William S. Burroughs' Life In London

[@friendlier]

I just finished Barry Miles' masterful "London Calling: A Countercultural History of London Since 1945". A riveting book. The amount of cultural and historical detail about a vast range of people and ideas is astonishing. Although Miles is most associated with the London of the mid-60s, I think this book has the best overview of British punk that I've read. Highly recommended.

[@BaedekerBat]

I own every Burroughs’ novel and own/loved reading Call Me Burroughs. Naked Lunch radically changed me as a writer, I read it 3 times, however “And The Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks” is my current favorite.

[@danandersen813]

My favorite book of Burroughs,is Naked Lunch-its so cool,its exitingly cool,the text have no story,but alot of avantgarde funny writing that is undefinable to tell about.anyway iif you havent read it,do!Because its an experience for a lifetime!

[@seanhallahan14]

Miles is a gift and a joy. Wonderful stories of wsb. Sorry to be late to this party. Best & cheers, Sean

[@sekoivu]

Always a pleasure to hear stories about Bill Burroughs, especially from Barry Miles.

[@chadpinkess3019]

Miles' biography of Burroughs was titled "Literary Outlaw"--fascinating read...he also wrote a biography of Somerset Maugham

[@Gefilta]

Ted Morgan’s biography was Literary Outlaw

[@nickwyatt9498]

@@GefiltaTed Morgan deserves a biography of his own - fascinating life. See Wikipedia entry.

[@Jackmonster3231]

Fascinating interview! Love anything Burroughs related!

[@pena.3302]

Wow.."Bill'-wasnt doin junk..but Had a G.P..in london..Whom wrote(*)-Tincture of..T.h.c.'(From Living in Tangiers..via the French qtr.Beat Hotel.bk to The U.k..simply everthing ive read &,imagined..Jst gets more traction..better..not a fan of Miles'per say..but yes Bill.certaintly knew what was happining..Always..wonder if Keef..n W.S.B..ever hooked up..know Mick visited @'The Bunker'Well..if that aint a bluprint/Template of Yes you can still find these places..live in these parts..but kp an eye open too..W.S.Burroughs..still Teaching me(&,others id hv to hope.!)

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love his work!!

[@williamdelong8265]

Got me interested in Orgone energy and changed my life. Radionics has really expanded.

[@system1912]

Thoroughly enjoyed that.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Orgone!! I recall (trying) to buildi “accumulators” in 1990. In Eugene, Oregon a cadre of freaks(Merkin Lounge)started a renaissance of Reich, Burroughs, and Brion Gysons early works. Ours were bastardized versions that had perverse passions increased as well

[@mwmingram]

Fantastic.

[@AntiqueBeatArts]

What a sweetie. Miles that is - Burroughs too!

[@Bytheirfruitsshall]

Don't you mean would you like a sweetie little boy? Why can't people acknowledge pedophilia, and it's consequences ? It's an utterly bizarre brain freeze.

[@davidantonsavage6207]

Excellent stuff. Thanx!

[@angusgus123]

Thanks!

[@kirby711]

Thanx for this so interesting

[@raydavison4288]

Well done!

[@lisakuntzman7834]

Love this. I always wanted to be his young girlfriend back in the 1980's in my late teens.I still adore him he is still so interesting. I always ready Naked Lunch, Junky, and Queer every year. So much love for this man and utmost respect to you for putting this "out there"

[@sherylholland2378]

Yes I always re-read The Cat Inside a few times a year - my holy book!! 🏛🐾🏛 Also The Third Mind written with Gysin.

[@MrResearcher122]

Man says at 1:25: ''He dinned at night, and picked up Piccadilly rent boys, and he lived a proper St James's gentleman life...''

[@Bytheirfruitsshall]

It's called social hypocrisy or moral bankruptcy, take your pick. The Piccadilly meat rack,and btw when he said boys, he meant boy,s, not youth, there was a ring of foster parents who brought boys from the age of 4 to the Wimpey Bar there. If your a inherited wealth wealthy sex tourist, write for left wing indie publications, not only will they stupidly ot see the contradictions of members of the elite class larping as revolutionaries they will be quietly impressed by any degree of child cruelty and modern day slavery and extreme sadism .and mental cruelty towards the vulnerable, .on the part of their heroes. This is why we have monsters amongst us. Brain dead sht eating hero worshippers.

[@chrish8903]

Thanks for posting. Nicely executed video. I like the printed questions as it gives the floor completely to Barry Miles.

[@RobKirbyson14]

Excellent piece. Anyone know when Burroughs met Megson/ Genesis P Orridge?

[@barneyronnie]

P Orridge: No talent freak!

[@BaedekerBat]

Anyone else been to his New Orleans house on the island of Algiers? It’s where he lived when he was writing Junky. The current owners are seriously paranoid and hostile to fans visiting the site. They even grew a palm tree to obstruct the historic placard that reads “BURROUGHS HOUSE” in their yard.

[@susiefairfield7218]

Love you Uncle Bill

[@2yoyodog]

HUH..?...it's not only Miles..it's many of the Brits...the speech pattern...the rhythms..the ups and downs..fade in/fade out...

[@glennhopkins2643]

Denise Pettet

[@squidfartz]

What an absolutely charming clip. Nicely done.

[@saraivatoledo1842]

08:44 " Bullseye ! "

[@Johnconno]

'Well y'know we lived in real squalor, seedy places... Knightsbridge, Chelsea, Duke St. Wouldn't put a dog there...'

[@DenkyManner]

It was a different era, you could get cheap rooms in those places, now you can't get very cheap rooms anywhere, and the cost of living wasn't prohibitive to going out for dinner. London hadn't yet been turned into a ruthless, corrupt, money making machine. He lived where it made sense to because it was affordable. The photographs show a very basic, sparsely furnished set up, he wasn't living in luxury. If it was today he couldn't live in London at all. Decades of corruption, turning a blind eye to Russian, Chinese and Saudi money means nothing is affordable any more as it's all owned by dictators.

[@Bytheirfruitsshall]

@@DenkyManner So morals that would be ... objecting to high rents and the wrong sort of Johnny foreigner. Sadistic pedophile sex tourists? Our sort of people, don't ya know!

[@juliestrom412]

Don't like enough about him to say just saw drugstore cowboy. 🐣

[@Stechamppn]

Living The life of a gentleman he says .yet bumming young boys...I like his writing alot ... but sod hanging about at the end of his partys

[@blablableh724]

But proper gentlemen do not bugger boys.

[@Bevrinton]

One would imagine back in those days it was free love with everyone doing drugs being space cadets for NASA on a one way trip to Pluto partaking in orgies and dickie back rides boring each other new arseholes etc.

[@GavinCrossan]

Yeah right.bollox course he did you think he checked rent boys ages

[@Bevrinton]

@@GavinCrossan probably the 60’s are to blame lots of people were experimenting with drugs , Acid LSD , thinking that they were space cadets for NASA on a one way trip to Pluto , free sex , orgies , sleeping around , girls together , boys together trying to bore each other new arseholes etc .

[@jeromealexandre4162]

I swear Robert frasier had a heroin prescription .

[@paulone805]

I knew a few who did

[@jeromealexandre3391]

@@paulone805 wish I had been one

[@karenwilson9528]

I'm confused. He lived in a rat-infested hotel in Paris but also had enough about him to live the life of a gentleman in London? Having lunch and dinner out in restaurants, hotels and gentleman's clubs every day!

[@ericmaumaryjr8344]

C.I.A. agent... Same as Leary

[@jerzykaltenberg298]

how does that even make sense?