Tag Archives: Germany
Gallery-Going with W.S.B.
Another post celebrating the William S. Burroughs centenary, this video is a fascinating document of the man himself visiting a gallery show of his own paintings on paper at Galerie Waschsalon in Frankfurt, Germany. Here, we see Burroughs accompanied by Udo Breger and Burrough’s man Friday, James Grauerholz. Breger is a writer and publisher who [...]
Posted in Art, Counter Culture
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Frankfurt, Galerie Waschsalon, gallery, Germany, James Grauerholz, John Giorno, painting, Udo Breger, William S. Burroughs
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Straight, No Chaser at 25
Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser is one of my most important movies. The documentary was released 25 years ago in 1989. I saw it when I was a junior in college in the early 1990′s. The film assembles German television footage from the late 1960′s, ties it together with contemporaneous interviews and even includes a [...]
Posted in Music
Tagged be-bop, Beat, big band, Bob Dylan, Clint Eastwood, composer, Elvis, Germany, sax, Straight No Chaser, The Beatles, Thelonious Monk
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