Thu - July 22, 2004

The Western Lands


Burroughs was considered by several great writers, among them Paul Bowles, as probably the best writer of the last century. Yesterday I focused on what lies behind his writing, in the form of intellectual strategy. Today I want to just relate some of my favorite passages from "The Western Lands."

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Fri - March 26, 2004

Poppy Trail


"Tamaghis ... Ba'dan ... Yas Waddah ... Wagdas ... Naufana ... Ghadis ... it is said that an initiate who wishes to know the answer to any question need only repeat these words as he falls asleep and the answer will come in a dream." (from: "Cities of the Red Night," by William S. Burroughs)

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Sun - November 30, 2003

Stray Shot CD Released


On the night William S. Burroughs died I had a dream about him. In the dream, Burroughs was walking down the hallway in an army barracks, or something like it. He was wearing boxer shorts and a t-shirt. Outside there was a big military transport truck waiting, with a driver in it. I was aware of both the inside scene and outside scene simultaneously, as can happen in dreams when the second attention comes into play. And Burroughs said, “I don’t need a driver. I can drive myself.”

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