Late Good Morning & Mix CD's

Overslept but that is okay. I did a bit of late night mixing creating a couple of playlists ready to burn to CD's as a pressie for in_the_bottle as one of their wishes on the wish_list site was a mix CD. I actually did two.

Anybody on my friend's list that is non-UK who wants a mix Cd is welcome to have one but will have to pay the postage for it.Just PM me.

It is another sunny winter's morning and still mild for the time of year.

I might go to Medway today for a few visits and do Ashford tomorrow.

Tomorrow night I am meeting up with Phil for a few drinks.

Can You Help

With Xmas coming and having to pay huge electricity bills are taking its toll on my finances, limited as they are, so hoping against hope, can you help in any way, no matter how small or large with funds that you do not mind giving. I understand some of you good folk who cannot, but I do appreciate any that could help.

Funds via PayPal to -

jazzbodave@outlook.com


Thanks for reading.

Just Wondering

Do you get a lot of headaches?

What do you find is the best remedy to get rid of headaches?

What would be your first question after waking up from being cryogenically frozen for 100 years?

Book 92 - Alan Ginsberg "Howl Kaddish And Other Poems"

Alan Ginsberg "Howl Kaddish And Other Poems" (Penguin Modern Classics)



Allen Ginsberg is part of the Beat Poet Generation, a famous group of vagabond writers that had Jack Kerouac as prosaic flagbearer. Ginsberg, on the other hand, is probably the most important poetic figure of the whole movement.

His poetry is wild, intense, raw and often difficult to read. Common themes include death, literature, the decay of the human mind and political issues. Most of what he writes is marked my a rambling rhythm, reinforced by a lack of an abundance of punctuation. This all makes Ginsberg's poetry some intense, dark and challenging stuff.

'Howl' is a sort of lament of society. Often cited as one of the defining poems of American Literature, it's an all-out attack on hypocrisy, egotism, sexualism and the desire of transcendence. Again, very intense, but all the more memorable. 'Kaddish' is about his own mother, Naomi, who is institutionalized. Ginsberg describes her seizures, her bursts of insanity and how the family and himself are affected by this. Fragmented writing here, but it's one of his more readable poems, and rightfully a classic. The so-called 'Other Poems' aren't just filling though. There's some very intricate work in the rest of the book. 'Mescaline' in particular is a very open-hearted poem about ageing and preparing for death.

Overall, one couldn't ask for a better introduction to Beat Poetry.