The Jack Kerouac collection

Poetry for the beat generation ; and The Steve Allen Plymouth show

Blues and haikus

Readings by Jack Kerouac on the beat generation ; and Is there a beat generation?

Disc 1. October in the railroad earth (7:08)

Deadbelly (1:02)

Charlie Parker (3:43)

The sounds of the universe coming in my window (3:14)

One mother (0:47)

Goofing at the table (1:42)

Bowery blues (3:48)

Abraham (1:14)

Dave Brubeck (0:27)

I had a slouch hat too one time (6:11)

The wheel of the quivering meat conception (1:51)

McDougal Street blues (3:23)

The moon her majesty (1:36)

I'd rather be thin than famous (0:37)

Bonus track: readings from "On the Road" and "Visions of Cody" (3:30).

Disc 2. American haikus (10:01)

Hard hearted old farmer (2:13)

The last hotel & some of the dharma (3:49)

Poems from the unpublished "Book of Blues" (14:08)

Bonus tacks: Old western movies (6:41)

Conclusion of The Railroad Earth (10:04).

Disc 3. The beat generation (3:09)

Poems (Fragments): San Francisco, Street scene, Money honey, Westinghouse elevators, Old age, Praised by man, The sad turtle (3:17)

Lucien midnight: the sounds of the universe in my window, pt. I (2:21)

Lucien midnight: the sounds of the universe in my window, pt. II (1:53)

Fantasy: the early history of bop (10:53)

Excerpts from "The Subterraneans" (3:07)

Visions of Neal: Neal and the Three Stooges, pt. I (3:07)

Visions of Neal: Neal and the Three Stooges, pt. II (13:48)

Bonus track: Is there a beat generation? (12:32).