News Poetry Vinyl Allen Ginsberg’s landmark beat opus ‘Howl and Other Poems’ is getting a deluxe vinyl reissue by Happy “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets…
Books Lists Music News Unveiling Amy Winehouse’s literary world: A complete list of her private book collection by Happy Enter the literary realm of the incomparable Amy Winehouse as her personal book collection, filled with intimate and revealing traces…
News Five famous Bed-Ins starting with John and Yoko by Tammy Moir Kickstarted by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 as a response to the Vietnam war, the Bed-In was intended…
Books Lists Music News Poetry Lana Del Rey’s favourite poetry books of all time by Tammy Moir We delve into Lana’s passion for the beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Walt Whitman, and the confessional stylings of Sylvia Plath….
Books Music News Patti Smith’s 40 favourite books of all time by Nick Stillman From Beats classics and Shakespeare to modern masterpieces, here is a list of Patti Smith’s 40 favourite books. Even from…
Books News Poetry Jack Kerouac’s 20 best haikus by Tammy Moir Widely known as the bestselling author of On the Road, Jack Kerouac was the heart and pulse of the beat…
Books News Amy Winehouse’s much-loved book collection goes on display by Tammy Moir The New York Antiquarian Book Fair will be showing 50 books from Amy Winehouse’s personal library collection in an upcoming…
News David Bowie’s answers to a famous personality test in Vanity Fair are incredible by Happy Read David Bowie’s incredible answers to a famous personality test, the Proust Questionnaire, published in Vanity Fair in 1998. The Proust…
Arts Drugs News Syd’s First Trip: Home footage of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett’s first experience with LSD by Nick Stillman Watch Syd Barrett’s First Trip, home footage of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett’s first experience with psychedelics. Syd Barrett’s contribution…
Features The story of Moondog: blind poet, Viking vagabond, genius composer by Luke Saunders New York City in the 1960s. A silent sentinel stands on the corner of West 54th Street and Sixth Avenue,…
Features 5 amazing things you didn’t know about Neal Cassady by Luke Saunders Neal Cassady is one of the most fascinating and mysterious figures in American history. An intellectual and a bigamist, a…
Features Why It Mattered: MC5 – ‘Back In The USA’ by Luke Saunders Way back in 1970, MC5 released their iconic debut studio album Back In The USA. This was the culmination of a…
Books News You can now listen to Bob Dylan’s Tarantula, but maybe you shouldn’t by Sophie Lamberts Half a century after its publication, Bob Dylan’s weird and misunderstood book Tarantula will be made available as an audiobook….