A long standing claim is that Lew Welch (my favourite beat poet) wrote the well known advertising slogan "Raid. Kills Bugs Dead." Who knows, but in an idle moment of surfing I found that someone had posted the original 1956 TV advert. So, for no reason other than it offers an eccentric beat poetry footnote here it is. Enjoy - if enjoy is the right word!
I'll try again to get last Sunday's address up tomorrow while I write this coming Sunday's one . . .
Remembering When Arlo Was Convicted of Littering
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On this day in 1965 Arlo Guthrie was convicted of littering...
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1 comments:
Mmmm, Raid flavored vegetables.
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