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Although “The “Priest” They Called Him” might be the most obscure thing in Kurt Cobain’s discography, it’s probably the best selling musical collaboration of William S, Burroughs’s recording career. Basically, in 1992, Cobain contacted his hero, Burroughs about doing something together. Burroughs sent him a tape of a reading he’d done of a short story originally published in his Exterminator collection in 1973 and Cobain added some guitar backing based on “Silent Night” and “To Anacreon in Heaven.” http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/album-rewievs/20607-when-kurt-cobain-met-william-burroughs-free-albumAlthough “The “Priest” They Called Him” might be the most... more
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This link discusses one artist's attempt to pay homage to an icon, William Burroughs, through his art.This link discusses one artist's attempt to pay homage to an icon, William... more
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“The Cut-Ups” is an engaging experimental three-minute animated short film created by Matti Niinimäki. Niinimäki states, “I have always liked the voice of William S. Burroughs and I’ve always wanted to do something with the Origin and Theory of the Tape Cut-Ups clip. Now I have.” Cut-Ups were an experimental form of art, pictures and audio tapes that William Burroughs created with the artist Brion Gysin while they were living at the Beat Hotel in the Latin quarter of Paris in 1959. Many of the American Beat artists and writers, including William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Harold Norse, ended up at the Beat Hotel in search of free living. One could do whatever one liked in the rooms, paint and decorate the walls to suit oneself and cook one’s food by kneeling down over a camping stove.
This piece includes a number of vintage photographs, a slide show, the animated short film and two documentary films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/william-s-burroughs-the-cut-ups/“The Cut-Ups” is an engaging experimental three-minute animated short film... more
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It is neither self-forgetting and pain-loving antiquarianism, nor intoxicating romanticism that compels us to turn with a renewed passionate interest in learning about and appreciating the origins of the New Journalism. Our present world of public discourse has taken rigidly hostile polarized constructs of traditional Main-Stream Media versus the contemporary incarnation of New Media. However, while the former has long been understood to focus largely upon the accumulation of power and wealth, the same has come to be the goal of new media organizations. In fact, present-day new media organizations are made even more repugnant by their petty, envy-based sarcastic commentaries and idolatry of faux-celebrity life. Further, whatever their seeming differences, both forms of media share in the adherence to vicious levels of social and political ideology, which strongly bias and distort the communications and news presented to the public.
The origins of New Journalism are examined here through a review of the pioneering contributions of the inner-circle of The Beat Generation writers, who included Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Gregory Corso. The commentary is further expanded and enriched by stunning vintage photographs, a remarkable slide show of additional vintage images and six documentary films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/the-lonely-beat-generation-dawn-of-the-new-journalism/It is neither self-forgetting and pain-loving antiquarianism, nor intoxicating... more
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Poet Peter Orlovsky Dies
Peter Orlovsky (pictured right), a poet and the partner of Allen Ginsberg (left) for more than 30 years, passed away Saturday in Vermont at age 76.
By Julie Bolcer
Peter Orlovsky, a poet and the longtime partner of the late Allen Ginsberg, died Saturday in Vermont of lung cancer. He was 76 years old.
According to the Los Angeles Times, “Orlovsky met Ginsberg in San Francisco in 1954, before Ginsberg wrote his seminal poem, ‘Howl.’ Published in 1956, ‘Howl’ was the subject of a 1957 obscenity trial that became a landmark free-expression case. Afterward, Ginsberg and Orlovsky moved to Paris, where they stayed with Gregory Corso, William Burroughs and others in a boarding house that would become known as the Beat Hotel.”
Orlovsky and Ginsberg’s relationship lasted more than 30 years, although they spent some time apart. Ginsberg died in 1997. Their relationship will be chronicled in the upcoming film, Howl, starring James Franco as Ginsberg and Aaron Tveit as Orlovsky.Poet Peter Orlovsky Dies
Peter Orlovsky (pictured right), a poet and the partner of... more
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It took the fashion photographer Steven Sebring 11 years to make “Patti Smith: Dream of Life.” He would have needed another 11 to get Smith in a truly unguarded moment. What stands out in this visually captivating but emotionally unfulfilling film is how unknowable in so many ways Smith will remain until her last breath.It took the fashion photographer Steven Sebring 11 years to make “Patti Smith:... more
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William Burroughs...beat nik poet, murderer, author teaches safety tips in this parody. Kimberly McBride as William BurroughsWilliam Burroughs...beat nik poet, murderer, author teaches safety tips in this... more
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