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To: one_less who wrote (250110)	11/29/2007 3:36:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

My friend Savage did................

To: one_less who wrote (250110)	11/29/2007 3:47:29 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 281500

Savage introduced himself to certain writers in the North Beach area of San Francisco. He befriended and traveled with Beat poets Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Stephen Schwartz, also an acquaintance of Savage from this time, reported that Savage possessed a photograph of himself and Ginsberg swimming naked in Hawaii and used the photograph as sort of a "calling card." Savage maintained a correspondence with Ginsberg consisting of 10 letters and a trio of postcards across four years, which is maintained with Ginsberg's papers at Stanford University.One letter asked for Ginsberg and Ferlinghetti to come do a poetry reading, so others could "hear and see and know why I adore your public image. One postcard mentions his desire to photograph Ginsberg in a provocative way, though Savage states that this correspondence is actually a forgery created by gay detractors. Another acquaintance of Savage from this time was poet and author Neeli Cherkovski, who says that Savage dreamed of becoming a stand-up comic in the mold of Lenny Bruce. On his radio show, Savage confirmed this desire but contrasted this with his desire, as a child, to become a cowboy.