When Jack Kerouac first coined the term 'the Beats' for his loose-knit group of world-weary bohemians, he meant it in the sense that they were outsiders - a dangerous, free-thinking underclass. Read More
Take it or leave it, this is the deal you get when you interview Tom Waits. Read More
I'd never been to Bean Runner Cafe (BRC) in Peekskill before Saturday night (Nov. 28). Read More
Big Sur was Jack Kerouac's post-fame novel. Read More
In Michael Ondaatje's wonderful novel "Divisadero," the jazz of Thelonious Monk is likened to "imprisoned birdsongs." Read More
A little more than six months ago I started a blog called Classics Rock! Read More
Jack Kerouac was the major writer of the "Beat" movement in the '50s. His major work was On the Road (1957), an ... Read the full Jack Kerouac bio.