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Rare Film: Allen Ginsberg & Neal Cassady

submitted by rougy

1 decade 5 years 5 months ago

This is the first footage I've been able to find showing Neal Cassady talk to his great friend, Allen Ginsberg. The two men were very close and may at one time have been lovers (Neal's wife found Neal in bed with Allen and Neal's first wife LuAnne Henderson). Most people know that Neal was a great inspiration to Jack Kerouac and a number of other famous and beloved writers and artists from the American "beatnik" era.

This is the second of three videos. The first has a great poem read aloud by Allen, and the third is more of Neal talking.

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Moving this video to rougy's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

OK, I felt just a bit like "Dean Moriarty" sitting in a chat circle - "Ya man ya, I dig what you are say'n man!"

There is a chemistry among people, blood.

Like TNT or cyanide.

I had perfect friends that I left.

I met perfect monsters that I curse.

It's a big world, so wide, so complex

That there is always a chance, to find that perfect thing

And keep it for a little while.

*vintage

Adding video to channels (Vintage) - requested by EndAll.

aww *dead

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 paul4dirt.

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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