Jack Kerouac

Norma J · 09.02.2006, 02:04 AM

A thread for everything and anything Kerouac. Favourite book. Favourite line. Favourite character. Anything. Especially which of his books would you like most to be turned into a film?

static-harmony · 09.02.2006, 02:09 AM

The Dharma Bums should be turned into a movie. That is the only book I like from him.

krastian · 09.02.2006, 02:10 AM

All hail The Dharma Bums. My favorite character is def. Japhy Ryder (Gary Snyder)......maybe some favorite lines later.....I have to go.

Norma J · 09.02.2006, 02:19 AM

I've only read On the Road. Loved it. Recently bought a whole bunch of his books from a secondhand bookstore, around 10 or so. Also what I thought was neat, was that someone had owned the whole bunch of books I now own, and wrote on the first page or so when they started the book and when they finished reading it, and also where they were when they read it. Same name in every book. Different locations, such as Sydney, Portland - Oregon, numerous places. Must of been a traveller, not unlike the characters in Kerouacs stories.

I look forward to reading all of them. I just may start Dr. Sax tonight.

fishmonkey · 09.02.2006, 04:28 AM

i love him. read all the books, love em all

IntoTheGroovey · 09.02.2006, 04:37 AM

Read On the Road, which was fantastic, and the Dharma Bums, which was very good.

atari 2600 · 09.02.2006, 08:03 AM

On the Road is finally becoming a movie. Directed by Walter Salles & produced by Francis Ford Coppola, it's slated for release in 2007.

top 40 squeeze · 09.02.2006, 09:35 AM

Read Tristessa to get the real meat.

Cantankerous · 09.02.2006, 11:24 AM

oh, there's this one poem of his i like and i can't remember the title or if it even had one, but here it goes:
i am god.

Tokolosh · 09.02.2006, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atari 2600

On the Road is finally becoming a movie. Directed by Walter Salles & produced by Francis Ford Coppola, it's slated for release in 2007.

That's good news! Can't wait.

Gogogonorrhea · 09.02.2006, 12:04 PM

MACDOUGAL STREET BLUES

CANTO TRES (by Jack Kerouac):

Lets forget the strollers
Forget the scene
Lets close our eyes
Let me instruct Thee
Here is dark Milk
Here is Sweet Mahameru
Who will Coo
To you Too

As he did to me
One night at three
When I w k e i t
P l e e
Knelt to See
Realit ee
And I said
'Wilt thou protect me
for 'ver?'

And he in his throatless
deep mother hole
Replied ' H o m '
(Pauvre Ange)
Mahameru
Tathagata of Mercy
See
He
Now
In dark escrow

In the middleless dark
of eyelids' lash obliviso
So
Among rains of Transcendent
Pity
Abides since Ever
Before Evermore ness
Or thusness Imagined
O Maha Meru

O Mountain Sumeru
O Mountain of Gold
O Holy Gold
O Room of Gold
O Sweet peace
rememberance
O Nava lit yuku
Of sweet cactus
Thorn of No Time
- Ply me on ward
like boat
thru this Sea
Safe to Shore
Ulysses never Sore
- Bless me Gerard
Bless thee, Living
I shall pray for all
sentient human
& otherwise sentient
beings here & everywhere
now -

No names
Not even faces
One Pity
One Milk
One Lovelight
s a v e

nomadicfollower · 09.02.2006, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atari 2600

On the Road is finally becoming a movie. Directed by Walter Salles & produced by Francis Ford Coppola, it's slated for release in 2007.

Is Walter Salles a good director? I don't want to be completely dissapointed about a movie that could be so good.

I like Kerouac. I don't want to say love him. He's a good writer; very idealistic. Interesting every once in a while, but might be dangerous if given too much attention.

hey alex · 09.02.2006, 03:54 PM

i just got town and the city las week and am about 200 or so pages in. It had a slwo start but im Liking it now. I'll have to track down dharma bums next.

acousticrock87 · 09.02.2006, 05:35 PM

I read On the Road recently and loved it. My favorite passages were the ones describing the jazz musicians, like the piece about the George Shearing show.

Norma J · 09.02.2006, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acousticrock87

I read On the Road recently and loved it. My favorite passages were the ones describing the jazz musicians, like the piece about the George Shearing show.

Wasn't that great! He describes music brilliantly. Better than any critic I've ever read.

Norma J · 09.02.2006, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atari 2600

On the Road is finally becoming a movie. Directed by Walter Salles & produced by Francis Ford Coppola, it's slated for release in 2007.

Really? That's fantastic news. I hope it's done well, though, with the right actors and the screenplay written well.

I'm amazed it's taken them this long.

terminal pharmacy · 09.02.2006, 08:50 PM

the motorcycle diaries was a very good film , i think salles will do a good job of it.......

not too many character actors that could talke that except for maybe depp or ps hoffman

Norma J · 09.02.2006, 08:59 PM

I think Depp would do a great job, but the response would be overshadowed by superficiality. So I hope they go more low key, but not low key enough that they're no name actors.

acousticrock87 · 09.02.2006, 10:49 PM

Johnny Depp simultaneously makes everything sickeningly popular, and remarkably good. I say it's worth it.

Cantankerous · 09.02.2006, 11:08 PM

johnny depp has been great in every movie i've seen him in. he's one of those guys who can play any part.

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Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	A thread for everything and anything Kerouac. Favourite book. Favourite line. Favourite character. Anything. Especially which of his books would you like most to be turned into a film? __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	The Dharma Bums should be turned into a movie. That is the only book I like from him. __________________
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	All hail The Dharma Bums. My favorite character is def. Japhy Ryder (Gary Snyder)......maybe some favorite lines later.....I have to go. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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09.02.2006, 02:19 AM	#4
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I've only read On the Road. Loved it. Recently bought a whole bunch of his books from a secondhand bookstore, around 10 or so. Also what I thought was neat, was that someone had owned the whole bunch of books I now own, and wrote on the first page or so when they started the book and when they finished reading it, and also where they were when they read it. Same name in every book. Different locations, such as Sydney, Portland - Oregon, numerous places. Must of been a traveller, not unlike the characters in Kerouacs stories. I look forward to reading all of them. I just may start Dr. Sax tonight. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.02.2006, 04:28 AM	#5
fishmonkey invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,670	i love him. read all the books, love em all __________________ "Pescescimmia ha grandi bulbi oculari blu, ognuno attaccato su un lato della sua testa, in modo tale da risucire a guardare indietro senza girare la sua testa pesciosa"
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09.02.2006, 04:37 AM	#6
IntoTheGroovey bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 197	Read On the Road, which was fantastic, and the Dharma Bums, which was very good. __________________ The owls are not what they seem.
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09.02.2006, 08:03 AM	#7
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	On the Road is finally becoming a movie. Directed by Walter Salles & produced by Francis Ford Coppola, it's slated for release in 2007.
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09.02.2006, 09:35 AM	#8
top 40 squeeze bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 234	Read Tristessa to get the real meat.
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	oh, there's this one poem of his i like and i can't remember the title or if it even had one, but here it goes: i am god. __________________ RETIRED
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09.02.2006, 12:04 PM	#11
Gogogonorrhea little trouble girl Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 84	MACDOUGAL STREET BLUES CANTO TRES (by Jack Kerouac): Lets forget the strollers Forget the scene Lets close our eyes Let me instruct Thee Here is dark Milk Here is Sweet Mahameru Who will Coo To you Too As he did to me One night at three When I w k e i t P l e e Knelt to See Realit ee And I said 'Wilt thou protect me for 'ver?' And he in his throatless deep mother hole Replied ' H o m ' (Pauvre Ange) Mahameru Tathagata of Mercy See He Now In dark escrow In the middleless dark of eyelids' lash obliviso So Among rains of Transcendent Pity Abides since Ever Before Evermore ness Or thusness Imagined O Maha Meru O Mountain Sumeru O Mountain of Gold O Holy Gold O Room of Gold O Sweet peace rememberance O Nava lit yuku Of sweet cactus Thorn of No Time - Ply me on ward like boat thru this Sea Safe to Shore Ulysses never Sore - Bless me Gerard Bless thee, Living I shall pray for all sentient human & otherwise sentient beings here & everywhere now - No names Not even faces One Pity One Milk One Lovelight s a v e __________________ "If there's one kind of piracy I hate, it's conspiracy."
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09.02.2006, 03:54 PM	#13
hey alex the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 791	i just got town and the city las week and am about 200 or so pages in. It had a slwo start but im Liking it now. I'll have to track down dharma bums next. __________________ Duran Duran's 1995 covers album Thank You was recently voted the worst album of all time by a Q magazine poll. Although we respectfully disagree (Sonic Youth's NYC Ghosts & Flowers is clearly the worst album of all time) -Pitchfork (hahahah!) Here's a myspace of my music and 4-track ramblings the electric kites--the jamz of me n my friends
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acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I read On the Road recently and loved it. My favorite passages were the ones describing the jazz musicians, like the piece about the George Shearing show.
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terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	the motorcycle diaries was a very good film , i think salles will do a good job of it....... not too many character actors that could talke that except for maybe depp or ps hoffman
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09.02.2006, 08:59 PM	#18
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I think Depp would do a great job, but the response would be overshadowed by superficiality. So I hope they go more low key, but not low key enough that they're no name actors. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.02.2006, 10:49 PM	#19
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Johnny Depp simultaneously makes everything sickeningly popular, and remarkably good. I say it's worth it.
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09.02.2006, 11:08 PM	#20
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	johnny depp has been great in every movie i've seen him in. he's one of those guys who can play any part.
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