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 included Steve Buscemi, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Thurston Moore, John Zorn, DJ Spooky, JG Thirlwell, and many more.
Check out the initial schedule below and you’ll see it also includes Laurie Anderson, who, during her chat with Amanda Stern last week at The Strand, confessed that Burroughs was her biggest early influence, and remains so. “Just because he’s so dark and so funny,” she said. “That’s just an unbeatable skill.” (You can watch the talk in its entirety, above).
The organizers of the WSB100 launched an Indiegogo campaign this week, with perks including a reception with another pioneering performance artist, Lydia Lunch (it’s the closest you’ll ever get to lunching with Lunch!)
Onward to the preliminary schedule:
Anthology Film Archive:
4/1 Tuesday – 4/6 Sunday
Program TBD
4/7 Monday – SVA Theater (program TBD)
The Stone:
4/8 Tuesday 8 pm David Scanlon Solo // 10 pm KILLER BOB
4/9 Wednesday 8 and 10 pm Kenny Wollesen
4/10 Thursday 8 pm James Ilgenfritz // 10 pm Anthony Coleman
4/11 Friday 8 pm INTERZONE–Raha Raissnia and John Zorn 10 pm Trevor Dunn
4/12 Saturday (KM) 8 and 10 pm Laurie Anderson
4/13 Sunday 8 pm Jalal Toufic 10 pm Andrew Lampert
4/14 Monday TBD
4/15 Tuesday 8 pm Object Collection // 10 pm Kenneth Goldsmith
4/16 Wednesday 8 pm VOMIT FIST Nick Didkofsky (guitar) // 10 pm JG
Thirlwell and Sarah Lipstate
4/17 Thursday 8 and 10 pm Thurston Moore
4/18 Friday 8 pm Billy Martin and Trevor Dunn: JUNKY // 10 pm
Hieroglyphic Silence Eyvind Kang (viola)
4/19 Saturday 8 pm John Zorn and Bill Laswell Duo // 10 pm Bill
Laswell–THE ROAD TO THE WESTERN LANDS
4/20 Sunday 8 and 10 pm Hal Willner (tapes) Bill Frisell (guitar)
Eyvind Kang (viola) Lenny Pickett (sax)
Incubator Arts, The Poetry Project, Issue Project Room:
4/21 Monday 8pm, Issue Project Room: Elliott Sharp / Steve Buscemi / Bachir Attar
4/22 Tuesday Incubator: 8pm Bhob Rainey 9:30 Lydia Lunch / Quintan Wikswo
4/23 Wednesday 7-12, The Poetry Project: Reading Marathon (Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Anne Waldman, JG Thirlwell, Steve Dalachinsky, & many many more!)
4/24 Thursday 8 & 9:30, Incubator: Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
4/25 Friday Incubator: 8PM Lea Bertucci / G Lucas Crane 9PM James Ilgenfritz
Anagram Ensemble: ‘Deleted Scenes’
4/26 Saturday Incubator 7pm Ecstacy Mule 8pm Shelley Hirsch 9pm
Ilgenfritz Anagram Ensemble ‘Deleted Scenes’
4/27 Sunday Incubator: 7pm Bob Bellrue 8pm Ilgenfritz Anagram Ensemble ‘Deleted Scenes’