Allen Ginsberg - full show

[ultrabrilliant]

A great man.

[Miyagi209]

At least let this beautiful human being finish his sentence before moving onto the next question

[peoman2]

that's a very nice sweater

[454545454ification]

pity he hated gay people

[unholychunk]

@454545454ification alan ginsberg? that gay poet in this video hated gay people? lol you are ill informed

[hulleeseeya]

honestly I think he's dumbed-down here. The interviewer's fault? And then there's his "sexual separation" theories ... that the world is lacking because young lovers are wasted on their young lovers, ei the age barrier... that there should be NO post puberty age limits to sexually... did he go to far... or are we behind?

[123hunden123]

Norwegian " setesdals kofta " just like mine.... nice with embrodery on collar and sides. Setesdal is a valley in southern Norway and they have had this knitting and embrodery patterns for i think 100 years.and it is very popular here...He must have been here in Norway and bought it....))

[Poemsapennyeach]

Can you tell me please ...what year this was filmed..? Thanks.

[RFLAGGSTAND616]

And by gayness I meant the man-love

[RFLAGGSTAND616]

I despised Howl at first, with a passion, but it's grown on me lately. I realize it's pretty much what I would write, without all the gayness. He's 100% write about all these right-wing pseudo-fascists.

[RFLAGGSTAND616]

@macksf98 It's astonishing how backwards your little spiel is.

[H2Raby]

3:30 - on Senator Jesse Helms "Who is preoccupied with sex himself, with his sort of distorted view of it. Maybe he's sexually disturbed, because he's so obsessed with it." LOL

[H2Raby]

20$ says Ginsberg knitted his own sweater.

[spd13062]

"The government and the media are alienated from nature".........Allen is surely missed. If he were alive today, he would not believe the shit that is going down, and how far we have fallen as a nation.

[SX1995able]

@spd13062 He`d be pretty proud that Cuba let 2 homosexuals marry. Just saying.

[MisterTownsend]

@macksf98 I agree and disagree at some parts of what you said. Interesting thought though.

[mjjcng8958]

no offence but this man was a pedephile. i came to watch b/c i wanted to see if this was the same guy i read that he supported man-boy love which takes away his crediablity as an intellectual to me. he is not so great to me

[redpaul79]

@mjjcng8958 you dont even know how to spell that stupid word right, and you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, fucking retard.

[ManilaSyndicate]

Good interview. Allen's always been an articulate and amiable man and it comes through there. The interviewer looked like a jerk who's intimidated by someone far wiser than him but he's a minor annoyance next to Allen's words.

[Omarcito789]

This man is absolutely great

[DrugStabbingTime]

I respect how he always gave out credits to Dylan, and Dylan always does the same.

Gotta love Bobby Dylan.

[xBillyTheKidx]

LEE. RONALDO. REFERENCE.

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[xBillyTheKidx]

very interesting to hear some of his thoughts during the 90s. ESPECIALLY interesting is hearing his thoughts in concert with the internet!

[zyxek]

Too many liberals grow intellectually weak in their later years (see: Noam Chomsky). Not so with Allen Ginsberg. He is dearly missed.

[LukeShetler]

@zyxek And SOCIAL conservatives are intellectual weak from the day they're born :)

Unfortunately old age can dull the mind no matter who you are.

[Salvac88]

Kaddish was the first poetry book that spoke to me in my same language

[TanguydeThuret]

So good to hear Allen these days...Merci for this

[vpdisco]

I think this is great

[SuperC888]

Sappho  was a woman. This interviewer is an idiot!

[itkapatanka]

@SuperC888 not such an idiot that he got Ginsberg on the show to talk such good stuff!

[nilbud]

Nothing but a jumped up provincial hack with a fondness for sex with children.

[Ange1234]

Ummm... the interviewer called Sappho "him"

[UnionKid15]

thanks a lot for posting this.

[1michelemichele1]

dear oh dear, not a great interview... oh well, can't hit a home run every time I guess

[TheUltimateGC]

@1michelemichele1 Not a great interviewer.

[HISTORYBUFFPA]

Thank you universe, for sending us Allen Ginsberg.

His voice is calming in confusing times.

[xtrmsprts]

with allen ginsberg we've got a buddha-infused whitman

[RedroomStudios]

this was fantastic... have always enjoyed listening to Ginsberg speak! Very few people can sum up right wing politics with such colourful and concise language...

[filmerado]

Orig air date was August 3, 1997, so when exactly was this recorded?