Westfield State University - Tekoa Yearbook (Westfield, MA)

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Ginsberg Was Here Allen Ginsberg was here (with friend pony-tailed poet Peter Orlovsky on banjo and weirdness), com- peting with Holocaust , the times and Who ' s Al- len Ginsberg? All the freaks were there. Kerouac was there, a little drunk maybe, but there. Even Neal Cassidy, though not quite as fast as when he was On the Road, made an appearance. The performance started off with Ginsberg ' s America . Ginsberg brought his own band with him. With Ginsberg on something that looked like an accor- dian and Orlovsky supplying falsetto harmonies the duo launched into rousing renditions of William Blake ' s hit tunes from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience . Showcased in the songs were fluttery voicings and refrains that seemed to go on forever. After Ginsberg ' s two hour performance (which in- cluded Orlovsky reading some of his own rather bizarre poems in a screaming monotone voice remi- niscent of an old town crier), there was an informal get together in the alumni lounge. 30