Burroughs
Via MeFi, a documentary by Howard Brookner called Burroughs, starring Burroughs, Ginsberg, Patti Smith, and many more of his friends and family. I can’t believe I hadn’t seen it before:
Also, even though I’ve heard it a thousand times, I didn’t realize Bug Powder Dust was Burroughs-inspired, and I had never the video of the original Bomb The Bass version either:
The William S Burroughs wiki entry is quite thorough!
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Tagged: wtf???
To be honest, I haven’t seen the video for the K&D version of Bug Powder Dust, either. If it wasn’t for YouTube, I wouldn’t see the videos for anything, ever.
These lyrics are unintelligible at any speed. If would have figured out this track was straight from Naked Lunch if I could make out that they were singing about mugwump jism!