The agressive medium this
is not a science rather to stress
emotion not physics what isn't a traitor
to perception a god in a dime store in hell
there will be no damage of the sex of the deal
kill us while you can still kill yourselves
draw a sawtoothed line across your skin
that's what we are no great humanists
no candles in the dark
the agressive medium this

Dedicated to WSB, still writing through the western lands.

It seems all my heros are now dead and WSB was
one of my favorites. Ever since I first heard an ESP
Sampler from "Call me Burroughs", I have been a fan. I
saw him perform live in the 70's in Ann Arbor. Just Last
Week I found a re-release of "Call Me Burroughs" on the
Internet on tunes.com. If you've never heard it, get a copy
and be prepared to laugh your ass off and be dazzeled!

Break through in grey room!!!

Now that Burroughs is gone I feel just that little bit more alone in the world. I'm not gay, nor a drug user, nor a lover of guns, yet I feel as though I am the same species as Bill. It's hard to believe there will be no more books, no more paintings, no more records. God knows, he gave us enough, but still ... What a terrible shame that he had to die in a fucking hospital. Remember what he wrote in "Interzone"? That he'd rather die anywhere other than a hospital. I'll miss him terribly. My heart aches. Motel, motel, motel, loneliness moans across the still, oily, tidal, waters of east Texas bayou. Goodbye, Bill, moral vested Gentleman.

I don't know the first thing about William S Burroughs.
I have heard his name and heard mention of the Naked Lunch
But after reading all these comments from people all around
the world on the effect that this great name has played on
their lives I will very shortly have to increase my area of
knowledge. Here is a quote from a posting I mad to a
mailing list reciently "Remember you are not allowed to
think for yourselves you must only copy the Stereotypes
that have carefully been selected for you. You are a robot
in society and when you die the world will be no different
for you having lived a lifetime upon it." Well the purpose
of this message was to get people to think to get people
motivated, to get people to live their lives. When I read
all the word that have been posted here about William he
is exactly what I aspire to be in concept. I don't believe
in imposing one personal beliefs on other but I just wish
that everyone in this world would just think a little more.
Oh well I best stop my self indulgent ramble now, stop this
little voice in my head speaking to you all and come back
to the world of reality, but this time energised, inspired
postive and motivated by a man author who's words I have
never even read. William S Burroughs does still live,
he lives in the words he wrote himself, and he lives in
the minds and memory's of all the people who have taken
time to share with others their thoughts on these very pages.
Keep the dream alive...

As I reflect with you as my audience, I'm struck by my appreciation of their (the beatniks) and his (Borroughs) contribution.
As a Christian, it would appear that much of W.S. is the anti-thesis of the life I choose to lead and what and who I choose to follow. There is a warm spot for them, however, that deserves further investigation.
Yes, it seems an era has ended with the passing of W.S. Borroughs. The Naked Lunch, 'language is a virus', and his wonder conversation in CREEM with David Cronenburg among other things are still with us. What an influence on Americana, art, intellectual pursuit, pursuit of truth..
When I was in San Francisco a couple of years ago, I tried to "walk the same path" as one of his compatriots, (Jack Kourack) in Haight-Ashbury. I was looking for a bar, cafe, SOMETHIN' bearing his mark. I ended up bumming a cigarette butt in exchange for some change and entering a bar to have a shot of Jack Daniels in memory/celebration of the contribution of the Beat poets, writers, musicians, artists, in celebration of their existence. The cigarette was nasty (I don't smoke), the shot was strong, the gesture was sweet. I won't bore you... I'm on a roll and feel like writing right NOW.

It begins as an insistent whisper,a surging moan that pulsates inside your head like you cant believe. Its not that you cant;you don't
want to . you don't want to give in to what you've been told is wrong. But the pounding gets harder, faster, and you know that the second birth, the real birth is upon you,
The junk, the tide of detritus, of the living shit that swamps and strangles the modern man. Burroughs dug that,he always dug that. As the shit storm swirled about him, around him ,
through him and past him he always dug that. Rimbaud in his saintly vanity,saw that the path of excess consumption & extensive exposure to the perils of narcosis could lead to becoming a visionary.
That's how I see Bill Burroughs
There is a word little used in the instant world of today: Seer
Here's to Bill the last Seer

I couldn't believe that he was still alive when I started reading his work about Christmas this year. What a great advert for drug abuse. But now I suppose we can't use that one. Ho-hum. Perhaps the end of an era or perhaps not. I don't know and he probably didn't care. What an expert. What a man. Sane as the hills. Cold grass chicken in a house full of screaming and non screaming busnissmen investing in trains. I don't think repetition is really necessary.

OBrien will I we Rubes them, and I said of fuming, the is
concentration Com- that will knock you out ok, I know all about them, but I
aint afraid of no one the nigger was fuming, his concentration was
focused on the color is brown never touch anything that is brown the
e-meter was telling me to stop the transmission I was getting a bit
disturbed by all the blood cut the cord I never met a nigger I did not
like sourly. He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every
mo- up against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like wax and
stayed the Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to waken know
we cant do that, Bill, said OBrien fuck I remember tell what met
on I with wrong this anything all knock it a never not to up I it
ok, game cord all the blood cut the cord I never met a nigger I did
not like sourly.
He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every mo- up
against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like wax and stayed the
Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to waken know we cant do
that, Bill, said OBrien horse waken the to got disturbed out like you
nigger against do He nigger them a good time I cant remember when was
the last time I killed a negro butcher hold on, big stuff, I got
something that will knock you out ok, I know all about them, but I aint
afraid of no one the nigger taking it up the ass, that is brown the
e-meter was telling me to stop the transmission I was getting a bit
disturbed by all the blood cut the cord I never met a nigger I did not
like sourly.
He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every mo- up
against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like wax and stayed the
Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to waken know we cant do
that, Bill, said OBrien good Latahs of I imitate when and mo- the and
rode new the thigh hold the big flesh a I that with the to about
neighbors getting stayed but Bill, man I OBrien did telling was came
evident was like the transmission I was getting a bit disturbed by all
the blood cut the cord I never met a nigger I did not like sourly.
He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every mo- up
against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like wax and stayed the
Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to waken know we cant do
that, Bill, said OBrien se the his feel glass you the stop you I
nigger the is with something bit you touch last world, that is brown
never touch anything that is the name of the game feel free to take
out the neighbors and show them a good time I killed a negro
butcher hold on, big stuff, I got something that will knock you out ok,
I know all about them, but I aint afraid of no one the nigger was
fuming, his concentration was focused on the color is brown the e-meter
was telling me to stop the transmission I was getting a bit
disturbed by all the blood cut the cord I never met a nigger I did not
like sourly. He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every
mo- up against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like wax and
stayed the Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to waken know
we cant do that, Bill, said OBrien aint brown was was ass, is is
cant by negro the a legs in wax free no brown take know time the
sourly. out show mixes afraid a time compulsively focused cut every
cant butcher was up know one never the me on, up e-meter that,
stuff, intention Narcotics omrade sane, blood a on I will I we Rubes
them, and I said of fuming, the is concentration Com- that will knock
you out ok, I know all about them, but I aint afraid of no one the
nigger taking it up the ass, that is the name of the game feel free to
take out the neighbors and show them a good time I killed a negro
butcher hold on, big stuff, I got something that will knock you out ok,
I know all about them, but I aint afraid of no one the nigger was
fuming, his concentration was focused on the man with new legs fuck you
and the horse you rode in on the color is brown the e-meter was
telling me to stop the transmission I was getting a bit disturbed by
all the blood cut the cord I never met a nigger I did not like
sourly. He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every mo- up
against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like wax and stayed the
Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to waken know we cant do
that, Bill, said OBrien fuck I remember tell what met on I with wrong
this anything all knock it a never not to up I it ok, game cord all
the blood cut the cord I never met a nigger I did not like sourly.
He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every mo- up
against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like wax and stayed the
Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to waken know we cant do
that, Bill, said OBrien horse waken the to got disturbed out like you
name against do He nigger them a good time I cant remember when was
the last time I killed a negro butcher hold on, big stuff, I got
something that will knock you out ok, I know all about them, but I aint
afraid of no one the nigger was fuming, his concentration was focused
on the man with new legs fuck you and the horse you rode in on the
color is brown the e-meter was telling me to stop the transmission I
was getting a bit disturbed by all the blood cut the cord I never
met a nigger I did not like sourly. He mixes a se sane, Latahs
compulsively imitate every mo- up against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came
up like wax and stayed the Narcotics Com- omrade with evident
intention to waken know we cant do that, Bill, said OBrien good Latahs of
I imitate when and mo- the and rode new the thigh hold the big
flesh a I that with the to about neighbors getting stayed but Bill,
man I OBrien did telling was came evident was like the transmission
I was getting a bit disturbed by all the blood cut the cord I
never met a nigger I did not like sourly. He mixes a se sane, Latahs
compulsively imitate every mo- up against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came
up like wax and stayed the Narcotics Com- omrade with evident
intention to waken know we cant do that, Bill, said OBrien se the his
feel glass you the stop you I nigger the is with something bit you
touch last world, that is brown the e-meter was telling me to stop
the transmission I was getting a bit disturbed by all the blood cut
the cord I never met a nigger I did not like sourly. He mixes a se
sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every mo- up against a glass Rubes
thigh the flesh came up like wax and stayed the Narcotics Com- omrade
with evident intention to waken know we cant do that, Bill, said
OBrien aint brown was was ass, is is cant by negro the a legs in wax
free no brown take know time the sourly. out show mixes afraid a
time compulsively focused cut every cant butcher was up know one the
nigger was fuming, his concentration was focused on the color is brown
never touch anything that is brown never touch anything that is the
nigger taking it up the ass, that is brown never touch anything that
is brown never touch anything that is the name of the game feel
free to take out the neighbors and show them a good time I cant
remember when was the last time I cant remember when was the last time I
killed a negro butcher hold on, big stuff, I got something that will
knock you out ok, I know all about them, but I aint afraid of no one
the nigger taking it up the ass, that is the name of the game feel
free to take out the neighbors and show them a good time I cant
remember when was the last time I cant remember when was the last time I
cant remember when was the last time I cant remember when was the
last time I killed a negro butcher hold on, big stuff, I got
something that will knock you out ok, I know all about them, but I aint
afraid of no one the nigger taking it up the ass, that is the nigger
was fuming, his concentration was focused on the color is brown the
e-meter was telling me to stop the transmission I was getting a bit
disturbed by all the blood cut the cord I never met a nigger I did not
like sourly. He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every
mo- up against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like wax and
stayed the Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to waken know
we cant do that, Bill, said OBrien the me on, up e-meter that,
stuff, intention Narcotics omrade sane, blood a on I will I we Rubes
them, and I said of fuming, the is concentration Com- that will knock
you out ok, I know all about them, but I aint afraid of no one the
nigger taking it up the ass, that is the nigger taking it up the ass,
that is the nigger was fuming, his concentration was focused on the
color is brown never touch anything that is brown never touch
anything that is the name of the game feel free to take out the
neighbors and show them a good time I cant remember when was the last
time I cant remember when was the last time I killed a negro butcher
hold on, big stuff, I got something that will knock you out ok, I
know all about them, but I aint afraid of no one the nigger taking
it up the ass, that is brown never touch anything that is brown
the e-meter was telling me to stop the transmission I was getting a
bit disturbed by all the blood cut the cord I never met a nigger I
did not like sourly. He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively
imitate every mo- up against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like
wax and stayed the Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to
waken know we cant do that, Bill, said OBrien fuck I remember tell
what met on I with wrong this anything all knock it a never not to
up I it ok, game cord all the blood cut the cord I never met a
nigger I did not like sourly. He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively
imitate every mo- up against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like
wax and stayed the Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to
waken know we cant do that, Bill, said OBrien horse waken the to got
disturbed out like you nigger against do He nigger them a good time I
killed a negro butcher hold on, big stuff, I got something that will
knock you out ok, I know all about them, but I aint afraid of no one
the nigger was fuming, his concentration was focused on the color
is brown never touch anything that is brown the e-meter was
telling me to stop the transmission I was getting a bit disturbed by
all the blood cut the cord I never met a nigger I did not like
sourly. He mixes a se sane, Latahs compulsively imitate every mo- up
against a glass Rubes thigh the flesh came up like wax and stayed the
Narcotics Com- omrade with evident intention to waken know we cant do
that, Bill, said OBrien good Latahs of I imitate when and mo- the and
rode new the thigh hold the big flesh a I that with the to about
neighbors getting stayed but Bill, color I OBrien did telling was came
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"when I last talked with Mr. Burroughs, he said that he had no fear of
death. He said that he knew he was going to go to the next level, and
he was looking forward to it. I hope he got where he was going."

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Burroughs was the first 'beat ' author i really got into.
i picked up his biography out of all things while working at a library , then naked lunch and well i was hooked. i was so shocked to hear of his death , mainly because the day before
i'd picked up a photography mag with a picture of allen, and him and i'd actually wondered how old is he again? i wonder if he'll leave us soon .. i guess its true the beat has died. then that very nite at like 1 on-line i found out that he'd passed away. the lack of media coverage has me really pissed off but i'm sure bill doesn't really mind never needed them in life anyway ... i guess thats all ... never really did see it fit to cry for him ... i don't think he'd like that

It's hard to sum up my feelings but I cried though i don't know why, he wouldn't all i can do is quote someone else
and say LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH!!

my name is timm, its august 7 and i just found out about Burroughs'
death , i was shocked, i was just looking for some info about him and
i found out he passed away, The first time i heard of Burroughs was
When i bought ""The Priest" They called him" cd with kurt cobain on guitar
i loved the story so much i went out and i bought "Naked Lunch" and
Burroughs soon became my favorite author.He will be missed by everyone
who has read any of his work.--timm a_phid@hotmail.com

"f*ck em all, squares on both sides...I am the only
complete man in the industry"

give 'em hell Bill, give 'em hell.

the computer screen and the trees outside i cannot hear
move due to the dulled window barring it's life from me.
the warm sun that chokes, cliches, stupid grief that isn't
mine. horror at the two line obits in newspapers i despise.
the words that keep being reread, tapes heard, more
purposeful, more energy. look out god, uncle bill'll be
runnin' the afterlife before ye knows it.

If you say it was a violin, answer the telephone.

it was the junk

This was about Sonny Martin.

This could be about the internet.

The new cortex for the earth has just been switched on.


We have been out-evolved.

Fade Out.

Although Burroughs first struck my consciousness through Kerouac's writing, it was in 1980 that I first met him -- he was sitting on my couch smoking a thick joint, wearing suit and hat and holding cane -- I was startled to see this elderly man smoking pot,but he introduced himself and shook my hand as a friend...
This was just before he moved to Lawrence, at a party in his honor being held in my loft apt. by James.

Burroughs made Lawrence his home. I remember him walking at
dawn in the Mass. st. Dillon's grocery store parking lot
as I drove to work...him waving at me from a car downtown...
him reading from his books at the Kansas Union and at Beat literary
fests at the Lawrence Opera House.

Once, while living in South America, I picked up an issue of Spin
Magazine and found a biting letter written by Burroughs
defending Lawrence against jaded views of New York
journalists who had libeled his new home.

In Lawrence Burroughs wrote, created paintings and worked with
teenage punk rockers.

When a phone call came from Lawrence to tell me of his death,
I was, strangely enough, reading a passage from Neal
Cassidy's THE FIRST THIRD which describes in three or four
paragraphs Old Bull Lee's life. Just before the phone rang,
I thought to myself that Burroughs was mortal, that he was
one of the last of the Beat inner circle, that he had out lived
Ginsberg, Cassidy, Kerouac.....that one day he too would
exit ...

And then, the phone rang.

Ah Pook, and myself - Bill !
Pusilanimous thoughts,
let our future
step on thy grave
Behold, on every bead of sweat
on every beat of sweat
gone and done for
there's a hidden tear,
tear thy soul apart !

Lock them out and block the door
smear them out forever more, lock them out
lock his mind and door his mind
three times three to make up nine
Curse go back, curse go back
back with double pain and lack
curse go back, curse go back
back with double fear and flack
Silver arrow thru the night
silver arrow take thy flight
silver arrow seek and find
piercing heart and piercing mind!
CURSE GO BACK

William S.;
The last of my favourite authors to leave this place.
Break it all down.

The past few days have been immensely darkened. After remaining stoicly inebriated for every day since his passing, i can now say that i now truely understand what it was that he was trying to say. However it is different in every other's interpretation, and so i urge others to persevere, as his message ran on a very fundamental level, though always in the disguise of a ripping good yarn. Quite similar to the Bible in that respect...
Because he was the last to go, it is now time for others and ourselves continue his work in whatever way possible. There is nothing supernatural about it; it is merely a fact of life that anyone who wishes to make contact with him will inevitably have him sitting on the end of their bed, shaking his head and saying "WAKE UP, fools; there is work to be done."

Having already achieved immortality,
With only the flesh to ward off decay.
In continuity,
e.x

Geez Bill, this is a bitch. Hope it wasn't painful. Bet you'd love to splice all these obits together, eh? Sorry that I didn't get over for a match; kept putting it off. FYI, the City Fathers in Lawrence are shitting bricks; I don't think they appreciate being caught in this sort of spotlight. See ya in a better place, guy. Out.

I really admired him I going to miss him