#kerouac

[zegalba]

Chrome Hearts in Kerouac Magazine (1998)

scans

[fetusmonkey]

"hair wars" kerouac, vol. 3 (1998)

[funstealer]

ヴォズ (Voz) Jewelry Ad in Kerouac Handmade Book (1999)

[skf-fineart]

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

Heart and Handgun, Oil on paper, 9" x 12"

[theangelsnumbers]

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.

Jack Kerouac

This is your sign. Your angel message is waiting. Click the link in my bio to unlock it immediately

[normanyoke]

there's a great proto-burroughsian posthuman moment in Hippos when Phillip (the plausibly deniable DL manic pixie twink, the object of desire for basically everyone in the story) gives this whole spiel:

"he had a third martini. he looked at me intensely and took a hold of my arm. 'Look,' he said. 'You're a fish in a pond. it's drying up. you have to mutate into an amphibian, but someone keeps hanging on to you and telling you to stay in the pond, that everything is going to be alright.'"

this is post-Mexico Burroughs word for word written out in plain english in 1944. like someone reached back through time and put it there just to fuck with me. it just demonstrates the shocking extent to which Phillip (Lucien) is a ghost haunting these guys., like for their entire lives. he started it! and yet we never hear from him. he is not directly mentioned, rarely even photographed, but still he is the gory, difficult to look at, emotionally painful pith of this whole organism.

[paralytia]

FÖTUS - FUTURE IS BRIGHT!

via Kerouac Magazine (circa 1997 - 2002)

Japanese cyberpunk brand FÖTUS (フェトウス) found its genesis in the 90’s rave scene. Immediately adored by DJ’s and musicians such as Miyavi, Pierrot, and DJ SiSeN, and their fans were quick to follow suit.

The brainchild of self-taught fashion designer Masahiro Saito in 1997, FÖTUS was less of a business venture than an artistic statement. Unsatisfied with the monotony of Japanese fashion trends, Saito strived to create something that stood out, and made people ask questions. “Not to get rich. I only wanted to make something special,” he claimed in an interview in 2003.

Saito made use of polyester, latex, colourful plastic and avant-garde accessories, often centred around neon colours and futuristic concepts. Utilizing unconventional designs and shapes, he transformed neo-futurism and cyberpunk elements into a new look, transmuting the wearer into something almost extra-terrestrial. The name “FÖTUS” is derived from the German word for fetus. As the name suggests, the brand celebrates the birth of something new; the emergence of expectations and hope for the future.

The brand stopped releasing and closed down sometimes after 2005, however, various pieces from the FÖTUS collection still exist. Due to the ephemerality of the brand, it is rare to find a piece in mint condition, and asking prices are extremely high.

[thehouseofbeautyandculture]

Street snap featured in Kerouac Handmade Book (1999)