https://realitystudio.org A William S. Burroughs Community Sun, 19 May 2019 16:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-visible-man-a-coffee-table-zine-of-photographs-of-william-s-burroughs/rock-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-777867 Sun, 19 May 2019 16:08:17 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/?page_id=3746#comment-777867 Your point on Patti is noted and one I have heard from more than one reader. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. Be on the look out for a post on a great Patti Smith item where I revisit my Rock Star piece.

]]> https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-visible-man-a-coffee-table-zine-of-photographs-of-william-s-burroughs/rock-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-777813 Sat, 18 May 2019 18:36:31 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/?page_id=3746#comment-777813 Quite harsh judgements here, I think, particularly regarding Patti. I see doting daughterly affection, warmth. (People do give blow jobs out of love, sometimes, on rare occasions. Not all devotion is cloying). Burroughs looks generally disinterested alongside rock stars- Cobain a lost boy in the presence of a diffident, distant grandfather. The Bowie and Jimmy Page pics are not present, very much meetings of equals (and studio shots). Nor is the snap of a Lou Reed, on a visit to The Bunker, who offended William, by Victor Bokris’ account – the forced smiles in this one are quite amusing, when one knows the context. Isn’t Madonna beautiful in the image, radiant. By the 1990s of course, it was required that William Burroughs name be dropped by all and sundry, but by then one could simply watch Drugstore Cowboy and get a handle on the media package of trenchcoat, hat, drugs, deviancy – and, presto, one’s indie band suddenly acquired more gravitas than The Wonder Stuff or similar. Burroughs was a Rock Star himself – his Image preceded him. He has a big hit debut (actually second album), then spends the advance on drugs and other pursuits prohibited by the accepted adult processing, and delivers increasingly experimental follow-ups.

]]> https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-visible-man-a-coffee-table-zine-of-photographs-of-william-s-burroughs/rock-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-776139 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:29:20 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/?page_id=3746#comment-776139 I never think of Genesis as a rock star and to be honest he totally slipped my mind in writing this. It is a good point. There are many photos of Burroughs and Genesis out there. But I see Genesis as a performance artist who works with music. I also think that the fact that Genesis saved, preserved, and put out Burroughs’ audio experiments in Nothing Here Now But the Recordings makes Burroughs as much in Genesis’ debt as the other way around. You cannot say that for too many rock stars if any.

]]> https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-visible-man-a-coffee-table-zine-of-photographs-of-william-s-burroughs/rock-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-776138 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 14:23:04 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/?page_id=3746#comment-776138 Where’s the legendary Genesis P-Orridge in all of this?

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