Today
we’re taking a little break from First Line Fridays to remind you that “Talk
Like a Beat Day” is coming up on Sunday October 7th.
Talk
like what now, you ask? Like a Beat- as in Beatnik, daddyo. No, it’s not yet
the international phenomenon that “Talk Like a Pirate Day” has become, but
after finally joining the cult of Kerouac this year, I am heartily endorsing
the Guardian’s declaration of October 7th as Talk Like a Beat Day.
Why
October 7th?
“7 October was the original "Beat happening": the date that Allen Ginsberg first recited Howl in San Francisco, Kerouac beating out the rhythm with a wine jug and shouting "GO!" after every line. The beat movement of the 1950s is so rich in its own language and terminology that it's crying out for its own memorial event.”
Couldn’t
agree more. Here is a glossary to get you started quickly:
And
here is a collection of videos that might just give you some helpful
inspiration. Can you dig it?
