An excerpt from draft 5 (Crab Nebula) of Andre Perkowski’s eternally changing and shifting film, “NOVA EXPRESS” based on the writings of William S. Burroughs.
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BRION GYSIN EXHIBITION – Dreamachine Opens at New Museum
by Red Cell Brion Gysin Dreamachine 7 July – 3 October 2010 New Museum – NYC From the New Museum’s Press Release: The New Museum will present “Brion Gysin: Dream Machine,” the first US retrospective of the work of the painter, performer, poet, and writer Brion Gysin (born 1916, Taplow, UK–died 1986, Paris). Working simultaneously [...]
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Full Story »BILL MURRAY READS POETRY – To Construction Workers
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Full Story »BROADSHIRT – Phyllis Segura’s Wearable Magazine
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Full Story »UNEARTHING — Alan Moore, Mike Patton, Justin Broadrick
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Full Story »UM, LONNIE? — Episode One
That’s right kids! clawdeuS offers up a web comic like none you’ve ever seen before. Behold the tales of Lonnie the Lot Lizard: Pillow Talk from Truck Stops!
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Full Story »ALAN WATTS INTERVIEWS BERTRAND RUSSELL – Plus Remix Video
Amazing interview of British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist and social critic, Bertrand Russell by British philosopher, writer, speaker and counter culture icon, Alan Watts.
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Full Story »THE COMING INSURRECTION – The Invisible Committee
The insurrection is coming! The insurrection is coming! The insurrection is…probably not actually coming.
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