July 28th, 2009 / 9:54 pm
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Sam Pink
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POWER QUOTE: WILLIAM SEWARD BURROUGHS
(from “the invisible generation” chapter of THE TICKET THAT EXPLODED):
why not give tape recorder parties every guest arrives with his recorder and tapes of what he intends to say at the party recording what other recorders say to him it is the height of rudeness not to record when addressed directly by another tape recorder and you can’t say anything directly have to record it first…you will hear one ugly voice and see one ugly spirit is made of ugly old prerecordings the more you run the tapes through and cut them up the less power they will have
I wouldn’t call this a power quote. More like another half-baked William Burroughs quote. Most of his writing was half-baked, actually. The only thing powerful about this is the “power of punctuation” that Burroughs gives the reader. But that was probably an accident. I kind of hate anything Beat.
I wouldn’t call this a power quote. More like another half-baked William Burroughs quote. Most of his writing was half-baked, actually. The only thing powerful about this is the “power of punctuation” that Burroughs gives the reader. But that was probably an accident. I kind of hate anything Beat.
Burroughs isn’t really a Beat, despite the fact that that crowd Beatified him. He was old when they were young, and I’ve always thought of it as a sort of delightful cosmic irony that he outlived every last one of them. Like whatshisface in To The Lighthouse- the poet. Anyway, what’s funny about this quote is that it basically describes potentially anywhere you go today. everyone comes a/v-armed all the time.
Burroughs isn’t really a Beat, despite the fact that that crowd Beatified him. He was old when they were young, and I’ve always thought of it as a sort of delightful cosmic irony that he outlived every last one of them. Like whatshisface in To The Lighthouse- the poet. Anyway, what’s funny about this quote is that it basically describes potentially anywhere you go today. everyone comes a/v-armed all the time.
stylistically he might not have been as congruous with the rest but beats wouldn’t have been beats without burroughs. dude schooled them on drug game. that’s what made the beats. like street hustling motherfuckers like corso and cassady, school big brains like ginsberg, suit and tie streety loony like burroughs and jack running around and wanting to be them all and all wanting to be each other.
stylistically he might not have been as congruous with the rest but beats wouldn’t have been beats without burroughs. dude schooled them on drug game. that’s what made the beats. like street hustling motherfuckers like corso and cassady, school big brains like ginsberg, suit and tie streety loony like burroughs and jack running around and wanting to be them all and all wanting to be each other.
This might sound silly dilly, but since we’re grazing the subject of cut-up, I was in a called car the other day with three photography people and with the way they were jiving bubbly we-did-whats about Saturday, I punched the NOTES key on my iPhone and started netting and tapping everything about this bicycle scavenger hunt mixed with the one-upper hijinx of a party. The word salad result was so as-is nice it’s hilarious. And if the tape recorder biz cramps your style with transcribing and intimidation to be clever–they all thought I was just epic texting my ass off, so it was real. Life is fun.
This might sound silly dilly, but since we’re grazing the subject of cut-up, I was in a called car the other day with three photography people and with the way they were jiving bubbly we-did-whats about Saturday, I punched the NOTES key on my iPhone and started netting and tapping everything about this bicycle scavenger hunt mixed with the one-upper hijinx of a party. The word salad result was so as-is nice it’s hilarious. And if the tape recorder biz cramps your style with transcribing and intimidation to be clever–they all thought I was just epic texting my ass off, so it was real. Life is fun.
Yes, Sabra. Life is fun.
Yes, Sabra. Life is fun.
oh sammy you got bad taste in writing. burroughs is the best writer that america ever threw up.
oh sammy you got bad taste in writing. burroughs is the best writer that america ever threw up.
represent
represent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8m_J6sXj_0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8m_J6sXj_0
generation
generation
“This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions.”
Fuck you, youtube!
Yo Yo. A big high five on the WSB upload. I fucking love burroughs
“This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions.”
Fuck you, youtube!
Yo Yo. A big high five on the WSB upload. I fucking love burroughs
I’m headed to Burroughs’s old ranch to shoot grapefruit off my wife’s head. It’s hot as hell today, as burroughs would have said, “the milk sours in the glass before it hits your lips.” (maybe a paraphrase i’ve been drinking.)
hit your lips billy dubbs.
I’m headed to Burroughs’s old ranch to shoot grapefruit off my wife’s head. It’s hot as hell today, as burroughs would have said, “the milk sours in the glass before it hits your lips.” (maybe a paraphrase i’ve been drinking.)
hit your lips billy dubbs.
If you like burroughs you should check out this mammer jammer:
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Years-William-S-Burroughs/dp/1585445177
If you like burroughs you should check out this mammer jammer:
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Years-William-S-Burroughs/dp/1585445177
I’m playing with my soft machine.
I’m playing with my soft machine.