Thurston and others perform at Herbert Hunke event
 

Subject: thurston, tatum o'neal, patti smith, abel ferrara -- perform at
Herbert Hunke event.....fri jan 9 2008
Downtown Does Huncke For His Birthday
Herbert Huncke is the pivotal figure in the development of beat literature.
Huncke¹s use of the carny term ³beat² in his stories of riding the rails in
the thirties inspired Jack Kerouac to chronicle his own tales of rootless
wandering in On the Road. He turned William Burroughs onto heroin, and
appears as a character in Burroughs¹ Junky, the first step in an immersion
in addict culture that would eventually produce Naked Lunch. And the image
of Huncke¹s shoes filled with blood tramping 42nd Street gave Allen Ginsberg
the very model of the ³angel-headed hipster² in his seminal poem Howl. But
most beat fans do not realize that before he even met the beat lit
triumvirate, Huncke was writing in a journal he always carried with him. The
stories that come down to us, depicting lyrical childhood memories, loss of
innocence, misfits of society, petty crime, incarceration, junk sickness and
the downtown art scene, reveal that Huncke¹s legendary storytelling skills
were infused with their own touch of the poet.
This January 9, 2009 will be the 94th anniversary of Huncke¹s birth, and the
extended family of his friends and fellow travelers are coming together to
remind us of Herbert¹s importance as a writer. Among those scheduled to read are:

> Tatum O¹Neal, Oscar winning actress
> Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth founder
> Abel Ferrara, Indie movie auteur
> Jack Walls, writer & visual artist
> Stewart Meyer, Lotus Crew novelist
> Edgar Oliver, downtown theatre stalwart
> Anne Hanavan, painter, filmmaker & performance artist
> Paul Calderon, actor & screenwriter
> Jeremiah Newton, writer /producer: Beautiful Darling, The Life & Times of
> Warhol Superstar Candy Darling
> David Lawton, poet & actor
> Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis, poet, drug user activist, ibogaine therapist &
> N¹ganga

And a Special Musical Appearance by Patti Smith

With video contributions from:
> Laki Vazakas, Huncke and Louis
> Francois Bernadi, Original Beats
> David Schmiddlap, photographer and filmmaker

The event takes place at the hot new downtown club, The Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery (at 2nd Street), starting at 8pm. Doors open at 7:30pm. There is no admission for this event. Hosted by Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis and David
Lawton. A presentation of Basse Productions.

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