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I can't get through a set of his liner notes without Tylenol. There are some that I still don't understand after reading them many, many times. I think that by the time I could afford them, I bought guitars instead. Also, Forces In Motion was plenty inspiration.

I seem to remember he said that his family signed all the money away. If that's really the case, how did he make a living? Was he a greeter at Wal-Mart? Dang if I know.

The Triaxium Writings and the Composition Notes should be pretty interesting.

I seem to remember he said that his family signed all the money away.

I was under the impression that there wasn't much money left for him. .

I think the legal issues surrounding Naked Lunch might have done a bit for his reputation. He can be pretty funny. He can also be unreadable. .

Laurie Anderson?

So...William S. Burroughs. Whatta ya all think?

Because he's William S. Burroughs. He writes some twisted shit. .

Maybe she gets a bit of legitness from those years of being associated with Burroughs. As if she's some sort of hip Beat poet. I don't think growing a goatee and wearing a beret would even help...it's nice to to see the article stimulated some discussion.

Happy Birthday! Woooah! 30! .

CBGB St. Mark's Shop Closing at the End of June .

He sounds pretty good on Eberhard Webers Stages of a Long Journey. Time for me to go back and listen to the JG in my collection and see what I think today. .

Obviously, this is in the wrong folder. I don't know what I was thinking. This should be in the Artist folder. .

June Taylor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia June Taylor (14 December 1917-16 May 2004) was an American choreographer. Born in Chicago, Taylor was a nightclub dancer until she developed tuberculosis at age 20. She took up choreography, founding, in 1942, her own troupe of dancers, the June Taylor Dancers, and took them on the road. She met Jackie Gleason at a Baltimore nightclub in 1946, and made her television debut in 1948, on The Toast of the Town starring Ed Sullivan, where six of the original dancers appeared as The Toastettes, bringing the chorus line to television. Two years later, she joined Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Stars, and followed him, with sixteen dancers, to The Jackie Gleason Show, where her signature camera shot was the overhead kaleidoscopic Busby Berkeley-type shot of the dancers making geometric patterns. The high-kicking, smiling routines that formed the first three minutes of each broadcast were Broadway-based and reminiscent of The Rockettes. In addition to Gleason's show, the June Taylor Dancers also made appearances at the General Motors "Motorama" auto shows in New York and Boston. mo.

She doesn't have the June Taylor dancers. .

Well..I dugs Spaces and he take on the Rite of Spring is interesting. But other than that...I don't know. I was never terribly impressed. I'd like to be...I'll keep trying. up for discussion again. .

Old sales trick...they're going to check and see if you are!

I'm not familiar with it. .

I get the impression that Allen's Speedos are a few sizes too small.

David, they are my words. If you wrote the same thing I wrote somewhere else, great minds think alike. Otherwise, I'm confused.

Epiphone Recording style B, ca 1929. I've never seen one of these. Looks real modern, in fact.

Wait! Wait! These were my words! I'm reading Allen's comments as ones that are coming from a person who dislikes performers who've gotten in a rut stylistically. I don't agree that was the case with Beefheart, but Anderson's work, to me, reflects this. Again, I may be reading Allen's comments incorrectly, so don't blame him for something I'm saying. R~~ I know they're not your words. Your name isn't Allen.

So how's this going? .

His last album came out in 1982. How the fuck could he be doin' it to death, if he hasn't released any new material in 26 years? Someone remind Allan the 80's are over.