jmcmichael

Daily Euphony

Material - Words of Advice (for young and old)
from the album Hallucination Engine

Beat novelist, painter, social critic, heroin afficionado, marijiana afficionado, yage afficionado, St. Louis native son William S. Burroughs offers a few words of advice for young and old. Includes some gems such as:

If, after having been exposed to someone’s presence, you feel as if you’d lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence.

and

Now some of you may encounter the Devil’s Bargain, if you get that far. Any old soul is worth saving, at least to a priest. But not every soul is worth buying. So you can take the offer as a compliment. He tries the easy ones first. You know like money, all the money there is. But who wants to be the richest guy in some cemetery?

If you like surrealistic spoken word pieces supported by a laid back, groovy beat, check out October 8th’s Daily Euphony featuring Kris Kristofferson and Was Not (Was).