On The Road by Jack Kerouac.
Ha super swollen and badly lit in this picture but I just got it done and I was excited.
Done by Kim Durham at Prix Body Adornment in Hollywood.
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What did they call such young people in Goethe's Germany?
On The Road by Jack Kerouac.
Ha super swollen and badly lit in this picture but I just got it done and I was excited.
Done by Kim Durham at Prix Body Adornment in Hollywood.
June 30 2007, 04:54:50 UTC 4 years ago
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June 30 2007, 05:21:00 UTC 4 years ago
I considered that also, and then I considered that to be quite honest books outside of Harry Potter seem to be going out of style. I doubt I'll deal with too many people who think I'm a sell-out for taking Kerouac's one very well-known quote.
I'll be happy for the people who recognize it.
June 30 2007, 05:41:04 UTC 4 years ago
I have a Hunter S. Thompson Gonzo fist tattoo on my forearm. After a few years I've gotten tired of people being like "what's that?", but it's worth it when someone does recognize it.
Also as far as books going out of style you must be kidding. Books are all the rage these days. It's an essential part of every hipster messenger bag. Reading is now what flannel shirts were in the 90's. Think about how many people say things like they want a "nerdy" boy or girl or "bookish". You can't go anywhere without people name dropping Bukowski or Palaniuk. Books are at a peak right now. The sad part of this is that a lot of these people act like they read more than they actually do.
Now as for the quote... well my friend and I are old school assholes. I mean we've been hating on mother fuckers for years now. We like to make lists of things that should not be allowed. While ranting we decided that talking about or quoting Jack Kerouac was only acceptable between the ages of 13 and 20. After that you should have moved beyond him and the whole "beat" travesty and discovered that there is better stuff in the world of literature. The same thing applies to Charles Bukowski. It's only ok to be obsessed with him between the ages of 18 and 25, after that you've got to move on. Harry Potter books fall between the ages of 5 and 10, after that you're fat.
June 30 2007, 05:55:09 UTC 4 years ago
*palahniuk
But I agree, unfortunately. I was all about Bukowski and Kerouac until I got out into the REAL WORLD and meet "intellectuals" that couldnt SHUT UP about either and now I'm just thinking, well, fuck that scene and fuck that old bastard, then.
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June 30 2007, 05:35:01 UTC 4 years ago
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June 30 2007, 07:01:10 UTC 4 years ago
that is just rockin.
June 30 2007, 07:01:22 UTC 4 years ago
that's really something.
June 30 2007, 09:30:09 UTC 4 years ago
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June 30 2007, 12:33:27 UTC 4 years ago
im pretty much in love with it actually.
June 30 2007, 14:39:58 UTC 4 years ago
June 30 2007, 16:09:54 UTC 4 years ago
i don't think i've ever commented in this community although i enjoy the posts immensely, but, this, this here!!!! i am in love. thank you for sharing!
wow.
June 30 2007, 21:42:29 UTC 4 years ago
July 1 2007, 09:06:18 UTC 4 years ago
I'm well past my teens and still in love with Kerouac and Bukowski, et al.
I also have Hunter S. Thompson's gonzo fist on my shoulder blade. As the previous poster said, I do get a lot of "What is it?!" but it's a fantastic feeling when I run into someone who knows.
July 1 2007, 20:25:44 UTC 4 years ago
July 2 2007, 14:20:35 UTC 4 years ago
I love your tattoo immensely
That is absolutely gorgeous. I love the font and placement, and it's one of my favorite passages from a deserved classic. (I couldn't disagree more with the commenters who think that reading Kerouac should be confined to one's youth -- he's like Mark Twain; you can reread him every decade or so and get more/different things out of it.)July 3 2007, 03:57:08 UTC 4 years ago
As for "moving on" from Kerouac, I can't think of a single reason to leave the Beats behind for more grown-up material. I know there has been tons of new stuff written between then and now, better stuff, more engaging and challenging stuff. But that is no reason to forget what they wrote. Just read "Sometimes a Great Notion" by Kesey or "Desolation Angels" by Kerouac. These are not playful ramblings by some vagabond bohemian who had nothing better to do. We can all be intellectual snobs about what's worth reading and what's not, but at the end of the day, they are all just beautiful words.
I do, however, wholeheartedly agree about the posers who read Kerouac or Ginsberg simply to say that they are "Beat", wear dark clothes and eye makeup and act moody all of the time. (I guess now the kids call it Emo.) This has nothing to do with literature or the Beats whatsoever. And anyone who claims that any genre or group of writers is the be all and end all of literature just doesn't get it, and needs to find a new hobby. The same could be said for anyone who excludes a genre or group of writers simply because of the sub-culture that surrounds it. I realize I might end up eating my own words on this at some point, as there are plenty of authors I refuse to read for one reason or another. But I do tend to run the gamut between pure literature and pure fluff, depending on what kind of mood I am in, and find value in all of it, even if it is just a good story and nothing more.
So, burn, burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles...
July 3 2007, 06:49:46 UTC 4 years ago
And even to those who started the random debate in the middle there thanks for that too. Definitely one of the more enthralling conversations in the group. There were a lot of really interesting points, and one day maybe I'll get around to responding to them :)
August 7 2007, 16:38:37 UTC 4 years ago
go you!