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Track Listings
| 1. William's Welcome |
| 2. A Thanksgiving Prayer |
| 3. Naked Lunch Excerpts/Dinner Conversation |
| 4. Ah Pook The Destroyer/Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story |
| 5. After-Dinner Conversation/Where He Was Going |
| 6. Kill The Badger! |
| 7. A New Standard By Which To Measure Infamy |
| 8. The Sermon On The Mount 1 |
| 9. No More Stalins, No More Hitlers |
| 10. The Sermon On The Mount 2 |
| 11. Scandal At The Jungle Hiltons |
| 12. The Sermon On The Mount 3 |
| 13. Love Your Enemies |
| 14. Dr. Benway's House |
| 15. Apocalypse |
| 16. The Lord's Prayer |
| 17. Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt |
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Wow! From the moment the CD opens to its finish you're in Burroughs-Ville : so welcome, Agent Lee..........
As both a lover of music and literature it is rare to find many good cross-over / hybrids of these two forms but this works well, with some great sympathetic musical soundscapes such as William's Welcome to the sonic youth penned 'Dr. Benway's House' which is creepy and perfect. My personal favourite is 'Kill The Badger', a piece of pure Burroughs, mixing the humour and the horror up nicely, cleverl, cool and ultimately nihilistic.
Perfect tnen if you're a fan of Bill's and / or love your music slightly bent out of shape in the Zone......
As both a lover of music and literature it is rare to find many good cross-over / hybrids of these two forms but this works well, with some great sympathetic musical soundscapes such as William's Welcome to the sonic youth penned 'Dr. Benway's House' which is creepy and perfect. My personal favourite is 'Kill The Badger', a piece of pure Burroughs, mixing the humour and the horror up nicely, cleverl, cool and ultimately nihilistic.
Perfect tnen if you're a fan of Bill's and / or love your music slightly bent out of shape in the Zone......
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
4.9 out of 5 stars
18 reviews
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ah Dzizz, who works in coal...
2 Aug 1999
By A Customer
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
"Ah Pook the Destroyer," with its gravelly pronunciation of the names of a Mayan pantheon intoned over the most sugary strings, is almost as funny as Oscar Brand's "We Set Sail." Too much. We listen to the sardonic "Thanksgiving Prayer" in lieu of saying grace every year before Thanksgiving dinner. The younguns are embarrased to a one as we recite along with WSB ("mean, bitter, evil, church-goin' women"). They think we are insane and might be right. But the wife and I are still very much in love after all these years, a blessing the credit for which we tend to give to our never having joined the PTA and to this CD. Spices up the old Johnson, no less.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ode to apocalypse- the monsters behind the machine....
8 Mar 2004
By OAKSHAMAN
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
If you've never read Burroughs, or if it has been awhile and you would like to refresh your acquaintance, then this recording is what you are looking for. The old magician gives readings from a variety of sources including _Naked Lunch_, _Interzone_, and _The Western Lands_. He invokes his vision in the name of Pan, god of panic; Ah Pook, the destroyer; and even Jesu the Christ. "Invoke" is the proper word, for this is a work of magic. Burroughs is weaving a vision. He wants us to peek through the chinks and see the monsters that lie behind the machine- behind the great shining lies. His objective is no less than a basic disruption of reality itself. This is art as magic, artist as magician.
Remember: 1)Control is controlled by the need to control- just like a junky on junk, 2)Everything is permitted BECAUSE nothing is true, and It's the little touches that make a future solid enough to destroy.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Recording
15 April 2001
By Xam
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really love this cd. William Burroughs is one of my favorite writers of the beat movement. Not only is his strange, monotone voice recorded very well on this cd, there's a great soundtrack to accompany him. He reads selections from the Naked Lunch and many of his other works, with background effects and music that is dark and twisted enough to match his strange awesome writings. Each track is interesting, from his surreal 'cut-up' style to dialogues on dictators and poems about the apocalypse. This whole cd is just great. I recommend this to any fan of Burroughs, or someone who just wants a really strange cd to put on when under the influence of certain plants and chemicals.
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