One of the most relevant speeches I have listened to in such dire times. Let us pray that he will reincarnate in a sort of Poet hacker pirate and vigilante of our absurdities
No one else besides WSB could read his work, and render the material with the impact of the sadly missed author himself. Anyone here already knows the man shuffled off this mortal coil in August of 1997. Thank the ancient ones that this material is in the hands of James Grauerholz, Bill's devoted and loyal, secretary/manager/friend. William's sardonic, sepulchral, voice; tinged with a snarl and that nasally Midwestern tone draws me to his readings the way a priest is drawn to whiskey. I cannot thank you enough for uploading this material. The "doctor " hopefully is in! At the very least, I try to imagine him decoding ancient Mayan glyphs while sipping a brujo served double shot of yage, someplace in the magical universe.
@Definitelynot JosefhKraemer I loved the reading! It wil not go unnoticed by we amateur Burroughs scholars that a few of the readings were in various states of completion; The One God Universe...Words and Advice For Young People...both of these stand out in this regard.Listen to the album (CD) of "Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales" for these pieces in their finest, fully realized state. Also, backed with the Disposable Heroes of Hiphocrisy. It is one classic after another...ending with "The Junky's Christmas". Don't know if you agree, but I found the crowd to be a bit slow on the uptake...like they needed an electric shock to get them to realize they had just heard verbal magic...or magick. There is a reading of the "Do Rights" on RUclips where the audience really responds, especially the peerles, "Doctor, when I die I wanna be buried right in the same coffin with you..." I nearly piss myself every time. Well, the clock on the wall and my 6 rapid fire sneezes in a row informs me that I am behind my schedule...and may none you be sick---"May I fall down and be paralyzed if I don't mean it." These, of course the words of "Old Ike" from JUNKY. Ok, I must be off...Merry Christmas or what applies to each and every one of you.
Wow. A cautionary tale if ever one. As my dear friend Nancy Reagan used to scream at me into the holding cell. Just say no dear! Just say no! I wish this gentleman could have a friend like her.
DANG! What a great reader he was! When I read his stuff, I try to recreate his voice, his diction, etc. in my head as I'm reading. (Q: I don't have access to Ghost of Chance right now, but didn't he actually use Joseph's correct name in the book itself? That "John" might have been a spur-of-the moment mistake or joke of some kind.)
I am fortunate enough to have the same timbre of Uncle Bill's voice and I have for years entertained some of "our crowd" with it. Lately, I have been unable to shake the temptation to put out two broadcasts a month alternating classic routines and the next episode would be an original. See where it ended up on the old proverbial flagpole, wot? I have been haunted by Burroughs' words in one of his entries in "Last Words---The final journals of William S. Burroughs"...he writes (to his devoted readers); "Punch a hole in The Big Lie...Punch a hole for me." A call to battle. From him to US. I love all fellow readers/followers lovers of the writer, the writing and the man. Give me your opinion? I don't ask lightly.
"I Can't Be Expected To Work Under Such Conditions" #WilliamSBurroughs #GhostOfChance #Clip William S. Burroughs - Ghost of Chance ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxi5HvrPITgcRxu-fiXH_Ic6_EHhlqpMC4 via @RUclips
This might be a stretch, but I am wondering if anyone here has played Dark Souls/Elden Ring and also read Burroughs. There are several moments in Burroughs that come to mind when I'm playing those games, and I suspect Miyazaki (or someone important at Fromsoft) read Burroughs very closely. For instance, Dung Eater and the middle of the Bradfield bit have close thematic similarities. Or the escape by lifeboat in ladies clothes bit, Godrick snuck away from a battle with the women and children using a mimic veil. And immortality is a main theme of those games, obviously also a main theme for Burroughs. I forget what it was in Dark Souls but I remember when I played it thinking, "holy shit these guys know Burroughs!" Let me know if you happen to have been exposed to both.
Stand not upon the order of your going,. But go at once. Burroughs is present. How many can really say that? and who's the poet he mentioned - Rumson? What was the line? Thanks for uploading - tis true - the truth will set you free but it will piss you off first
Yes, Burroughs swallows or elides syllables, so "Robinson" becomes "Rubson/Rumson" and "Borroughs" almost "Brose." Edward Arlington Robinson couldn't get away from Arthurian and related material-"Melin," "Lancelot," "Tristram," "King Jasper."
That's exactly true about what "Oppie" said, after the atom bomb test proved to be a success - "thank 'god' it wasn't a dud..." he DID NOT say, as so many have attributed to him "now I am shiva, the destroyer of worlds" - some pithy quote from the Tibetan book of the Dead - this was confirmed a long time ago by Oppenheimer's brother (Frank? Was that his name??)...
Oppenheimer said “Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”, he quoted from the Gita in which the character speaking is Krishna an incarnation of Vishnu as he revealed himself to the young prince. It was about doing one's duty which the prince did want to because of killing his own cousins and family to maintain and keep to his dharma.
While I really admire Burroughs intellect on a lot of things, he was noticeably wrong on two points. 1) Mary's husband's name was Joseph, not John. Minor detail, but for someone who I'm guessing researched Jesus when writing Ghost of Chance (even though research is hardly necessary since Christianity is so heavily ingrained in American culture) that isn't something I'd expect him to get wrong. 2) John Jacob Astor did not say "We are dressed in our best and ready to go down as gentlemen!" That was another wealthy passenger named Benjamin Gugenheim. Normally I wouldn't hold name confusion against someone, but Burroughs was being a dick mocking this line. Gugenheim said that because he and his valvet had given up the option of boarding a life boat because they didn't want to take a seat that could save a woman or child. It was a noble thing to do, one that I doubt many people as rich as him would do then and now and for Burroughs to talk shit about him was lame.
+Jackmonster3231 Well, on the other had, he was scathing in his portrayal of Benway sneaking onto the lifeboat and "seating himself among the women" in "Twighlight's Last Gleaming" . . .
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I just love Borroughs accent and manner of speaking. Could listen to him for hours.
I like to lay down on the sofa to rest and sleep while listening to Burroughs
Kansas
I love burrough's books but i specially love these lectures you get all the random nuggets of knowledge from burroughs
History spilled through the prism of Burrough's brain is the truth and more than most want to handle but can never avoid. Brilliance.
Laura Lewis-Houston thank fuck he had a gob to orate it.
"History spilled through the prism of Burrough's brain"... (Applauses)! God bless you!
One of the most relevant speeches I have listened to in such dire times. Let us pray that he will reincarnate in a sort of Poet hacker pirate and vigilante of our absurdities
The most wonderfully dry and funny reader imaginable--and, in a weird Will Burroughs kind of way, very moving.
No one else besides WSB could read his work, and render the material with the impact of the sadly missed author himself. Anyone here already knows the man shuffled off this mortal coil in August of 1997. Thank the ancient ones that this material is in the hands of James Grauerholz, Bill's devoted and loyal, secretary/manager/friend.
William's sardonic, sepulchral, voice; tinged with a snarl and that nasally Midwestern tone draws me to his readings the way a priest is drawn to whiskey.
I cannot thank you enough for uploading this material. The "doctor " hopefully is in! At the very least, I try to imagine him decoding ancient Mayan glyphs while sipping a brujo served double shot of yage, someplace in the magical universe.
Smoothest reading ive heard by him
@Definitelynot JosefhKraemer I loved the reading! It wil not go unnoticed by we amateur Burroughs scholars that a few of the readings were in various states of completion; The One God Universe...Words and Advice For Young People...both of these stand out in this regard.Listen to the album (CD) of "Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales" for these pieces in their finest, fully realized state. Also, backed with the Disposable Heroes of Hiphocrisy. It is one classic after another...ending with "The Junky's Christmas".
Don't know if you agree, but I found the crowd to be a bit slow on the uptake...like they needed an electric shock to get them to realize they had just heard verbal magic...or magick.
There is a reading of the "Do Rights" on RUclips where the audience really responds, especially the peerles, "Doctor, when I die I wanna be buried right in the same coffin with you..." I nearly piss myself every time.
Well, the clock on the wall and my 6 rapid fire sneezes in a row informs me that I am behind my schedule...and may none you be sick---"May I fall down and be paralyzed if I don't mean it."
These, of course the words of "Old Ike" from JUNKY. Ok, I must be off...Merry Christmas or what applies to each and every one of you.
Thanks for sharing !
For the love of god, can you please put this out with a bit of volume behind it!
Life yes Life, of itself, unknowable , a mystery perfectly disguised as ordinary.
All true artists are never mentally pure. I guess a mind needs a break sometimes...addiction... depression
Wow. A cautionary tale if ever one. As my dear friend Nancy Reagan used to scream at me into the holding cell. Just say no dear! Just say no! I wish this gentleman could have a friend like her.
DANG! What a great reader he was! When I read his stuff, I try to recreate his voice, his diction, etc. in my head as I'm reading. (Q: I don't have access to Ghost of Chance right now, but didn't he actually use Joseph's correct name in the book itself? That "John" might have been a spur-of-the moment mistake or joke of some kind.)
John is slang for a prostitute's client, so probably an intended joke.
I am fortunate enough to have the same timbre of Uncle Bill's voice and I have for years entertained some of "our crowd" with it.
Lately, I have been unable to shake the temptation to put out two broadcasts a month alternating classic routines and the next episode would be an original. See where it ended up on the old proverbial flagpole, wot?
I have been haunted by Burroughs' words in one of his entries in "Last Words---The final journals of William S. Burroughs"...he writes (to his devoted readers); "Punch a hole in The Big Lie...Punch a hole for me."
A call to battle. From him to US.
I love all fellow readers/followers lovers of the writer, the writing and the man. Give me your opinion? I don't ask lightly.
me too
Wow, I caught a reference to "Human Centipede" in her, like 30 min in... wonder if the director of that read this...
A brilliant but troubled man.
what good writer isn't troubled?
vagrant wanderer Does he sound Bothered?
اي صح
A brilliant but shallow comment
i call it life experience
"I Can't Be Expected To Work Under Such Conditions" #WilliamSBurroughs #GhostOfChance #Clip
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the do rights and do wrongs...his everlasting border cross
This might be a stretch, but I am wondering if anyone here has played Dark Souls/Elden Ring and also read Burroughs. There are several moments in Burroughs that come to mind when I'm playing those games, and I suspect Miyazaki (or someone important at Fromsoft) read Burroughs very closely. For instance, Dung Eater and the middle of the Bradfield bit have close thematic similarities. Or the escape by lifeboat in ladies clothes bit, Godrick snuck away from a battle with the women and children using a mimic veil. And immortality is a main theme of those games, obviously also a main theme for Burroughs. I forget what it was in Dark Souls but I remember when I played it thinking, "holy shit these guys know Burroughs!" Let me know if you happen to have been exposed to both.
It's all there.
Stand not upon the order of your going,. But go at once. Burroughs is present. How many can really say that? and who's the poet he mentioned - Rumson? What was the line? Thanks for uploading - tis true - the truth will set you free but it will piss you off first
Aye.
“There are mistakes too monstrous for remorse to tamper or to dally with.” - Edward Arlington Robinson
Yes, Burroughs swallows or elides syllables, so "Robinson" becomes "Rubson/Rumson" and "Borroughs" almost "Brose." Edward Arlington Robinson couldn't get away from Arthurian and related material-"Melin," "Lancelot," "Tristram," "King Jasper."
You don't stand a ghost of a chance!
There is no truth
Just death
I eat vegans,its the way of nature.That should console you on the spit.
ubermench1000 Bite me- we're toxic, fool.
Can somebody put the words scrolling out as he speaks them? I'm sure my understanding would be immeasurably huger.
The great truth is there isn't one.
That's exactly true about what "Oppie" said, after the atom bomb test proved to be a success - "thank 'god' it wasn't a dud..." he DID NOT say, as so many have attributed to him "now I am shiva, the destroyer of worlds" - some pithy quote from the Tibetan book of the Dead - this was confirmed a long time ago by Oppenheimer's brother (Frank? Was that his name??)...
If he only had twitter so we could check his post history
Oppenheimer said “Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”, he quoted from the Gita in which the character speaking is Krishna an incarnation of Vishnu as he revealed himself to the young prince. It was about doing one's duty which the prince did want to because of killing his own cousins and family to maintain and keep to his dharma.
Para cuando una traduccion al espaniol?
Oh Mummy ! Two moment
yup
Yep
sound this out PPPPLLLLBBBBBBB
If you don't want to learn, don't come here.
human-bombs
are in, like
an oposum,
every
police-station.
is this the whole book?
Chance of ghost tonight, Bill
Let's issue a pass card. " They " will not appreciate the loss of prerogative.
What year
ramp the play speed up to 1.25 for a snappier delivery.
Just no 😔
I like it
Set to dubstep to add to the horror
If you like Burroughs, you will love wasting talent by Ryan Leone.
The men dressing like women on the Titanic were the first "trans."
While I really admire Burroughs intellect on a lot of things, he was noticeably wrong on two points. 1) Mary's husband's name was Joseph, not John. Minor detail, but for someone who I'm guessing researched Jesus when writing Ghost of Chance (even though research is hardly necessary since Christianity is so heavily ingrained in American culture) that isn't something I'd expect him to get wrong. 2) John Jacob Astor did not say "We are dressed in our best and ready to go down as gentlemen!" That was another wealthy passenger named Benjamin Gugenheim. Normally I wouldn't hold name confusion against someone, but Burroughs was being a dick mocking this line. Gugenheim said that because he and his valvet had given up the option of boarding a life boat because they didn't want to take a seat that could save a woman or child. It was a noble thing to do, one that I doubt many people as rich as him would do then and now and for Burroughs to talk shit about him was lame.
+Jackmonster3231 surely he knows about Joseph, holy shit, all christians, like it or not, know that, just a mistake
+Jackmonster3231 Well, on the other had, he was scathing in his portrayal of Benway sneaking onto the lifeboat and "seating himself among the women" in "Twighlight's Last Gleaming" . . .
Jackmonster3231 Jesus dies for his sins, not mine.
Jesus didn't die for anyones sins
Jackmonster3231 "John" is a term of endearment for any 2 or more syllable J name. I thought everyone knew that.
I don't think this is a bit funny...and yet i can't stop smiling...pony up a mouthful of dollars of yer ill gotten gain and hire the best lawyer who moves like an ocean...and sue me....me and my sand castle opinion..the full moon won't care
trust funder! the original trust-ifarian, the original granola douch bag of his own era. not missed.
Boooo!
Just an old man babbling. Kinda sad
Yes u are Louis. Mighty sad. Thanks for keeping your douche flag shorter than a paragraph long. If only more trolls would follow your lead
Did you listen or did the attention span have a malfunction
You are the old fart
Low-effort troll. 0/10
Wotta an uneducated fool you are
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