He had a real girt for painting the nightmarish and the the banal into dead-pan scenes that sound like a cross between Raymond Chandler and H.P. Lovecraft. He presages Hunter S. Thompson by a generation. Wish I could have met him and just listened to him for a while. Amazing. Thanks for the upload.
@jralana36184 жыл бұрын
He paints the picture for me like no other,amazing author especially to a former addict
@1060michaelg3 жыл бұрын
Jr Alana Yes, same here. It is my belief that addiction is the Rosetta Stone for fully feeling at home in the turbulent waters of Naked Lunch. Not saying they don't exist, but I have never encountered a "civilian" that read NL and dug it. On any comment section of a Burroughs video, the vast majority are addicts, recovering or otherwise. I have gotten flack for that view but it's fairly evident...and why not? Peace! PS---I'm putting you down for additional medication, son."
@jan_Travis3 жыл бұрын
@@1060michaelg i don't do drugs but im fascinated with Burroughs work. Especially Naked Lunch. It is a wonderful piece of creative writing.
@1060michaelg Жыл бұрын
@@jan_Travis I don't know why I never saw your comment, but I'd like to respond now. First; So glad you don't do drugs. It's a short "honeymoon" period then it's servitude from then on out. If you don't get the bread for that next bundle, you will feel the junkie equivalent of the Plantation owner's whip---you are in every way a slave to junk. Secondly, so glad when I come across a person who gets it without having the "experience" and inside knowledge the addict possesses. Stay well, my friend.
@FreudianSlipandSlide-s5g5 ай бұрын
@@1060michaelg - I was only sixteen when I came across it and had little experience of anything in life at that tender age. Shit happens...I suppose. I managed to avoid being sucked into a whirlpool of petty theft by sticking mostly to methadone and pills once I was hooked. I'd still score junk if I had the money but was I f*ck going out shoplifting or any of that embarrassingly lame stuff. Thank heavens for the NHS and prescription opioids or I'd probably be dead...
@1060michaelg6 жыл бұрын
+ steve reeves Thanks for this, brother...another favorite of mine is the one starts out--- "Doctor...when I die I wanna be buried in the same coffin with you." Hilarious routine. Stay Well.
@jan_Travis2 жыл бұрын
Remember Folks: Fight Tuberculosis!
@1060michaelg2 жыл бұрын
@John Osman Yes! The Do-Rights...they get better rooms and more medication.
@louisbyron8 жыл бұрын
The Grand Old Sinner himself holding the rapt attention of his audiences pinning his immortal bards of ugly redemption.
@anthonydemarco8090 Жыл бұрын
great stuff
@my881105 жыл бұрын
When I'm just I'm always arbitrary!
@adminstrativeuser89307 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve Reeves. The greatest bodybuilder ever. Along with Bob Paris and Frank Zane
@bowlingstoned2113 Жыл бұрын
If Pat Summerall did heroin this is what it would sound like 😂 Love Burroughs though, hell of a voice 😎
@ConeFlower-gx2qk Жыл бұрын
The only thing that gives me this vibe is William Gibson who has said that he considered Burroughs the biggest influence on him. Seriously tho there’s parts of Neuromancer that approach this it’s wild