Word: beatnikism
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Back in the late 1960s, when Yves Saint Laurent was shaking up the stuffy Parisian couture world with his radical street-inspired looks (think motorcycle jackets, pea coats and beatnik sweaters), the idea of wearing a safari shirt laced up the front yet open to the navel was considered completely cutting edge...
...MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS Beatnik Bob Denver, pre-Gilligan, gave the teen sitcom a cool cachet that the square movie lacked...
...self-described graduate of “beatnik schools,” Schork earned her bachelor’s degree in film studies from the Universidad Tecnológica de Monterrey, Mexico. After working for many years in the travel industry, she decided to plunge into public service and arts education. “I realized I was put on earth to be an artist, not to make money for some schmuck,” she said...
...Dean says to Sal in his lyrical way, sitting in a bar and observing the world around him, “Dig the street of life.” Dean’s verbal wonderment captures not only the central metaphor of the work, but the hope for beatnik happiness amid a world of inescapable restrictions...
...sorbet and assorted chocolates...kinda beats a pumpkin frappe in my book any day. When I wasn’t chatting it up with Jason about this dish or that soup, I was swaying to the smooth jazz standards that kept the ambience hovering somewhere between an uber-intellectual, beatnik coffeehouse and “a really nice diner,” and my Jersey-born date chose to qualify...