Saturday, July 18, 2009

kerouac blues

from on the road, after a brief description of Sal's entourage;

"They rushed down the street together, digging everything in the early way they had, which later became so much sadder and perceptive and blank. But then they danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centrelight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'"

I laughed at the end of this passage, but it could be my mantra.

listening to buena vista social club (havana singers, wow..)

2 comments:

  1. This is one of my favourite Kerouac passages. :)

    Oh that Dean, such a crazy cat.

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  2. I wrote an entire song based on this passage...

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