BIT of the BEAT: Allen Ginsberg’s HOWL

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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 the machinery of night,
who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural [...]

Q&A : Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde, one of the most iconic women in the (rock) music business and the only long-lasting member of the first line up of  The Pretenders, gave a fabulous interview to The Guardian Weekend (08.08.09).
One of her replies to the journalist just cracked me up … and, simultaneously, gave the proof that her r’n’r spirit [...]

The Zahir

“All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step.”
“We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin, the second is knowing when [...]

The Beginning of the End

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter
by Martin Luther King

Brida

by Paulo Coelho

“Reputarsi peggiore del prossimo era una delle manifestazioni d’orgoglio piu’ violente che conoscesse, perche’ significava adottare il modo piu’ distruttivo per mostrarsi diversi.”
“All’Amore non era necessario quel tipo di rinuncia: il vero Amore permette a ciascuno di seguire il proprio cammino, giacche’ esso non allontana mai le Parti.”
“I sentimenti appartengono a un mondo [...]