Via sloowtapes: During the early '60s Harold Norse was living in Paris at 9 rue Git-le-Coeur, later known as the Beat Hotel. Also living there were William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Gregory Corso, and Sinclair Beiles. All of them experimented with cut prose, a form of collage applied to texts and audiotapes. Norse made the technique totally his own, creating a hallucinogenic, irrational world of bizarre characters. ... At some point Harold bought a tape recorder and recorded himself reading his delirious cut-ups and his translations of … [Read more...]

Words by Heathcote Williams. Narration and montage by Alan Cox. The National Atomic Museum ‘Hiroshima bomb earrings for sale’ Katherine Butler and Fiona Bell, London: The Independent, 6 August, 1999 In the National Atomic Museum At Albuquerque, New Mexico, You can buy souvenirs of ‘Little Boy’, The bomb that demolished Hiroshima, And of ‘Fat Man’, named after the bomb That destroyed Nagasaki three days later. They come from what the Museum Calls its “Exclusive” collection: ‘Little Boy’ earrings in sterling silver … [Read more...]

At 92 / Nanos in his element / his element the world / his world the words / his words a philosopher's. Here's a poem of his -- "Endless Crucifixion" -- from the late-20th century. This is from the entry about him in Wikipedia: Nanos Valaoritis (Greek: Νάνος Βαλαωρίτης; born July 5, 1921) is one of the most distinguished writers in Greece today. He has been widely published as a poet, novelist and playwright since 1939, and his correspondence with George Seferis (Allilographia 1945-1968, Ypsilon, Athens 2004) has been a bestseller. … [Read more...]

Words by Heathcote Williams. Narration and montage by Alan Cox. … [Read more...]

"If this is the literary equivalent of groupies throwing their bras on stage, I'll take it," he says. The author, who goes by the name Supervert, was talking about a nude photo shoot with an "alt" model, which, he was pleased to learn, uses two of his books as a prop. It's not the first time Supervert's books have drawn the attention of adventurous readers. Back in August his Necrophilia Variations was used as more than a prop in a video starring a lovely, smart porn star that went viral from the moment it hit YouTube.When I wrote about … [Read more...]