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Spare Ass Annie & Other Tales (CD)

By: William S. Burroughs (Artist)
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DISC 1 for Spare Ass Annie & Other Tales (CD) Album By William S. Burroughs (Artist)
1   Interlude 1 (Wrinkled Earlobes Are A Sign Of Impending Heartattacks)
2   Spare Ass Annie
3   Interlude 2 (This Is Insane)
4   Last Words Of Dutch Schultz, The (This Is Insane)
5   Interlude 3 (The Vultures Are Gone And Will Never Come Back)
6   Mildred Pierce Reporting (Old Sarge)
7   Dr. Benway Operates
8   Warning To Young Couples (Huntsmen's Hounds)
9   Did I Ever Tell You About The Man That Taught His Asshole To Talk?
10   Last Words With Ras I. Zulu
11   One God Universe, A
12   Interlude 4 (Fletch Is Here)
13   Junky's Christmas, The
14   Words Of Advice For Young People
15   Last Words With Michael Franti
 
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Entertainment Weekly (11/5/93, p.70) - "...The NAKED LUNCH author supplies the surreal soundbites, while hip-hop duo, the Disposable Heroes Hiphoprisy provide the snappy sonic backdrop...the result is a highly listenable collaboration..." - Rating: B+
NME (Magazine) (10/30/93, p.30) - 8 - Excellent - "...a weird and entertaining mix of styles that works like a charm...."

Title Note

Personnel: William S. Burroughs, Ras I. Zulu, Vaughn Martinian (spoken vocals); Zoe L. Ellis (vocals); Michael Franti (guitar, bass, percussion programming); Charlie Hunter (guitar, bass); Ralph Carney (tenor saxophone); Peter Scaturro (Hammond B-3 organ, Synclavier programming); Rono Tse, Hal Wilner (programming).

Producers: Hal Willner, Michael Franti, Rono Tse, Nelson Lyon.

Engineers: Hall Willner, Brad Murphy, Peter Scatturo.

Recorded at Hairball 3 Studio and Red House Studio, Lawrence, Kansas; Multron Studios, San Francisco, California.

Producer Hal Willner, who in the past has produced off-beat tribute albums to the likes of Thelonius Monk, Kurt Weill, and even Disney songwriters, collaborates again here, as on the earlier DEAD MAN'S RADIO, with Beat legend William S. Burroughs. Burroughs' dusty, sandpaper-dry readings from several of his works, including NOVA EXPRESS, are augmented with a combination of hip-hop tracks and found music, such as schmaltzy orchestral pop from the '50s, cheesy synthesizer versions of Bach airs, and Christmas carols.

The (intentional) effect is an aural equivalent of the cut-up writing style Burroughs pioneered. Pick hit: "Did I Ever Tell You About the Man That Taught His Asshole to Talk," a hallucinatory shaggy dog monologue that's one of the highlights of his most famous work, NAKED LUNCH.

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