poetry First recording of Ginsberg's "Howl" to be released in April Gareth Branwyn

police JOHN WILCOCK: Allen Ginsberg's HOWL and THE DEATH OF LENNY BRUCE Ethan Persoff

education The only technique to learn something new James Altucher

Opera Bizarre Black Lodge is a captivating punk pageant Jason Weisberger

books Anthony Bourdain on the Burroughs and Bowles trail to Morocco David Pescovitz

art The Institute of Illegal Images is a wonderland full of LSD blotter art Popkin

music Paul McCartney tells the story of writing Eleanor Rigby David Pescovitz

music Listen to Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore lovely cover of the Velvet Underground's "Heroin" David Pescovitz

The 1960s Watch Chappaqua, a 1966 cult film that features a pantheon of 60s luminaries Popkin

new york city Legendary East Village corner store, Gem Spa, closes its doors Gareth Branwyn

poetry Beat poet Michael McClure, RIP David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Celebrating the mad genius of music producer Hal Willner, who has died, likely of COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants To do in San Francisco on Sunday: RE/Search's V.Vale and Rudy Rucker at City Lights Cory Doctorow

education List of free and amazing online courses from top universities David Pescovitz

music When William S. Burroughs met Bob Dylan David Pescovitz

music [Trailer] Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Xeni Jardin

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

videos Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac hang out with New York's beats, 1959 Cory Doctorow

san francisco Summer of Love 'trading cards' hit San Francisco bus stops Rusty Blazenhoff

scholarship Stanford Libraries post digital archive of drafts of Allen Ginsberg's HOWL Cory Doctorow