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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:16 PM Original message |
Who has read "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac? |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I haven't read it in several years |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. ever see that movie? |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. No, I haven't |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Read "The Dharma Bums" too |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm looking at his official website right now |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's been years |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here's a good audio overview of the Beat Generation |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. yes |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I'll have to check those out, then. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Bound For Glory first! |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Oh yes. I've always liked him, I can't believe I didn't know he |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It was also a major movie |
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Goathead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. I'm going to look for those two, thanks |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. I read it in high school |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. So was my husband's grandfather. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. My grandfather grew up there too-and I have relatives there |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Looks like I found one of my answers anyway: |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Originally it meant that. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. I read it when I was 16 years old |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, many times. tried to live it 10 years too late |
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Goathead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. I believe Kerouac coined the term Beat. |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. I love it.. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. if you like On The Road |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's a pretty wonderful book in a lot of ways... |
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kariatari (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. I just saw the original scroll on which he wrote it! |
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confludemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. Overrated n/t |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
27. Brilliant book.. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-05 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
28. His great interest in Buddhism |
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