I don't think it was inspired by ginsberg, but the quote at the beginning is ripped out of howl (says so in the liner notes). but... I dunno, it just doesn't seem that much like ginsberg to me... it's more bitterly ironic. I mean, "I saw the worst bands of my generation applied to whiteboard" seems to be a much more modern attack on the music industry. plus, like all of tmbg's stuff, it's more innocent than ginsberg... at least on the outside.
I don't think it was inspired by ginsberg, but the quote at the beginning is ripped out of howl (says so in the liner notes). but... I dunno, it just doesn't seem that much like ginsberg to me... it's more bitterly ironic. I mean, "I saw the worst bands of my generation applied to whiteboard" seems to be a much more modern attack on the music industry. plus, like all of tmbg's stuff, it's more innocent than ginsberg... at least on the outside.