Beatnik Group on Facebook

There’s a group on FB that is worth having an account for: https://www.facebook.com/groups/beatniksploitation/ It’s crazy how much cool stuff is posted there. Go, go, go check it out! Here’s some photos from my collection and at a party last week....

Beatnik Cafe Bar in Brussels Belgium

I always base my judgement of a good beatnik cafe is if I could draw in sketchbook or write in a journal for hours there. Cafe Moka is great for these activities over a huge cappuccino. Most of the clientele are doing the same and are looking pretty bohemian. Cafe...

Paris Beatnik Week

End of summer, back to school and the autumn approaching create desires to write, read or see an amazing film. We went twice to the Pompidou museum to see films in a series of Shirley Clarke. I saw this beatnik in the streets offering a poem on the spot. Reminds me of...

There is a Bluebird in my Heart

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you. there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I pour whiskey on...