Yesterday was Jack Kerouac's birthday. When I was in high school I read On The Road and had the same reaction to that book as I did for Catcher in the Rye: So? Perhaps I needed to be born 20 years earlier and do more drugs to fully appreciate the book. I tend to favor Ginsberg when it comes to Beat writers ( Read more... )

It has been a busy week here in the Alexander Haus. I re-connected with a woman I worked with in radio 800 years ago and asked how we could collaborate together. Pam is one of those people who, if you have at least 2 working brain cells and an interest in what she is doing, will put you to work. We have been working on marketing projects and ( Read more... )