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William S. Burroughs – Is Everybody In?
Writer William S. Burroughs reads poetry by Jim Morrison over music provided by The Doors on the track “Is Everybody In?”
DMT is in your head, but it may be too weird for the psychedelic renaissance …
You know that psychedelics are making a comeback when the New York Times says so on page 1. In “Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In,” John Tierney reports on how doctors at schools like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, UCLA and NYU are testing the potential of psilocybin and other hallucinogens for treating depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress [...]
William Burroughs Video on his Cut Up method.
A scene from a William Burroughs documentary which deals with his time in London and the cut up method.
Many thoughts and opinions on Joy and Sorrow
JINNAH – “The Festival of Sacrifice If we show the same spirit of sacrifice as was shown by Ibrahim, God would rend the clouds and shower on us His blessing as He did on Ibrahim… The greater the sacrifices are made the purer and more chastened shall we emerge like gold from fire… So [...]
Remixing Reality: The Techno Revolution
The essential nature of a techno remix is the remashing of pre-existing material or content into something new, something the represents a slightly altered or even radically different perspective than the one responsible for the original material. This means that new art can spring from old art. New life springs from Old life. In [...]
Interview with William S. Burroughs
Gregory Corso: What say you about political conflicts? William Burroughs: Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation. To concern yourself with surface political conflicts is to make the mistake of the [...]
Interview with William S. Burroughs and David Cronenberg
An nice textured interview with William Burroughs and David Cronenberg. Deep in Kansas, darkly dressed, William S. Burroughs, a man who shot his wife in the head and waged war against a lifetime of guilt, who has sucked up every drug imaginable and survived, and who has made a fine career out of depravity, can’t [...]
