Me and Allan Ginsberg

The first time I met Allan Ginsberg, he gave me his phone number to memorize as a mantra.

The second time I met the legendary beat poet, he told me that he loved coming to Dallas because it was one of the few places where you could still get a good shoeshine.

Then we went upstairs to his room at the old Melrose Hotel and recorded this:

KRLD's Brian Shields interviews poet Allan Ginsberg 1987