The human creature has demonstrated through the centuries a stubborn disinclination to control himself. W.S.B. from: "The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse". 1980
Luv the way he used that type of music, that is similar to what was used in those old documentaries that explained the way the economy,jobs,schools, factories, a city, the country, and the population's behavior.. I don't know what that style of music is called. But it fits perfectly with his 1950's evening news reporter type of voice. Leave it to beaver era!!....😂✌🏼
Undoubtedly one of the most greatest things ever written. I used to listen to this all the time and always thought it was amazing that you could visualize him writing it while riding the subway in NYC.
... here we are, 8 years later and the world is completely different; we've allowed our Rights be infringed, some freedoms' taken from us; by OUR OWN government! H.S. Civics classes taught it's students that the citizens are in charge of their government and have complete authority over every part of the government, and it's subcontractors...why are we allowing our government and representatives to take from us that we do not agree with? And they're allowed to use/take our money?!
I gotta take issue with that. Remember Kerouac's On The Road. If I recall the description of Bull Lee which was based on Burroughs. He described him as having two great hates: cops and liberals.
People that never have the ethereal experience of witnessing W.S.B & liking him & understanding his Art , are very much missing out on one the Greatest & creative Artists ever to come from the Americas.....
If anyone knows the music at 5:10 id be pretty happy. I heard the same music playing on a tv channael inauguration video from the 80's so i know its not from him.
Love this. Anyone know if the music was specifically written for this piece? WSB was a total visionary/prophet: "but art is spilling out of its frame into subway graffiti-*will it stop there? *" I fucking love this whole routine so much. I think there is a strong case for WSB as an implicit anarchist. Let's examine the evidence--he completely rejected the authority of the state in all its forms, he rejected the nuclear family and its" normalcy" and being forbade to have sexual relationships with consenting parties of the same sex.. He despised the vice-grip of corporate conglomerates on everyday life and above all HATED the laws which dictated how he could change his OWN CONSCIOUSNESS... What guns he could legally own... Of course some of his writing would be called pornographic, obscene and WSB remains a "problematic" writer today, to some. Great art is frequently transgressive though! His best work still shocks due to his completely frank, uncompromising attitude. Fuck you, I'm a gay man. Fuck you, I'm a junkie! Fuck you, sherrifs with "n****r killing notches" on your rifles! Fuck your disproportionately unjust "drug laws"! And fuck you, United States Of America! You're mired in hypocrisy and up to your elbows in the blood of innocents! And this was the mid-40's/early '50's! WSB truly despised all forms of control and spent his whole life railing against the many forms he encountered. He wasn't perfect-he was deeply flawed but his art was all the better for it. I don't think he ever called himself an anarchist--he didn't seem to like boxes and easy categories-but he lived his life the way he wanted and produced a few masterpieces along the way. No wonder subsequent generations flock to his words! I really think had he lived that long he would have marched with Occupy Wall Street--he knew who the REAL criminals, perverts and immoral scumbags were. We need a William S. Burroughs more than ever now!!!
The human creature has demonstrated through the centuries a stubborn disinclination to control himself. W.S.B. from: "The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse". 1980
Am I supposed to like this, according to the general rules of the interwebs? The Webalog?
Luv the way he used that type of music, that is similar to what was used in those old documentaries that explained the way the economy,jobs,schools, factories, a city, the country, and the population's behavior.. I don't know what that style of music is called. But it fits perfectly with his 1950's evening news reporter type of voice. Leave it to beaver era!!....😂✌🏼
it spills over in from sci fi into music Kraftwerk
A brilliant interpretation of how it's all going to end.
"Caught in New York beneath the animals of the Village, the Piper pulled down the sky."
God I love this album for all my adult life!!! Burroughs is the godfather of Chaos magick!
+Peter Nelson When I become death, death is the seed from which I grow...
I worked that into a Samhain working..
whats the name of the album
good no reply winning
I always heard Austin Osman Spare was the forerunner of Chaos Magick?
Undoubtedly one of the most greatest things ever written. I used to listen to this all the time and always thought it was amazing that you could visualize him writing it while riding the subway in NYC.
I like his callback to the waste land by ts eliot. I remember he said of it that it was the first great cut up
that gorgeous orchestral music really sells it. ladies and gentlemen, the NBC orchestra...
genius, not only ahead of our time, he was inside his own time...close your eyes, put the lights low, headfones on, everything else off....
... here we are, 8 years later and the world is completely different; we've allowed our Rights be infringed, some freedoms' taken from us; by OUR OWN government! H.S. Civics classes taught it's students that the citizens are in charge of their government and have complete authority over every part of the government, and it's subcontractors...why are we allowing our government and representatives to take from us that we do not agree with? And they're allowed to use/take our money?!
Art is whatever you what it to be, its always been that way.
I gotta take issue with that. Remember Kerouac's On The Road. If I recall the description of Bull Lee which was based on Burroughs. He described him as having two great hates: cops and liberals.
"bill would have told you "son, it's nothing to brag about."
I would love to hear Burrough’s take on our current president.
He said a lot about the political state under Reagan which seems applicable to me, though amped up exponentially I imagine today.
People that never have the ethereal experience of witnessing W.S.B & liking him & understanding his Art , are very much missing out on one the Greatest & creative Artists ever to come from the Americas.....
good art is the expression of your soul,and bad art is the expression of someone else s style,idea, or lack of idea but just skill .
Art!
'that kid... he was taaaaasty!'
The fact this exists assures me I might not be insane after all.
Someone needs to make an amazing video for this.
Thanks for the upload
I am ' I am' I am' pan the man!
@interzoneincorporate "Kiiiid it was TAAASTYYYY" is the actual quote.
"spilling out of its frames" - -i was just watching mario speed runs - intersection pt
If anyone knows the music at 5:10 id be pretty happy.
I heard the same music playing on a tv channael inauguration video from the 80's so i know its not from him.
Happy 12/21/2012
Can I get it without the music?
Love this. Anyone know if the music was specifically written for this piece?
WSB was a total visionary/prophet: "but art is spilling out of its frame into subway graffiti-*will it stop there? *" I fucking love this whole routine so much.
I think there is a strong case for WSB as an implicit anarchist. Let's examine the evidence--he completely rejected the authority of the state in all its forms, he rejected the nuclear family and its" normalcy" and being forbade to have sexual relationships with consenting parties of the same sex.. He despised the vice-grip of corporate conglomerates on everyday life and above all HATED the laws which dictated how he could change his OWN CONSCIOUSNESS... What guns he could legally own... Of course some of his writing would be called pornographic, obscene and WSB remains a "problematic" writer today, to some. Great art is frequently transgressive though! His best work still shocks due to his completely frank, uncompromising attitude. Fuck you, I'm a gay man. Fuck you, I'm a junkie! Fuck you, sherrifs with "n****r killing notches" on your rifles! Fuck your disproportionately unjust "drug laws"! And fuck you, United States Of America! You're mired in hypocrisy and up to your elbows in the blood of innocents!
And this was the mid-40's/early '50's!
WSB truly despised all forms of control and spent his whole life railing against the many forms he encountered. He wasn't perfect-he was deeply flawed but his art was all the better for it. I don't think he ever called himself an anarchist--he didn't seem to like boxes and easy categories-but he lived his life the way he wanted and produced a few masterpieces along the way. No wonder subsequent generations flock to his words!
I really think had he lived that long he would have marched with Occupy Wall Street--he knew who the REAL criminals, perverts and immoral scumbags were.
We need a William S. Burroughs more than ever now!!!
Not that I know of.
That fucking music. Does not work.
What a load of rubbish.