“...and everything is going to the beat - It's the beat generation, it be-at, it's the beat to keep, it's the beat of the heart, it's being beat and down in the world and like oldtime lowdown and like in ancient civilizations the slave boatmen rowing galleys to a beat and servants spinning pottery to a beat...”
- Jack Kerouac quote
"'Turn on' meant go within to activate your neural and genetic equipment. Become sensitive to the many and various levels of consciousness and the specific triggers that engage them. Drugs were one way to accomplish this end. 'Tune in' meant interact harmoniously with the world around you - externalize, materialize, express your new internal perspectives. Drop out suggested an elective, selective, graceful process of detachment from involuntary or unconscious commitments. 'Drop Out' meant self-reliance, a discovery of one's singularity, a commitment to mobility, choice, and change. Unhappily my explanations of this sequence of personal development were often misinterpreted to mean 'Get stoned and abandon all constructive activity'.” Timothy Leary
I Met The Walrus...
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit, and timeless message.
Selections of National Lampoon's Lemmings (1973)
Cast: John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Garry Goodrow, Christopher Guest, Paul Jacobs, Mary-Jenifer Mitchell, and Alice Playten
"Stage Announcements" Performed by John Belushi
"Lemmings Lament" Lead vocal by Paul Jacobs (as David Crosby)
"Positively Wall Street" Lead vocal by Christopher Guest (as Bob Dylan)
"Papa Was a Running Dog Lackey of the Bourgeoisie" Lead vocal by Paul Jacobs
Adam Gratrix continues on another 2 week adventure across Canada
with his travel companion Damien.
A travelogue, of sorts.
Part 10:
Special edition. The night before Adam leaves for home, the boys and him head into Toronto to meet up with a few of their podcaster friends along The Danforth. Ken, the Scarborough Dude of Description; and John Meadows of On The Log (who, unfortunately, had to pack it in early). After a few pint of beer, the recorder was turned on. This are some the conversations we had that night, raw and unedited for better of worse.
Music:
Geoff Berner "Light Enough to Travel" (mp3) from "Light Enough to Travel" (Sudden Death Records)
Adam Gratrix continues on another 2 week adventure across Canada
with his travel companion Damien.
A travelogue, of sorts.
Part 9:
Now back home in Brampton, Damien and his brother Shaun show Adam a good time in suburbia. From one seedy stripclub to another, they burn off some lingering exuberance and, of course, some hard earned money. Then its time for friends to say goodbye until the next cross Canada adventure.
Adam Gratrix continues on another 2 week adventure across Canada
with his travel companion Damien.
A travelogue, of sorts.
Part 8:
Adam and Damien attend the first few days of the Montreal Jazz Festival. Drinking beers and smoking cigarettes, they wander through the crowds. Late one night, they decide the best way to get back to Westmount is to walk across the city. When it's finally time to leave Montreal, there is a confusion with their train tickets.
Adam Gratrix continues on another 2 week adventure across Canada
with his travel companion Damien.
A travelogue, of sorts.
Part 7:
Adam and Damien take a bus to Montreal to stay with Damien's brother and his girlfriend. They hang out at various locations including a Hookah lounge on St. Denis, an apartment in Westmount, etc. They go to watch the St. Jean Baptiste Day parade. While drinking beer, there's a fire in a next door building.
Adam Gratrix continues on another 2 week adventure across Canada
with his travel companion Damien.
A travelogue, of sorts.
Part 6: Podcasters Across Borders in Kingston, Ontario, June 20-22, 2008. Canadian podcasters, along with their American podcasting peers, gather together to strengthen the community, their craft, and nurture creativity. Also, it's a great excuse to have a few drinks with new friends.
Driving home from work on the Fraser Highway at 3am during a soft white snowstorm listening to a radio podcast Country Feedback vol 83 featuring a lecture of Alan Watts.
Retro Movie Review:Beat Girl Paul, a divorced architect, marries Nichole, a woman from Paris. His teen daughter Jenny has fallen in with the English beatnik scene and likes to hang out in cave-like clubs to listen to jazz and rudimentary rock'n'roll. Jenny takes an immediate dislike to her mother-in-law, who is not that much older than she, and goes out of her way to make life miserable for Nichole. When Jenny discovers that Nichole is a friend of one of the strippers from the dance hall across the street, she investigates and uses Nichole's sordid past to embarrass her father. Meanwhile Jenny attracts the lecherous eye of Kenny, the owner of the dance hall.
Retro Flashback Movie Review: Expresso Bongo (1959)
Wikipedia says... Laurence Harvey plays sleazy hustler Johnny Jackson, who is always on the lookout for fresh talent to exploit, while managing his hectic life with his stripper girlfriend. Maise is looking to find a better life in singing. He discovers a teenage singer named Bert Rudge in a coffee shop and sets about sending him along the rocky road to fame. He changes his name to Bongo Herbert and soon gets him a record deal and a relationship with singing sensation Dixie, played by Yolande Donlan. However, Bongo soon realizes that his 50/50 contract with Johnny isn't as great as he thought it was, and breaks from Johnny's contract with help from Dixie.
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