#williamsburroughs — Public Fediverse posts

Mistodon: yesterday we shared an image of a typewriter, and now logically we progress to #WilliamSBurroughs' 1959 #NakedLunch, whose 1991 Cronenberg film adaptation inspired the Simpsons' quote: 'I can think of at least two things wrong with that title.' The cover art of this 1992 Grove Press edition issued in the wake of the movie, adapted to #ANSIart by Cthulu, was included in last month's books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection.

If references to #SirEdmundSpenser & #WilliamSBurroughs in a discussion of #AI & #inspiration doesn’t sound to you like utter chaos, check out my appearance on #LanceThomas’s #InspirationTrip: https://shorturl.at/lwxES #ArtificialIntelligence #creativity #advertising #orginagency

Abstract artist Mark Rothko, who died OTD in 1970, had his art studio in the building in #NewYorkCity where William S Burroughs lived https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/new-york-w-s-burroughs/?s=mb #travel #WilliamSBurroughs #WSB

Abstract artist Mark Rothko, who died OTD in 1970, had his art studio in the building in #NewYorkCity where William S Burroughs lived https://toilet-guru.com/blog/26.html?s=mb #travel #WSB #WilliamSBurroughs

Luca Guadagnino's Queer (2024) is on BBC's iPlayer for the next couple of months. Curiously it's 8 minutes shorter than the theatrical release. I wonder what they they cut out?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002r73s/queer

#film #movies #drama

#Daniel Craig #WilliamSBurroughs #DrewStarkey #LucaGuadagnino

William S. Burroughs born this day in 1914. Happy birthday Bill.
#WilliamSBurroughs

"Language is a virus from outer space."

~ William S. Burroughs, born today, 1914.

#Quote #WilliamSBurroughs

Dutch Schultz was a #NewYorkCity mobster, his strange stream-of-consciousness statement while dying OTD in 1935 after a mob hit inspired #WilliamSBurroughs to turn them into a screenplay https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/new-york-w-s-burroughs/?s=mb #WSB

Dutch Schultz was a #NewYorkCity mobster, his strange stream-of-consciousness statement while dying OTD in 1935 after a mob hit inspired #WilliamSBurroughs to turn them into a screenplay https://toilet-guru.com/wsb-sewers.html?s=mb #WSB #history

Livre QUEER William S. BURROUGHS 9€
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À la fin des années 1940, dans un Mexico couleur de cauchemar William Lee, alter ego de Burroughs, traîne son mal de vivre de bar en bar, à la fois désespéré, avide et indifférent. Son seul repère : Allerton, un jeune homme indolent, jaloux de son indépendance, mais aussi secrètement flatté d’être l’objet de la convoitise de Lee (...)

#livre #queer #williamsburroughs #lapetroleuse #librairielapetroleuse

"The Black Rider" by Tom Waits released in September 1993. An opera written with William S. Burroughs, had its premiere in 1990. #TomWaits #TheBlackRider #WilliamSBurroughs

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
Break Through In Grey Room
2023 U.S. Ltd. Ed. Reissue
Clear vinyl
750 copies pressed

A weird one for last spin of the night.

Originally released in ‘86, a collection of Burroughs field recordings and rants that were part of his cut-up tape experimentation with Gysin and Sommerville.

It’s exactly what you think it is.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #art #music #vinylcommunity #retro #vintage #WilliamSBurroughs #beat #writers #literature

#WilliamSBurroughs #quote #quotes #classwar #ausgov #politas

‘Nova ’78’ Review: William S. Burroughs Takes Center Stage In An Immersive, Arty New York Time Capsule – Locarno Film Festival
#Festivals #Reviews #AaronBrookner #FrankZappa #KeithRichards #Locarno #Nova03978 #PattiSmith #Review #WilliamSBurroughs

https://deadline.com/2025/08/nova-78-review-william-s-burroughs-aaron-brookner-new-york-time-capsule-1236483054/

This week's book:
The Soft Machine (Restored Text)
by William S. Burroughs

#books #reading #williamsburroughs #breakthroughingreyroom

Dutch Schultz, born OTD in 1901, was a #NewYorkCity mobster, his strange stream-of-consciousness statement while dying after a mob hit inspired #WilliamSBurroughs to turn them into a screenplay https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/new-york-w-s-burroughs/?s=mb #WSB

#WilliamSBurroughs once famously suggested that “language is a #virus from #outerspace.” That got me thinking what if it was really #money that was the virus from outer space. So, I wrote a #sciencefiction story based on that theme. doncurren.blogspot.com/2023/01/mone...

Money is a Virus from Outer Sp...