The Spoken Word: William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin

William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin read their works from the CD The Spoken Word--
Track listing:
The beginning is also the end (excerpt) -William S. Burroughs
Reading at the Centre Hotel -William S. Burroughs
Liverpool -William S. Burroughs
Cut-ups self-explained -Brion Gysin
I am this painter -Brion Gysin
Pistol poem -Brion Gysin
I've come to free the words -Brion Gysin
No poets don't own words -Brion Gysin
Calling all reactive agents -Brion Gysin
Junk is no good baby -Brion Gysin
Kick that habit man -Brion Gysin
I am that I am -Brion Gysin
Invisible art (three versions) -William S. Burroughs
'Silky supple mirrors to be folded...' -Brion Gysin
American writer William S. Burroughs and British-born artist Brion Gysin, the man Burroughs credited with the invention of the 'cut-up' technique. It features a complete, previously unissued 42-minute recording of Burroughs reading live in Liverpool in 1982, plus performances by Gysin of a selection of his 'permutated poems', and previously unheard home recordings made by the pair in Paris in 1970.
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[@robertafierro5592]

I love this guy! I passed his home on the Bowery. It looked like a powerful.old bank perched right on the corner. It was dark out that night. It was winter in 1978. I was walking down the street with who I thought was the first love of my life. He called himself a film maker. Forty years later he became a woman. But he still stands the same way.

[@jimmy_junk]

I can tell you are aspiring to be a writer. Keep up the flow. A little advice. Make it a little more raw. Describe to cold and the darkness and then the light and warm of the relationship. …or fuck it!

[@elizabethhann4028]

I love Bill and Brion more than I can say. I I love them 'cause they *aren't* lovable. I wouldn't be a poet without them. And I am a poet; a poet [who] don't own know words/don't know own words, et cetera.

[@perceptionmanagement2116]

Ok, that's a pretty cool post Miss Hann 😎

[@ericwolfe2455]

William was a collaborator amazing artist ... Period. My biggest influence.

[@elizabethhann4028]

He's one of my biggest influences too. Are you a poet? I am; and I wouldn't be a poet if I hadn't read Burroughs and taken him to heart.

[@ericwolfe7673]

Painter writer musician

[@robertafierro5592]

This IS poetry!

[@maxinemckenzie6076]

Surely the 1970 recording would've been recorded in London rather than Paris. Burroughs and Gysin split Paris for Picadilly Circus in 1966.

[@maxinemckenzie6076]

I stand corrected. William and Brion returned to Paris, for a spell, so to speak, in march 1970. This is a great collection of recordings. The "Place of Dead roads" material is darkly comic. Brion's permutation Poems are mind breaking. Thanks for sharing.

[@uncannybeachboys]

Thanks for uploading! One of my favorite Burroughs/Gysin releases.

[@oliverkalamata2753]

*I AM THE TABLE*

[@funkcuntize]

Thank you, a fan

[@elizabethhann4028]

My favorite of all these pieces is probably "[I've] Come To Free The Words." I don't know why - I know perfectly well it wasn't intended - but the more Brion carries on, like "Come to thee *free* , words,/Come to thee words *free* ..." the more it reminds me of (of all the silly old things!) that old 1959 doo-wop ditty "Come Softly To Me", by the Fleetwoods (see here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5OQkmVpl8qCiM0).

[@lautaroromero2311]

thanks for sharing!

[@elizabethhann4028]

@@lautaroromero2311 Well, I'm glad you liked it. Say, haven't I seen you around on this ol' site before? Do you like the Gun Club? Or Mouse & The Traps?

[@sexobscura]

*I am THE ATTIC*

[@thesoulservice]

Lou Reed, is that you?

[@JoseEchoes378]

I AM THE TABLE

[@the_birthday_skeleton]

good grief a d alas.

[@frankandstern8803]

Gysin in his ridiculous exercise . Pointless and pretentious.

[@spotzav5830]

Look who's pretentious trying to define what the approach to art is

[@maxinemckenzie6076]

Pointless for you, certainly.

[@frankandstern8803]

@@maxinemckenzie6076 not certainly but absolutely.

[@noimpostura]

@@frankandstern8803 Keep on studying Robert Frost. At least you could learn to be a nice person.

[@frankandstern8803]

@@noimpostura Truth over feelings any day and every day. Nice person. Give me a break Let's not miss the point.