Tag Archives: John Clellan Holmes

POETRY OF REVOLT: Beware of Dionysians Wearing Masks

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Dave

Dionysus. . . is the genuine mask god. ──Walter F. Otto In the case of Dionysus, the mask disguises him as much as it proclaims his identity. －－Jean-Pierre Vernant The mask is a symbol both of the ‘pure presence’ of … Continue reading →

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DIONYSIAN: WINE,FRENZY & the TORTURED AESTHETIC

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Dave

In more recent years, even those who admire Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” , realize the book challenges traditional values.For example, observers compare the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus. In the same manner the wily economic behavior of modern Greeks … Continue reading →

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LISTENING TO THE BACK BEAT

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Dave

” …and, escorted by two police cars, the group drove to a ball park on the corner of Army Street and Portero Avenue, where they played a game against the Bank of California ‘Nuggets’, to prove to the squares that … Continue reading →

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DEAD MEN TALKING: IN MOURNING FOR SQUARESVILLE

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Dave

“June 22 saw the publication of the second installment of Life and Loves Among the Beatniks. Allen Brown quotes freely from Norman Podhoretz and Herbert Gold. He describes the day of a typical beatnik as waking late in the morning … Continue reading →

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UNTHINKING WITH THE SUBTERRANEANS: “WE DIG IT ALL”

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Dave

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in … Continue reading →