It’s no wonder February is shaping up to be the perfect time to binge on witchy happenings– the start of the month is marked by…
Listen to Iggy Pop Talk Burroughs and Then Go To William’s 101st Birthday Party
During Friday’s episode of This American Life, Ira Glass confessed that — just like he thought “Shakespeare sucks” — he totally didn’t get William S.…
Blondie Checks Into the Chelsea Hotel For 40th Anniversary Photo Show
In a two-fold celebration of the 40th anniversary of Blondie’s formation and guitarist/co-founder Chris Stein’s photography book release, the Chelsea Hotel Storefront Gallery is hosting…
And Now, Watch Nick Zedd and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Do Burroughs
The William S. Burroughs centenary continued last night with what might’ve been its marquee event — a marathon reading at St. Mark’s Poetry Project. And…
Hear Steve Buscemi Do William S. Burroughs’s Talking Asshole Routine
Turns out, Steve Buscemi does a mean William S. Burroughs. Or so we discovered at Project Issue Room last night when the actor reenacted some of the…
Thurston Moore and Anne Waldman Talked William Burroughs, Then Jammed
So how did Thurston Moore and Anne Waldman observe the centenary of William S. Burroughs last night at The Stone? If you guessed that Waldman,…
Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon Are Playing The Stone (Not Together, Sorry)
The saga of Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon has been back in the news lately (and by “the news,” we mean Pitchfork and…
The Lineup For the William S. Burroughs 100, From Laurie Anderson to Nick Zedd
The WSB100, a month-long celebration of William S. Burroughs’s centenary, just announced that Cinema of Transgression pioneer Nick Zedd has joined a lineup that already…
12 Things You Might Not Have Known About William S. Burroughs, Per His Biographer
A week before a 100th birthday concert for William S. Burroughs, Barry Miles, author of the new biography Call Me Burroughs, dropped by The Strand to talk about…
Help Make This Documentary About Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Spiritual Wife’ a Reality
While we honor the 100th birthday of William S. Burroughs and mourn the loss of Amiri Baraka, one of their old colleagues, Anne Waldman, will be celebrated in…