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Speed and Kentucky Ham
littleorphanammo:
Written by William S. Burroughs Jr., who died at the age of 34, these two stories are essentially frenzied, brutal, electric autobiographies of a fractured, manic man searching for his life amid the heavy history he inherited from all the beats but most notably his father, William S. Burroughs Sr.
Highly Recommended.
I agree with the above. Also, I’m currently stuck...
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seeing is a kind of thinking: Chris Burden on "Bed... →
ranaa:
I’ve thought about this piece for a couple of years. Physically, it resembles the “Bed Piece” [February 18 - March 10, 1972, Market Street Program, Venice, California], but it’s a refinement. In “Bed Piece,” I had a bed put at one end of the room and I stayed there for 22 days. I didn’t…
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Pacifism yes, passivism never. (more keyboard... →
wespennest:
The mythology that Gandhi practiced “pacifism” is part of a larger mythology fed by the state to discourage political activism. Gandhi practiced asymmetry- his tactics were effective because they were diametrically opposed to the previous one hundred years of bombings, assassinations and violence….
NEW YEARS RESOLUTION 2012
wrmiii:
Be even more of a babe than I already am.
Truth.
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