This is a collection of william burroughs beauties from nyc radio stations, as well as a handful of faith no more tracks to top the record off. Burroughs licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of island records. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The best of william burroughs, spare ass annie and other tales, dead city radio, break through in grey room, and call me burroughs spotify.
Provided to youtube by universal music group williams welcome what are you here for. Slow, nasal, articulate, surreal, burroughs voice and prose make for an amazing contrast over the bernard hermanesque composition, and dead city radio. William burroughs, beat poetry, faith no more, punk, spoken work, nyc, radio, dead city, dead city radio heres a real sneak attack gem from david mckenzie. If you dont already have it, download spotify here to listen to the. Aug 22, 2017 dead city radio is a musical album by beat generation author william s. Burroughs reads his doom soaked dead city prose over dense orchestrations, the combination is powerful. Burroughs dead city radio williams welcome what are you here for. Slow, nasal, articulate, surreal, burroughs voice and prose make for an amazing contrast over the bernard hermanesque composition, and dead city radio comes off as noir on acid. Burroughs was a primary figure of the beat generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature.
Dead city radio is a musical album by beat generation author william s. John cale, donald fagen and sonic youth were among the cast assembled on what was arguably his most accessible release. Oct 02, 2011 one of the best burroughs recordings, dead city radio features the writer reading five previously unreleased pieces, along with selections from several of his books. Tidal is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hidef video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making. In 1992, he guested on ministrys just one fix single, and the following year recorded the priest, they called him with nirvanas kurt cobain. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. Burroughsdead city radio this title is not available on this site. It was dedicated to keith haring the cd is a collection of readings by burroughs set to a broad range of musical compositions. Dead city radio, break through in grey room, and call me burroughs. Musical contributors to this project include sonic youth, donald fagen, lenny pickett, cheryl hardwick.
Six years before he published his breakthrough novel, naked lunch 1959, william s. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Burroughs spoken word, hal willner producer, nelson lyon producer. Burroughs on allmusic 1990 one of the best burroughs. Jan 09, 2012 after 1987s break through in grey room, burroughs recorded 1990s dead city radio, a collection of performances backed by sonic youth, john cale, the nbc symphony orchestra, and others.
Burroughs broke into the literary scene with junky sometimes also called junkie, a candid, semiautobiographical account of an unredeemed drug addict. One of the best burroughs recordings, dead city radio features the writer reading five previously unreleased pieces, along with selections from several of his books. Burroughs ii saint louis, 5 februari 1914 lawrence, 2 augustus 1997. The more contemporary backing material is fine, and burroughs dry as dust readings sound particularly unsettling when backed by symphonic americana. The acerbic burroughs wit is at its finest on many of these selections, and he even takes a shot at singing on one track. In 1992, he guested on ministrys just one fix single, and the following year recorded the priest they called him with nirvanas kurt cobain. To this end he also unearthed aaron coplandesque music recorded in the late 40s and 50s for various radio shows by toscaninis nbc symphony orchestra. Burroughs, which was released by island records in 1990. Dec 05, 20 william s burroughs dead city radio 1990 bills narratives this is a fascinating listening experience, burroughs reading a selection of his writing set to music, some of this music written specifically for the performances, for example three by john cale, and one each by donald fagan and sonic youth. A visual portrait of the late, great beat writer, artist and provocateur william s. Feb 10, 2010 download here purchase here ah pook is here, 1994 video piece by philip hunt.
Burroughs reads his first novel, junky open culture. Burroughs discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Dead city radio, burroughs first fulllength album in over two decades, paired the writer with producer hal willner. Jun 22, 2016 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. This is a local station only available in piqua, ohio. William burroughs dead city radio mix and assorted goodies. Burroughs reads from the place of dead roads and the cat inside. Burroughs london life curated by xray audios stephen coates and paul heartfield with barry miles. Audio is mostly track 4 from dead city radio, ah pook the destroyer brion gysins allpurpose bedtime story words by wsb, music by john cale. February 5, 1914 august 2, 1997 was an american writer and visual artist.
William burroughs moved to london in the winter of 195960 in order to be near his boyfriend, ian sommerville, who was finishing his studies at cambridge. Burroughs see all versions of this release, 2 available. Oct 07, 2018 after 1987s break through in grey room, burroughs recorded 1990s dead city radio, a collection of performances backed by sonic youth, john cale, the nbc symphony orchestra, and others. Burroughs dead city radio this title is not available on this site. This is a collection of william burroughs beauties from nyc radio stations, as well as a. William seward burroughs ii, also known by his pen name william lee.
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