Allen Ginsberg in London-Ah Sunflower.

Rare footge of Allen Ginsberg taken in London 1967 at the dialectics of liberation conference by Iain sinclair.

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[McGraffix]

I've done TONS of LSD and I loved it all and never had a bad time...

I'm a pretty normal person today

[PorroFirst]

This should be added to the beginning of EVERY YouTube clip.

[PsychoBurgundy3]

He was a passionate NAMBLA supporter, making him a pedophile, or at least, a hardcore pedophile sympathizer. Therefore, anything he has to say, any goodwill he has attained, all accomplishments are officially cancelled out for time immemorial.

[spd13062]

I have read enormous amounts of material on Ginsburg and have never come across any info that he was attracted to children....where does this BS come from? Allen liked MEN, he was not attracted to kids. That said, he smoked tons of pot over the years to be able to speak the way he does here. Go Allen!

[manwithouthat44]

what a load of hippie horseshit

[blessedwildapplegirl]

@McGraffix

even a nightmarish lsd death-trip can be one of the most worthy experiences. the mind can be a very dark place and facing demons one by one may be terrifying.often the most gratifying experiences take some measure of courage, a notion that ought to be inherent in the idea of exploring oneself internally, but a conquest made all the more noble for those same reasons.In the end, the lessons learned by experience are invaluable and arguably the journey inward the single most important.

[andpyramids]

@McGraffix Definitely agree. LSD is not only a kind, but helpful drug that lets you see inside yourself and out into the far stretches of reality. When treated with respect, it can show us spirit, universe, infinity. I take and have taken LSD and other psychedelics and am a perfectly "normal" person day to day. I just feel more "aware", now.

[skonnie]

It just occured to me...if all the meaningless things that Allen Ginsberg said and did were unsaid and undone...he wouldn't exist. And this comment wouldn't exist...So in conclusion...meaningless things have a meening to other meaningless thing. And thus there is meaning in everything...which is just as well for Allen!

[4zxeue]

@dumbfuckingthing It's kind of odd that you're calling him an "educational slave" when that education is actually exposing him to Allen Ginsberg. Like any other experience in life, "higher education" requires you to take control of your learning and your experience is ultimately your responsibility. Most professors are completely overjoyed if you decide to expand your learning beyond the curriculum. Indoctrination in universities is an excuse of the lazy.

[cyclos12]

@Bolsjevikpirayan Hell ya!

[Bolsjevikpirayan]

@McGraffix for some reason people who have some emotional baggage tend to go nuts when they do acid while people who feel good mentally have a good time

[gypsyeyes008]

is there any way you could upload allen ginsberg reading "song" aloud, from the life and times of allen ginsberg? i haven't been able to find it on the internet at all. :\ please help a sista out!