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Dead City Radio (CD)

By: William S. Burroughs (Artist)

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William S. Burroughs Artist Snapshot:

Although William S. Burroughs's main contribution to the arts is as a writer, his experimental approach to literature and his general outlaw lifestyle have proven a huge influence on generations of musicians in various genres. A product of the Beat Generation, Burroughs was a writer who bucked convention in favor of a surrealistic cut-&-paste approach, a concept adopted by many experimental and electronic musicians. Burroughs was also an unabashed drug user and all-around loose cannon, making him a punk icon and inspiration to the likes of Patti Smith, Lou Reed, and Richard Hell. In his later years, he collaborated on spoken-word projects with Nirvana, Sonic Youth, and Tom Waits, among others. Burroughs died in 1997 at the age of 83, but remains one of America's most heralded countercultural figures.

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DISC 1 for Dead City Radio (CD) Album By William S. Burroughs (Artist)
1   William's Welcome
2   Thanksgiving Prayer, A
3   Naked Lunch Excerpts
4   Ah Pook The Destroyer
5   After-Dinner Conversation
6   Kill The Badger
7   New Standard By Which To Measure Infamy
8   Sermon On The Mount 1, The
9   No More Stalins
10   Sermon On The Mount 2, The
11   Scandal At The Jungle Hiltons
12   Sermon On The Mount 3, The
13   Love Your Enemies
14   Dr. Benway's House
15   Apocalypse
16   Lord's Prayer, The
17   Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestel
 

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Q (3/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "..Spoken word albums by celebrated writers are, without exception, a pain in the Bohemia...except this one... akin to having a prefrontal lobotomy without anaesthetic...a spoken word album to justify the existence of all the others."

Title Note

Personnel: William S. Burroughs (spoken vocals); Frank Simms, Dennis Martin, Leslie Miller, Arlene Martel (vocals); Maxine Neumann (cello); Lenny Pickett (clarinet, woodwinds); Tom Varner (French horn); Cheryl Hardwick (piano); Bobby Previte (drums); John Cale, Donald Fagen, Chris Stein, Friedrich Hollander.

Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Rinaldo, Steve Shelly.

Principally recorded at Hairball 3, Lawrence, Kansas.

In 1988, genius producer Hal Willner (best known, perhaps ironically, for his Disney tribute album STAY AWAKE) traveled to Lawrence, Kansas and taped NAKED LUNCH author and Beat Generation legend William Burroughs performing excerpts from his work. He then enlisted the likes of Donald Fagen and Sonic Youth to create accompanying musical collages. To this end he also unearthed Aaron Copland-esque music recorded in the late '40s and '50s for various radio shows by Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra.

The more contemporary backing material is fine, and Burroughs' dry as dust readings sound particularly unsettling when backed by symphonic Americana. Be warned, however, that the album ends with the author cackling his way through a sepulchral German version of Marlene Dietrich's "Falling in Love Again;" it's as creepy a performance as you're likely to hear in a lifetime.

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