I wonder how he'd like San Francisco now, in 2024?

A healthy culture would never promote that persona.

This is great and appreciate that someone took the opportunity to preserve this for the future.

Thanks for a great post

mmmm... re-reading On The Road as a 68 year old, really not impressed with Dean/Neal. Amoral is an understatement. Thieving tanks of gas and cartons of cigarettes simply is not a 'good' thing.

PS: As on old dope fiend and methadonian myself, I remember when you could buy cough syrup with codeine and hydrocodone over the counter! Paradise, sheer paradise....

A fascinating, brilliant, creative sociopath. Gotta love Dean Moriarty! Branaman is wonderful to hear reminiscing too. That obsequious interviewer and his phony laugh almost ruined it for me though. Almost....

"jailhouse salad 🥗 is when you are forced to eat someone's butt"

Great clip. But the anti semitism towards Ginsberg was thick, especially from Keourac. Ginsberg did … inveigle his way into lots of circles, and seemingly use people for self promotion. Add Dylan to that list. To laugh at that remark is a reminder of why that person is the interviewer, not the storyteller. Oh well. The Beats were an interesting crowd- seemingly always at the edge of sociopathy. Acolytes , less so imo. .

Thank you my Era dig it

Dolophine is methadone

This was a time period where being hip really had nothing to do with acting like you were.Just real nonconformists. Today's so called hip generation has lost this natural spontaneous freedom. The new left posters and posses. There's a fear a guarded disposition.The new left takes themselves so seriously. A judgemental attitude as if I've seen the light and can bestow any uptight opinion I choose.The men in the new left talk as if there male vocal chords have been removed.A super feminist fem voice is in order.My point is being liberal today is far different far more uptight pretentious and fake than it was during the real people phase. I call it modern Liberal conformity... Sheep.

Great stuff!!

What's the movie called with Garrett Hulland as Neal Cassady?

Dudes got some eyebrows.

Neal also never drank a lot because he grew with a alcoholic father whom he lost contact since he was 17 or something which was tough on him and he lost his mother very young too which toughened him up big time.If your a big fan of him you probably know this.Neal just did a lot of speed and LSD.Like a lot of meth probably and a lot of pot and also a lot of opioids probably like pills.

Read Carolyn Cassady's book Off The Road, that's Neal Cassady.

Whos SA that hes talking about at the end

One thing I wasn’t aware of about Neal was he worked 10 years as a Conductor for the Railroad. I can’t even imagine him conducting a train. 😂

WOW...WTF

A hero of mine when I was young. A sad, sad man now!

Well ha lived on the edge and for a moment had some decent visitors...

Ginsberg was a nambla promoting diddler.

What movie

Working guys smoked Lucky's.

Sounds like a really disgusting character, Cassady. yuck

S. A. is a man of easy warmth & relaxed charm.

Jesus loves you so much and died for you.Receive Him as your Savior.

Jesus loves you so much.

Jesus loves you so much

Marlboro cigarettes have been sold since the 1920's, guy is confused.

All this was a huge scam run by a corrupt publishing establishment, finally snuffed out when it led downhill to Manson and Altamont. Without speed, they couldn't have sold this BS. Kerouac knew this well before it went over the cliff. That's why he got so depressed.

I believe Cassidy was just Cassidy you either dig him or you don’t I’m a crazy rebel myself who can maneuver different landscapes I’m all over the place myself so I relate

Tremendous.

Whos'iss fella?

The more I hear about Neal, the more I think he is a dick.

I love this. This is a lost art in America, the ability to talk and tell a story. We are dying in this current era of social isolationism. Duck.

9:13 That interviewer with his sycophant laugh.....🤮 Anyway......you hardly get "high" from methadone......stoned more likely..... Always am surprised why some junkies call it "being high"...."high" being your consciousness expanded , which is the fucking last thing junkies are seeking......maybe a guilt trip.....that they don't go for expanded consciousness....and rather stare to their bootlaces for hours...or totally whacked unconscious..... "Slept for hours man......but I was so fucking high".....

Great interview.

This is before I joined the band on bass; can't remember when that was exactly, but I did play a gig with Marc and Gary, and 2 other guys, at the Club Generic. There was no PA, so Marc had to plug his mic into my bass amp. A thrilling night! I rolled my amp on its casters all the way home from the Tenderloin to Bush and Powell. It had a nice hum forever after!

Yawn

Fabulous!

I was trapped in the inner circle of thought. Now I am back thanks to the teachings of Justin Bieber and Brittany Spears.

#Merry #Pranksters #MINDS www.minds.com/groups/profile/464186344248193042

CHooooooice!!!

What a guy

I wrote a poem while watching the film.

That cough syrup was called Cheracol. We were disappointed when they stopped making it. It worked great, tasted good and made you forget you were sick!

Neal Cassady was an interesting fella!

It's really cool to see all the old heads comments on these documentaries. I like their descriptions of how they view today's society. As compared to " back in their day ".