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Modern classic: Allen Ginsberg's "America" poem

submitted by CaptWillard

1 decade 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago

Listen to the author himself read his classic poem, with vintage photos for the visuals.

11 Comments

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*art
*books
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....no NAMBLA members in the wws.....fuckin' hate Ginsberg, or any poet who reads their own shit. The height of pretentiousness...

This video has been removed from all channels (Art, Books, History, Vintage, Wildwestshow) due to invalid channel assignment - nochannel invoked by choggie. Please review the FAQ to learn about appropriate channel assignments.

Adding video to channels (Art, Books, History, Vintage) - requested by choggie.

wow... Allen Ginsburg stayed at my parents house when I was about seven years old. He drew a picture of me. He was gay, choggie, not a pedophile. Just *gay

Adding video to channels (Gay) - requested by smibbo.

Man choggie.. reading his own shit is half of what makes Ginsberg so great.
I wish I could find a video for him reading "Death to Van Gogh's Ear". His voice becomes almost robotic.. he's chanting. The reading is such that the words hit you in an entirely different way.

Does choggie hate when musicians sing their own songs?

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This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by eric3579.

rasch187 has fixed this video's dead embed code - no Power Points awarded because rasch187's points are already fully charged.

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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Sunday, April 6th, 2008 11:08pm PDT - promote requested by rasch187.

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