Comments on: Howlingly Cute

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I will put him on a different shelf than my “Natsume Yuujinchou” figurine.

By: Yamara

Yamara — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

"Allen, what are they doing?" "I think it's funny."

By: BlueKephra

BlueKephra — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Allen Ginsburg following Burroughs around like a puppy always gave me the creeps.

By: colin

colin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

We’ll should have these at Last Gasp in a few weeks, and from there to your neighborhood beat book store. Estimating the retail price between $50 and $60, though it might be a bit higher depending on shipping cost.

By: rrh

rrh — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

They’re not dolls they’re figurines!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The typo further down in the web page is sort of funny:

“Comes with fabric cloth jacket, glasses, book, Uncle Tom hat”

_Uncle_Tom_hat_

By: fyreflye

fyreflye — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, it’s a mala. Ginsberg was a disciple of Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

By: hpnsack

hpnsack — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

buying these for all of my friends children.

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Careful there, buying NAMBLA-approved toys for children might give some people the wrong impression.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

hmmm… i recall a time when the beats thought the ‘beatniks’ were too commercial…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Are the beads supposed to be a Mala – something used for meditation/mantra work?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Here’s John Lennon, from “Skywriting By Word Of Mouth”

“It took a long time and a lot of good magic to get rid of the stench of our lost virginity, although it was fun meeting all the famous underground heroes (no heroines): Bobby Seale and his merry men; Huey Newton in his very expensive-looking military-style clothes; Rennie Davis and his ‘You pay for it and I’ll organize it’; John Sinclair and his faithful Ann Arbor Brigade, and dear old Allen Ginsberg, who if he wasn’t lying on the floor ‘ohming,’ was embarrassing the fuck out of everyone he could corner by chanting something he called poetry very loudly in their ears (and out the other).”