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A New Beat Generation ~ A new generation of writers who feel beat down and beat up by the world has emerged out of the ridiculously gluttonous times of the 70's, 80's, and 90's. A generation that barely knew war, if they knew it at all.

Massive consumerism overtook America inevitably leading to a general malaise among the population. The people were led away from nature and spirituality toward a hollow abyss of acquiring things as replacements. But things couldn't replace nature and spirituality because things are not real.

The planet suffered yet another complete failure of leadership. An oil shortage in the early 1970's should have signaled the need to develop newer, cleaner, friendlier forms of energy. It could have been done had the proper resources been dedicated to the task. But the greed of those who grew fat from the oil profits refused to loose their greasy grip.

America figured out how to send humans to the moon and return them successfully in less than 6 years, yet they refused to find an alternative to fossil fuels in the last 30 years of the 20th Century. The spaceships and moon landers did not operate on gas and oil. The raw technology existed in 1969, merely awaiting refinement. Of course, a new technology would have rendered the oil merchants' product worthless.

Profit ruled the last half of the 20th Century. No matter what that profit cost in terms of human dignity, no matter the depth of disconnection with nature and self.

The result was a new beat generation of folks disaffected and disappointed with what society had to offer. Like the first beat generation, the new guard took to poetry, music, and art to express their visions of the torments of society and visions for a new order.

Armond Joy Blackwater
Folks that know this elusive, enigmatic creator describe him as a total suprise, a humorous, gregarious, friendly host wherever he may be performing. Armond's last book -- dimension dancing - Perfomer's Edition -- is offered as a literal exploration of life, pain, and ecstasy that is Live Purr-Form-Ance....

Liebhaber

Liebhaber is a lady who excels at succintly verbalizing a great range and depth of emotion through her poetry.

Lawson
Blue Tree grew from the mind and imagination of Lawson Hancock. Initial recording sessions at the Digital Voodoo Dimension Dungeon studio in Tallahassee, Florida circa 1995 planted the shoots that would grow into The Blue Tree.

Lawson recorded the first Blue Tree album, After The Fall, at The Workshop of Digital Voodoo Dimension in Tampa better known as The Cafe' Be At.

Lawson returned to Boston to perform and promote the album and to write and record Blue Tree's second album, Reflections.

Princess J Blackwater
A perfect example of art springing eternal is PJ, Blackwater, a lady who's primary focus is on marine wildlife, PJ is also an accomplished composer, poet, hotographer, and marine researcher.

Wayne Woodgate

The Orginal Beat Generation ~ John Clellan-Holmes was the writer to first describe the beat generation, but Jack Kerouac is the most famous of the first generation of Beats.

There are a vast number of sites, growing daily, with information on the Beatnik movement below are a few of our favorite links.