<a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/maison/beats.htm#audio">Audio Tapes</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/maison/beats.htm#other">Movies & Videos</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/maison/beats.htm#links">Beat Links</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/maison/zendept.htm">Zen-ness Dept.</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/maison/beverage.htm">Beverage Dept.</a> </b></td></tr>
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Available at Amazon.com for either purchase or rental. Click the following link to the Amazon website and then click the <em>"play free preview"</em> button located at the bottom. Note the funny typo concerning the release date <strong>LOL!</strong><br />
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How about the "Mack the Knife" segments?<br />
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And one of my favorite characters, poet laureate "Percy Dovetonsils" ...<br />
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"Beatniks were a group of artists in the 1950's. They were non-conformists who used their art to express their emotions, which was usually against society. They were outcasts and proud. As the 50's ended the Beat Movement gave birth to the Hippie Movement. Although they were similar in a 'hate the establishment' sort of way, their methods and dress were quite different.<br />
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What is an Urb Beatnik?!<br />
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On Urb, the Beatniks are the funkiest members on the site. Funk-Ahhh-Delic ALT is the main group for these members. The Beatniks on Urb are people who grew wary of the same ol' battle of good versus evil (although some of us still keep our allegiance with one group or the other). Beatniks aren't all good nor are they all evil, their love for the arts keep them grounded. They are often ridiculed for their free spirit and accused of being a Hippie but only the ignorant do that."<br />
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This one is even better:<br />
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"Come check us out at the Arts District and sign your name on our charter:<br />
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http://www.urbaniacs.com/city/lounge.php?t=189123&page=3#301496<br />
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SOME famous Beatniks include:<br />
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Whiskey<br />
Love_Child<br />
Afro_Chic<br />
DarkAng3L<br />
Kingsland<br />
Mantis<br />
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Remember, Beatniks do it BETTER! If they ask what "it" is, tell them EVERYTHING!<br />
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I hope to see you soon! Even if you aren't a Beatnik, stop by my Hep Cat Chill Spot and HOLLA!!!<br />
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http://www.urbaniacs.com/city/lounge.php?t=240250<br />
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Remember Hep Cats and Squares...<br />
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All are welcomed to join!<br />
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Keep it Funky!<br />
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Afro_Chic<br />
The Mistress of Funk"<br />
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I'm adding this link to my blog - <a href="http://www.urbaniacs.com/forums/?t=514701">http://www.urbaniacs.com/forums/?t=514701</a>Santo Christoforo, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844760386135590513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813484085200239765.post-20406513942302070912010-12-02T15:52:00.000-08:002010-12-02T15:54:51.543-08:00Cafe Wha? and The Purple Onion: Where The Beat Elite Used To MeetCafe Wha? in New York and The Purple Onion in San Francisco are two of the original beatnik hangouts that are still in existence today,<br />
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"Since the 1950s the Café Wha? has been a favorite hot spot cornered in the heart of Greenwich Village. The 60s was an impressionable and revolutionary era. Artists of the time frequented the Café Wha? as it was known to be a sanctuary for talent; Allen Ginsberg regularly sipped his cocktails here. The Café Wha? was the original stomping ground for prodigies Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. Bruce Springsteen, Peter, Paul & Mary, Kool and the Gang, as well as comedians, Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby also began their road to stardom on this historic stage. The Café Wha? encompassed the Beat Generation and continues to hold tight to its spirit, entertaining all walks of life."<br />
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"The Purple Onion is a celebrated cellar club in the North Beach area of San Francisco, California located at 140 Columbus Avenue (between Jackson and Pacific). With an intimate, 80-person setting, the club was a popular influence in local music and entertainment during the Beat era.<br />
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Notable entertainers who either got their starts or played the club in the 1950s and 1960s include Maya Angelou, Jim Neighbors, Bob Newheart, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Phyllis Diller (who made her stand-up debut here), the Kingston Trio (then a quartet), and the Smothers Brothers (then a trio --who recorded their first album, Live at the Purple Onion there. Richard Pryor also performed at The Purple Onion."<br />
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Makes you wonder about the name "The Beatles". Was there an influence perhaps?<br />
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