The Drug Hero Of The 50s: His Daughter Tells His Story
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Top Comments (10)
I read “On the Road” when I was a teenager in the 1980’s and it inspired me to pack up and move to California when I was 18. We didn’t know anybody, we ran out of money, and it was one of the best times in my life. We had adventures, met great people, and that’s where my life really started.
“Since we don’t know where we are going,we have to stick together in case someone gets there”. Ken Kesey ❤
I read Kerouac in my teens. Every now and then I return to him and discover new dimensions. His readings made me hitchhike from the ages of 15 to 20. I met many people and experienced things that shaped me profoundly. Jack, Neal Cassady, Ginsberg, Gary Snyder... they're all like friends to me. Thank you David for such a beautiful video. Dean Moriarty, I'll never forget you, my dear old friend!
I CANT BELIEVE THE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARIES YOU’VE MADE!!! THANK YOU!!!
Thank you David she wasn't alone there were a lot little families in Cali like that growing up I was around them thank you much for sharing this day love you all❤
I got my beatnik doll in 1967 new York, visiting from Canada with my Irish parents, who shunned the Barbie for me. I still have my beatnik doll, she still talks scooba doo, and says "dig my crazy black stockings, yeah " Never had Barbie, but I read every book.
As a kind of quiet and reserved soul I've always been awed with Neil's energy and freedom to not care what anyone thinks. He just lived and loved life as much as humanly possible in the short time he was with us 🤙🏽.
This truly moved me, I even shed a tear when she spoke about her dad's passing. She's such an amazing person. Thank you so much for this video, David.
I've only seen still photos of Jamie. Seeing her interviewed, she resembles her father's mannerisms so much. ❤❤❤
These were my heroes when I was a teenager. Boy, was I naive. The only one I still identify with it all is Jack. He was so confused and infuriated by the hippie phenomenon & how popular culture it seemed to fixate on & romanticize the hedonistic aspects of his ideas and writing & ignore everything else. I think he didn't realize that the people he was interacting with were really using the ideas to justify their bad behavior and impulses. I think they loved him because he made it easier for them to do that.
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I read “On the Road” when I was a teenager in the 1980’s and it inspired me to pack up and move to California when I was 18. We didn’t know anybody, we ran out of money, and it was one of the best times in my life. We had adventures, met great people, and that’s where my life really started.
“Since we don’t know where we are going,we have to stick together in case someone gets there”. Ken Kesey ❤
I read Kerouac in my teens. Every now and then I return to him and discover new dimensions. His readings made me hitchhike from the ages of 15 to 20. I met many people and experienced things that shaped me profoundly. Jack, Neal Cassady, Ginsberg, Gary Snyder... they're all like friends to me. Thank you David for such a beautiful video. Dean Moriarty, I'll never forget you, my dear old friend!
I CANT BELIEVE THE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARIES YOU’VE MADE!!! THANK YOU!!!
Thank you David she wasn't alone there were a lot little families in Cali like that growing up I was around them thank you much for sharing this day love you all❤
I got my beatnik doll in 1967 new York, visiting from Canada with my Irish parents, who shunned the Barbie for me. I still have my beatnik doll, she still talks scooba doo, and says "dig my crazy black stockings, yeah " Never had Barbie, but I read every book.
As a kind of quiet and reserved soul I've always been awed with Neil's energy and freedom to not care what anyone thinks. He just lived and loved life as much as humanly possible in the short time he was with us 🤙🏽.
This truly moved me, I even shed a tear when she spoke about her dad's passing. She's such an amazing person. Thank you so much for this video, David.
I've only seen still photos of Jamie. Seeing her interviewed, she resembles her father's mannerisms so much. ❤❤❤
These were my heroes when I was a teenager. Boy, was I naive. The only one I still identify with it all is Jack. He was so confused and infuriated by the hippie phenomenon & how popular culture it seemed to fixate on & romanticize the hedonistic aspects of his ideas and writing & ignore everything else. I think he didn't realize that the people he was interacting with were really using the ideas to justify their bad behavior and impulses. I think they loved him because he made it easier for them to do that.