Kerouac's "On the Road" Uncensored

Daycare Nation · 07.26.2006, 11:39 PM

"On the Road" is to be released containing all of the sex and drugs the publishers edited out in the 50's.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060726/ap_en_ot/books_on_the_road;_ylt=Ag_B9F4z.f1VjDgBJ5D3yHMDW7o F;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDhxNDFzBHNlYwNtZW5ld3M-

drrrtyboots · 07.26.2006, 11:46 PM

This is a post of yours i actually really like. What a great book.

krastian · 07.26.2006, 11:48 PM

Yeah I saw that....I'll prob. check it out when it comes out. On the Road is my third favorite Kerouac novel.

Cantankerous · 07.26.2006, 11:48 PM

the pompousity of the whole kerouac thing kind of irritates me but i do like that book. i'll be sure to pick up a copy.

Daddylikes · 07.26.2006, 11:52 PM

Kerouac wasn't pompous at all.

In actuality he was quite the opposite.

He lived at home with his mom, he was slightly reclusive...and he was the "tame" one of his wild bunch.

I don't know where you would get the word "pompous" to describe Kerouac...that really confuses me...

Now, Ginsburg on the other hand, was a pompous sonofabitch.

Cantankerous · 07.26.2006, 11:54 PM

i don't mean that he was pompous, quite the contrary goes for him. i mean the pompousity of the kerouac thing. you know. it's cool to like kerouac and ginsberg and shit. you have to be a certain way. etc.
ginsberg was a pompous son of a bitch but i love him dearly.

krastian · 07.26.2006, 11:56 PM

Yeah I think he was just brutally honest in his writing about his experiences/feelings.....not pompous. However, he couldn't quite be completely honest with himself enough in his own life.

hey alex · 07.26.2006, 11:57 PM

counsd cool
the only book of his i've read yet, but i've read like 3 times.

I think i'll check dharma bums next

krastian · 07.27.2006, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by hey alex

I think i'll check dharma bums next

You fucking better....that's my favorite book eva.

Daycare Nation · 07.27.2006, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Daddylikes

Kerouac wasn't pompous at all.

In actuality he was quite the opposite.

He lived at home with his mom, he was slightly reclusive...and he was the "tame" one of his wild bunch.

I don't know where you would get the word "pompous" to describe Kerouac...that really confuses me...

Now, Ginsburg on the other hand, was a pompous sonofabitch.

People...It's spelled "Ginsberg."

terminal pharmacy · 07.27.2006, 12:24 AM

i have 8 copies of on the road, kinda catcher in the rye like, but one of them is the 40th anniversary hardcover

drrrtyboots · 07.27.2006, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy

i have 8 copies of on the road, kinda catcher in the rye like, but one of them is the 40th anniversary hardcover

I can tell by your signature that you're a fan of the beat generation.

static-harmony · 07.27.2006, 12:32 AM

I think kerouac is not that much of a great writer but I could see why he is way up there with literary greats. Maybe I haven't read the book that closely.

terminal pharmacy · 07.27.2006, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by drrrtyboots

I can tell by your signature that you're a fan of the beat generation.

burroughs and kerouac are my second passion after SY

drrrtyboots · 07.27.2006, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy

burroughs and kerouac are my second passion after SY

Some of the greatest story tellers that ever lived.

Norma J · 07.27.2006, 01:03 AM

It's a classic. Leave it how it is. May not be how it was intended, but it should be left.

krastian · 07.27.2006, 01:12 AM

^True, but I'm still interested in the other naughty parts.

terminal pharmacy · 07.27.2006, 01:15 AM

it would be fucking cool if they release a special scroll edition

krastian · 07.27.2006, 02:06 AM

Yeah that'd be nuts.

truncated · 07.27.2006, 02:55 AM

Ooh, these guys are so daring! They're dismissive of the bourgeoisie! They do DIRTY things! They write complex, stream of consciousness descriptions when they're cracked out! They're modest, yet condescending!

Man, these guys are so out there, they should have a bitchin' name. Let's call them "Beat." They get their own genre; plus it sounds really cool 'n that.

Kerouac = drugged out, financially strapped American on a road trip, who drank himself to death with cheap booze.

It's been done before, and it will be done again a million times over. It's a wonder what posthomous PR will do for a person.

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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Yeah I saw that....I'll prob. check it out when it comes out. On the Road is my third favorite Kerouac novel. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	the pompousity of the whole kerouac thing kind of irritates me but i do like that book. i'll be sure to pick up a copy. __________________ RETIRED
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Daddylikes the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gnome, Alaska Posts: 929	Kerouac wasn't pompous at all. In actuality he was quite the opposite. He lived at home with his mom, he was slightly reclusive...and he was the "tame" one of his wild bunch. I don't know where you would get the word "pompous" to describe Kerouac...that really confuses me... Now, Ginsburg on the other hand, was a pompous sonofabitch.
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07.26.2006, 11:54 PM	#6
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	i don't mean that he was pompous, quite the contrary goes for him. i mean the pompousity of the kerouac thing. you know. it's cool to like kerouac and ginsberg and shit. you have to be a certain way. etc. ginsberg was a pompous son of a bitch but i love him dearly. __________________ RETIRED
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07.26.2006, 11:56 PM	#7
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Yeah I think he was just brutally honest in his writing about his experiences/feelings.....not pompous. However, he couldn't quite be completely honest with himself enough in his own life. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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hey alex the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 791	counsd cool the only book of his i've read yet, but i've read like 3 times. I think i'll check dharma bums next __________________ Duran Duran's 1995 covers album Thank You was recently voted the worst album of all time by a Q magazine poll. Although we respectfully disagree (Sonic Youth's NYC Ghosts & Flowers is clearly the worst album of all time) -Pitchfork (hahahah!) Here's a myspace of my music and 4-track ramblings the electric kites--the jamz of me n my friends
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07.27.2006, 12:24 AM	#11
terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	i have 8 copies of on the road, kinda catcher in the rye like, but one of them is the 40th anniversary hardcover
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static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	I think kerouac is not that much of a great writer but I could see why he is way up there with literary greats. Maybe I haven't read the book that closely. __________________
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Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	It's a classic. Leave it how it is. May not be how it was intended, but it should be left. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	^True, but I'm still interested in the other naughty parts. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	it would be fucking cool if they release a special scroll edition
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Yeah that'd be nuts. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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07.27.2006, 02:55 AM	#20
truncated invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,607	Ooh, these guys are so daring! They're dismissive of the bourgeoisie! They do DIRTY things! They write complex, stream of consciousness descriptions when they're cracked out! They're modest, yet condescending! Man, these guys are so out there, they should have a bitchin' name. Let's call them "Beat." They get their own genre; plus it sounds really cool 'n that. Kerouac = drugged out, financially strapped American on a road trip, who drank himself to death with cheap booze. It's been done before, and it will be done again a million times over. It's a wonder what posthomous PR will do for a person.
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