by Marcus D. Niski Johnny Strike, St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, May 2010, photo by Gregory Ego Johnny Strike is a longtime Burroughs aficionado, writer, guitarist, and founding member of San Francisco’s proto-punk band Crime. Strike attended one of Burroughs’ renowned Naropa Workshops and later interviewed Burroughs for Headpress 25: Flicker Machine: The William Burroughs Edition….
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The Huncke Connection
Exclusive Interview with Beat Generation Icon Herbert Huncke By Johnny Strike I first traveled to Boulder, Colorado in 1979 to attend a summer course at the Naropa Institute called “Creative Reading.” The teacher was none other than William S. Burroughs. It was a small class of maybe 15 students. Needless to say it was a…