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1997-08-05 01:32john/bergmayer (idm) godfather of punk:dead (fwd)
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1997-08-05 01:32john/bergmayerto show that burroughs has influenced every subculture, here is a message from alt.punk. >
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(idm) godfather of punk:dead (fwd)
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to show that burroughs has influenced every subculture, here is a message from alt.punk.
quoted 13 lines i first encountered william s burroughs's writings when i was in junior>i first encountered william s burroughs's writings when i was in junior >high. my reaction to naked lunch was KNOWING that print was still a >valid medium that could evolve and provoke, and that i had to write. his >books provide a blueprint for a new approach to fiction art creativity >and life that it is up to us to realize in the twentieth century. >godfather of punk >comissioner of sewers >old bull lee >agent lee >uncle bill >william s. burroughs >a true nonconformist and at least a century ahead of his time. >"the hole in the ground is the end"-- lenny bruce.