William S. Burroughs Junkies, Get Ready For the Ultimate Fix
Young Burroughs with old Ginsberg. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) Don’t expect him to trend on Twitter or anything, but William S. Burroughs might at least be the stuff of party chatter in the coming months,...
View ArticleHelp Make This Documentary About Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Spiritual Wife’ a Reality
While we honor the 100th birthday of William S. Burroughs and mourn the loss of Amiri Baraka, one of their old colleagues, Anne Waldman, will be celebrated in an forthcoming documentary. But the...
View ArticleAt a 100th Birthday Reading of Sun Ra’s Lost Works, Space Was the Place
Phast Phreddie doing his saxophone thing. (Photo: Nicole Disser) William S. Burroughs isn’t the only counterculture deity being feted with a centenial. The late Sun Ra would have been about a month shy...
View ArticleSt. Mark’s Poetry Project Announces Lineup For Its 41st New Year’s Marathon
(Photo: Ted Roeder for St. Mark’s Poetry Project) In case you couldn’t tell from all those “best of” lists, 2014 is just about dunzo, which means it’s time to clear New Year’s Day for the St. Mark’s...
View ArticleEnter This Fever-Dream Dance Melding Andy Warhol and Lana Del Rey
The Feath3r Theory. Photo: epfalck | Effyography What’s it like to step into another person’s fever dream…if that person has been obsessed with Andy Warhol since childhood? That’s the premise behind...
View ArticleTibet House and Poetry Project Announce Lineups For Their Annual Blowouts
Two long-standing annual fundraisers make for a constellation of downtown superstars; this year’s lineups are impressive as ever. New Year’s Day Marathon at The Poetry Project January 1, 3pm to January...
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