Beatnik Coffee Time

Songs about the 1950s and 60s pop culture figure of the “beatnik" and their love of the roasted bean! The first cup is a strong one - "Café Bohemian” by the Enchanters (8:28): A mostly-instrumental song that evokes the weirdest, wildest joint you could ever imagine at nighttime. Think guys with eye-patches, strange women with long cigarette holders, and maybe even a jittery striped-shirted poet waiting in the corner to go on stage. All this, and bongos (and some dirty sax & guitar) too! The second cup we'll quaff is “Like, I Love You” by Edd “Kookie” Byrnes (42:10). A groovy little (wrong) number from 1959 here. Weldon & Erik pore over the lyrics with a fine-toothed comb (you’ll get it, if you’re hip), and pick their fave lines from this daffy dialogue.  Finally, swig some "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs (1:21:19). Put on some trash to dance to the biggest hit of 1963! The organ in this song percolates as much as any reputable java hut’s coffee machine. Is this the jauntiest song ever? Weldon & Erik discuss the hidden subversive lyrical content of this seemingly innocent song and leave you with Gregory Corso reciting his hit poem "Marriage" (2:15:43). Now you're hip!