Brianland — the Best in Kerouac & the Beats, Adventure, Politics, Music, Movies, Poetry & other Lifejoys. George Walker & Brian Hassett. Present. Jack Kerouac & Neal Cassady. George Walker & Brian Hassett first met in Boulder Colorado in July 1. Jack Kerouac On The Road 2.
Anniversary Conference — where Hassett ran the projector for their multimedia “Cassady” show — and then hung again the following month at Ken Kesey’s home in Pleasant Hill Oregon. Flashforward to 2. Walker is given a copy of Hassett’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jack Kerouac (about that very summit in Boulder!) by Jami Cassady (Neal & Carolyn’s daughter) and “read it cover- to- cover as soon as I got it – and loved every minute of it!”This led Walker to read numerous other Beat and Prankster stories on Hassett’s website, prompting him to write, “I often wonder why I go on this damn thing ! Sept 2. 9th (7. PM- ish) & Sat. Sept 3. 0th (4. PM- ish) — La Fargeville, NYLowell Celebrates Kerouac — Sat. George & Brian / Jack & Neal duet at Jack’s old Pollard Library — and 4. PM Brian Hassett’s Road Show at The Old Worthen — Lowell, Mass.
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac — Sun. Amram Jam — upstairs at The Old Worthen — Lowell, Mass. The Bitter End — Sun. PM — 1. 47 Bleecker St., Greenwich Village, New York City.
The Woodstock Mothership — Sun. Oct 2. 2nd — 7. PM — Woodstock, N. Y. Keystone Harvest Test — Sat. PM- ish) and Sun. Oct 2. 9th (4. PM- ish) — White Haven, PAJunction City Music Hall— Fri.
Nov 3rd (8. PM) — Toronto, Ont., Canada — with Trevor Cape & The Field. More to be announced soon. New handmade signed & numbered every- one- different tour shirts just came out of the studio and you can get them on Sky’s website.
You can start by proposing a one day per week telecommute schedule, perhaps on a slower workday. Picking a single day, like a Friday when work slows down, lets you.
Dig those colors and the flow. Twanger Plunkers / Merry Pranksters Family Reunion, Bloomington, Indiana. Sat May 6th, 2. 01. George introes Brian. On The Road “IT” passage in big tent.
Sun May 7th, 2. 01. On The Road “IT” on main outdoor stage= = = WEST COAST – SUMMER OF LOVE TOUR – 2. The Beat Museum, San Francisco, CA — Fri.
June 2nd, 2. 01. 7Jerry Cimino intro. Shindig Sutra excerpt. Rolling Stone Book of The Beats — The Power of The Collective poem. The Prankster Address (for M. G.)Hitchhiker’s Guide — start of San Francisco chapter (2. Duet — On The Road “IT” passage. Kerouac’s Pic — Bus / Road chapter.
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George tells story of the final Jack- Neal meeting in New York in 1. Duet — improv on Jack & Neal being at The Beat Museum—> “Nebraska” road trip passage from On The Road. Hitchhiker’s Guide — climax of San Francisco chapter. Tsunami Books, Eugene, Oregon — Sat. June 1. 7th, 2. 01. Mountain Girl intro.
Duet — “IT”George — “Trouble Ahead” ending. Brian — Hitchhiker’s Guide — ending – arriving at Kesey’s (ch. Duet — On The Road – Neal at the Hinkles’ party in Denver. George — storytelling. Brian — Hitchhiker’s Guide — Babbs’s house —> Kesey’s Bus (ch. Duet — improv —> “Nebraska” from On The Road.
George — Spit In The Ocean Kesey tribute — buying the first Bus story. Brian — Hitchhiker’s Guide climax & ending poem (ch. Duet — improv —> Kerouac’s “Hearing Shearing” —> On The Road driving south from New York. The Walker Estate, Scappoose, Oregon — Wed. June 2. 8th, 2. 01. Duet — On The Road “IT” — with Lee Taylor on tenor sax.
Brian solo – Be The Invincible Spirit You Are. Rosebud Cafe, outside Portland, Oregon — Thurs. June 2. 9th, 2. 01.
Albert Kaufman intro. Duet — On The Road “IT” — with Lee Taylor on tenor sax. Brian — Hitchhiker’s Guide — how it began (ch.
George — Trouble Ahead. Brian — Al Hinkle–Neal trapeze circus story —> Duet — OTR Hinkle’s Party. Brian — Hitchhiker’s Guide — in Oregon & On The Road (ch. George — Cassady poem. Duet — improv —> OTR “Nebraska”7.
Radius Gallery, The Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz — Monday, July 3rd, 2. John Leopold intro. Duet — On The Road – “IT”Brian — Hitchhiker’s Guide excerpt, Carolyn/Jan/Edie (ch. George — Trouble Ahead — the opening, in the car.
Duet — OTR Hinkle’s Party. Jami Cassady — Off The Road excerpt.
George — Trouble Ahead ending. Duet — improv —> OTR Nebraska. John Cassady — two pieces from his Visions of Neal chapbook. Brian — Hitchhiker’s Guide — Neal Cassady tribute by Dead members (ch. Duet — improv —> OTR – leaving New York= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =George Walker —a natural storyteller and author of Trouble Ahead Trouble Behind about a fantasy road trip with Jerry Garcia and the ghost of Neal Cassady, and a contributor to the all- star All About Kesey tribute, Walker was there the day Ken bought the original Bus, and became its chief mechanic, as well as one of its drivers along with Neal Cassady on the legendary 1. America chronicled in The Electric Kool- Aid Acid Test.
Griffin), as well as numerous Kerouac- themed shows in New York & elsewhere in the 1. By the next family reunion (this year) there she was again, and so was the boyfriend, except they sure didn’t seem to be very together. Next thing you know, it’s the 5. Summer of Love. He was a big fan of my writing, but had never seen me on a stage before. And a bunch of the Prankster girls were so excited about their Night At The Museum that they got themselves all dressed up extra pretty. And boy did they look great!
And we sat together at the show . Then we all retired back to the Red Vic, this artists’ hostel right on Haight St. It was your regular post- show dosey- doe mayhem — including a twisted game of Twister — but I had to get home cuz tomorrow at the crack of noon we were all meeting at the corner of Haight & Ashbury for a parade to Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park to celebrate the Summer of Love. I went out on the street, but there wasn’t a car to be seen let alone a cab in the 3. AM darkness. I dunno — sometimes in life you have to hear somebody tell you something even if you already know it.
Like the no cab on Haight — I wonder how life would be different if I didn’t get this bit of coaching right when I needed it? And we’re dancing side- by- side in perfect swaying synch, with particular knowing eye contact on “Lord, you can see that it’s true.” And everyone could. Turley was driving his massive RV from the Haight up to his place in Chico, with a stop in Mill Valley at Sweetwater to meet up with the Kesey Bus. Something I’ve being using for decades . The New Killing Ground (2017) Movie. Very simple — If I ding (or worse) my coffee cup (or whatever) and cause a spill on the table (or wherever) my split- second reaction is an infallible indicator of my state of mind and life. This also applies to any other accident from your car to stubbing your toe to any kind of mishap one experiences in life.
There’s three types of instant reaction: 1) You laugh at the absurdity of it, the silliness, the test of it. You’re not bothered — it’s just something that happens and you clean up the mess unaffected one way or the other.
You yell a curse word in anger, maybe throw or kick something, or lash out at in anger. Someone might ask you, or you might ask yourself, if you’re happy (centered, grounded, in control, in love with your life, as ol’ JK would say) and you can give any kind of answer to that: what you think they want to hear, what you want to tell yourself. But in that unexpected moment where you have a mishap / accident — and before you have time to think about it — that’s your real true reaction, the real true measurement of your mental well- being. BUT — when I curse I know something is really wrong in my soul —in my approach — in the equilibrium in my life. And when “in the zone” it’s a time to go furthur — push yourself — go that other place — take chances — swing for the fences. I can’t explain it, like you can’t really explain a Dead show. Or here was a ton more including a bunch of the original Merry Pranksters.
Or so many kept coming in there was a whole nuther batch! Here’s where you can get the book direct from the publisher. Or here’s where you can get it on Amazon. Or here’s where you can get an e- book Kindle version. Or here’s a whole wild story about the whole wild Shindig.