The day of the belated dead beat sketches

If Barack Obama had not gone ahead and made history, the Day of the Dead Beats 2008 would have got more love here by now.

Giving President Elect Obama a break here. Giving the Day of the Dead Beats some love now.

I drew pictures this time around. Art Dwyer and Ann Haubrich doing Kerouac are the illustration above. Who else?

* Erin Wiles does Anne Waldman (before I moved the lectern)

* Greg Hazleton does Lawrence Ferlinghetti

* K. Curtis Lyle does Bob Kaufman (the Michale Jackson mix)

* Joe Wetteroth does Ken Patchens

* Bob Putnam does Herbert Huncke

* Brock Walker does Gary Snyder

* Bob Wilcox does Allen Ginsberg

This phenomenon of flesh and the poetry of the dead now has a YouTube presence as well:

* Brett does Bukoswki.

* Brock does Snyder.

God bless Brett for doing this thing.