February 5, 1914– William Seward Burroughs II: "A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on." Drugs, gay sex, foreign lands, trouble with authority, and then writing it all down: Chapter headers for my memoir Jockstraps & Vicodin? No, these are the major … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Hustlers of the World, There is One Mark You Cannot Beat: the Mark Inside.” – William S. Burroughs.
1981, photograph by Ulrich Hillebrand via YouTube In 1988, I had acting work in a little film titled Drugstore Cowboy. Everyone, from director Gus Van Sant to the prop-master seemed to be overwhelmed at being in the presence of Burroughs on the set. He gave a really terrific … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “When You Long With All Your Heart for Someone to Love You, a Madness Grows There That Shakes All Sense From the Trees and the Water and the Earth.” – Denton Welch
Here's the entire quote: When you long with all your heart for someone to love you, a madness grows there that shakes all sense from the trees and the water and the earth. And nothing lives for you, except the long deep bitter want. And this is what everyone feels from … [Read more...]
Gather ‘Round Children, It’s Time for William S Burroughs’ Thanksgiving Day prayer
"A Thanksgiving Prayer” by William Burroughs was written over 30 years ago, and deals with issues like AIDS, the war on drugs, cops killing African-Americans, homophobia, and Big Brother. In our new Trumpian world order, it’s as timely today as it was back then. It's not a … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, William S. Burroughs
February 5, 1914- William Seward Burroughs II: “A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.” Drugs, gay sex, foreign lands, trouble with authority and then writing it all down: chapter headers for my memoir Jockstraps & Vicodin? No, these are … [Read more...]
Flashback 1980: William S Burroughs, Andy Warhol, and Nico at the Chelsea Hotel
I just watched the new Word of Wonder doc Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (which premieres at Sundance this week)(and is amazing, btw), and it sent me … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Clive Barker
October 5, 1952- Clive Barker: “I’m a gay man, living an out life for a long time, & it’s tiring & anger-making to hear people continue to spit out the same old dreary cliches about the … [Read more...]
Quote Unquote: Artists On Life & Art
Where do we look for clues to the mysteries of life and art? Politicians? TV pundits? Oprah? (I think, we ask too much of celebrities, some of which, let's face it, are not all that bright...) So, let's see what these artists have said on the subject. I get inspired by these … [Read more...]
#JohnPollySays: 3 True Stories (feat RuPaul, Big Freedia, and Daniel Radcliffe)
The original season of RuPaul's Drag Race is coming back to TV on Monday, September 30! (Applause! Shrieks of joy! Gasps!) Bounce/rap superstar [Read more...]
Flashback 1974: William S Burroughs Endorses Mr Peanut for Mayor
Vincent Trasov, as Mr Peanut, the Planters mascot, ran for mayor in the 1974 Vancouver Civic Election with no less a luminary than Naked Lunch author William S Burroughs stumping for him. He didn't win, of course, despite such auspicious endorsement, but he did get 2,685 votes. … [Read more...]
