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Review: The Ugly Spirit, by Steven La Vey

Posted by David S. Wills | Dec 29, 2015 | Reviews

Steven La Vey’s The Ugly Spirit begins with a quote from William S. Burroughs, who also coined the...

Posted by GK Stritch | Nov 7, 2015 | Reviews

I work a solitary Burroughs-type job where I don’t do anything much but look out a window. I can’t...

Posted by David S. Wills | Sep 2, 2015 | Reviews

Larry Beckett is generally best-known as a songwriter, yet probably better known to Beatdom...

Posted by David S. Wills | Apr 27, 2015 | Reviews

In 2013 I was asked to review a book called The Stray Bullet, about William S. Burroughs’ years in...

Posted by GK Stritch | Sep 28, 2014 | Reviews

“Basie’s stuff means something.” i Jack Kerouac, Horace Mann Record Good Morning Blues: The...

From Albion to Shangri-La consists of collected excerpts from Peter Doherty’s journals, circa 2008...

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 13, 2014 | Reviews

In 1959, the painter, Brion Gysin, “accidentally” cut through a pile of newspapers with a Stanley...

Posted by GK Stritch | May 1, 2014 | Reviews

“I want to be considered a jazz poet . . .” i Don’t miss Mark Murphy’s 1981 recording “Bop for...