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It's On Us, San Francisco

Morgan Fitzgibbons | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Peak Oil, Farmers Markets, Beats, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Pollution, Hippies, San Francisco, Bay Area, San Francisco News
Morgan Fitzgibbons

While we like to think we've got it all figured out with our farmer's markets, strong bike culture and radical social tolerance, the reality is that the Bay Area, like every other major metropolis at this point in time, is a lot of talk and very little walk.

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Naropa To Leave Boulder?

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Alternative University, Denver News, The Beats, Naropa, Jack Kerouac, Boulder Naropa, Alternative Schools, Beats, Naropa in Boulder, Naropa University, Allen Ginsberg, Denver News

Naropa University, the Buddhist-inspired school of contemplative education, is looking for a new home -- possibly outside of Boulder. In a breakfas...

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Exclusive: Beat Poet Michael McClure On Jim Morrison, The Doors, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ray Manzarek, Jackson Pollock, Beats, The Doors, Robert Creeley, Zen, Michael McClure, Abstract Expressionism, Jack Kerouac, Avant-Garde Poetry, West Coast Poetry, Beat Poetry, Buddhism, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Dunan, Books News
Anis Shivani

There are few poets as underappreciated today as Michael McClure. For close to six decades now, he has been writing visionary poetry, lauded by many ...

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2010's Biggest Video Star: Dr. Dre

Joy Yoon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Dre, Beats, Jimmy Iovine, Far East Movement, Maximum Balloon, Noel Lee, Eminem, Interscope Records, Timbaland, Lady Gagy, Monster, Justin Bieber, Greyson Chance, Entertainment News
Joy Yoon

Product placement, the not-so-subtle art of marketing a product on screen, is now a prevalent way for studios and directors to secure money for movies and music videos alike.

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How Do You Like Your Poetry?

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Myers, Iphone, Brittany Murphy, Twitter, Dante, Books, Beats, Emily Dickinson, Poetry, Amber Tamblyn, Kindle, Poetry Readings, Bowery Poetry Club, Books News
Travis Nichols

Do you like books? The covers, pages, signatures, glue-ings, and sew-ings that have been around from Dante's time to Dickinson's? Or do you like readings?

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Jimmy Iovine: A Force In Music Turns To Its Sound

latimes.com | Geoff Boucher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beats, Jimmy Iovine, Beats by Dr. Dre, Los Angeles News

Jimmy Iovine, one of the most powerful figures in the music industry, has been lining his walls with gold and platinum records for decades, so when he...

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It's Official: Nobody's Cool. (Kerouac Posthumously Blows It)

Dean Sluyter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baseball, James Dean, Nirvana, Jack Kerouac, Cool, Lester Young, Prez, Beats, Beatniks, Hipsters, Hippies, Buddha, Miles Davis, Jazz, Fantasy Baseball, Charlie Parker, Beat Generation, Meditation, Marlon Brando, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Dan Brown, Fashion, Style News
Dean Sluyter

But cool as an outer pose, as an attitude you can cop, is dead. When the truly cool people show up in your life, you won't recognize them -- they'll be too cool for that.

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Hidden Burroughs-Kerouac Novel Surfaces; So Does 'the Lost Art of Ah Pook' by Malcolm Mc Neill

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beats, Ah Pook, Jack Kerouac, Burroughs Kerouac Collaboration, Jed Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, Burroughs Kerouac, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, Mcneill, Media News
Jan Herman

This month provides a happy occasion for legions of Jack Kerouac fans, to say nothing of William S. Burroughs cultists, who always seem eager for new revelations about both writers' works.

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