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	Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg reading, including Howl - Brownstein, Michael; Ginsberg, Allen; Waldman, Anne An Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg poetry reading. Waldman reads "Fast Speaking Woman" and other poems. Ginsberg reads "Howl" in its entirety, and other poems. Keywords: New American Poetry; New York School; feminist poetry; beat movement; political poetry Downloads: 30,471 Average rating: (13 reviews)
	Allen Ginsberg performing William Blake. - Ginsberg, Allen A reading by Allen Ginsberg performing William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Songs of Innocence includes: "The Shepherd," "The Echoing Green," "The Lamb," "The Little Black Boy," "The Blossom," "The Chimney Sweeper," "The Little Boy Lost," "The Little Boy Found," "Laughing Song," and "Holy Thursday." Songs of Experience includes: "Nurse's Song," "The Sick Rose," "Ah Sunflower," "The Garden of Love," "London," "The Human Abstract," "To Tirzah" and "The Grey Monk." Keywords: New American Poetry; beat movement; visionary poetry; performance poetry Downloads: 11,008 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	William S. Burroughs workshop, Jack Kerouac Conference - Part 1 - Burroughs, William S. First half of a workshop with William S. Burroughs comparing his works to those of Jack Kerouac, discussing their writing techniques. Burroughs provides biographical information on where the two met and their relationship. He also discusses what it means to be a writer and how many people are not writers even though they claim to be and have published work. Burroughs responds to questions about his relationship with Kerouac, dreams, and his own literary influences... Downloads: 8,667 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	William S. Burroughs class on the technology and ethic of wishing - Part 1 - Burroughs, William S.; Ginsberg, Allen; Waldman, Anne First half of a class by William S. Burroughs on the technology and the ethics of wishing. The discussion includes rules for wishing, the dogma of science, L. Ron Hubbard, The Big Lie, and sympathetic magic. The class also includes a question and answer session covering subjects such as memory, Henry Miller, dreams in writing, and defining the soul. (Continues on 86p002.) Keywords: beat movement, magic and poetry, mysticism and literature, science and literature, consciousness and literature Downloads: 7,664 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	William S. Burroughs lecture on public discourse. - Burroughs, William S.; Ginsberg, Allen A lecture by William S. Burroughs on public discourse, with an introduction by Allen Ginsberg. Topics included are nuclear weapons, disarmament, the Equal Rights Amendment, aliens, dreams, function of the artist, mind-altering drugs, reincarnation, space travel, television, and economics. Keywords: beat generation, literature and the state, technology and literature, literature and society, protest literature Downloads: 6,492 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	On the road: The Jack Kerouac conference, Sam Charters lecture, Jack and jazz, July, 1982. - Charters, Sam Sam Charters lecture on Jack Kerouac and jazz at the Jack Kerouac conference, sponsored by the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. The lecture includes discussions on jazz of the Beat generation, be-bop, Thelonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and a recording of Kerouac and Steve Allen reading "Mexico City blues." Downloads: 5,830 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	William S. Burroughs workshop, Jack Kerouac Conference - Part 2 - Burroughs, William S. Second half of a workshop with William S. Burroughs comparing his works to those of Jack Kerouac, discussing their writing techniques. Burroughs provides biographical information on where the two met and their relationship. He also discusses what it means to be a writer and how many people are not writers even though they claim to be and have published work. Burroughs responds to questions about his relationship with Kerouac, dreams, and his own literary influences... Downloads: 5,243 Average rating: (0 review)
	Allen Ginsberg and Michael McClure reading - Part 1 - Ginsberg, Allen; McClure, Michael First part of a reading by Allen Ginsberg and Michael McClure. Anne Waldman introduces the reading that includes Ginsberg performing "Howl," "A Strange New Cottage in Berkeley," and "Supermarket in California." McClure reads "For the Death of 100 Whales," "Jaguar Skies," and "Dark Brown." (Continued on 76p108.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; beat movement; music and literature Downloads: 5,161 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs class, July, 1984. - Burroughs, William S.; Ginsberg, Allen Allen Ginsberg class with William Burroughs. Ginsberg begins by reading from Burroughs's work, including his book Nova Express. Burroughs arrives and discusses writing techniques, including the idea that "Life is a cut up." He also talks about why he became a writer, Laurie Anderson, rolling drunks, biological warfare, weapons and retreats. The class learns some exercises for observing details while walking down the street. Downloads: 4,960 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Harry Smith Cajun music. - Smith, Harry A compilation of sounds by Harry Smith with chanting, street sounds, singing, poetry, blues, and rock. Includes the Fugs playing, "The Summer of Love," "The Modest Rose," and "Ciao Man." This tape is likely to include sounds made from a microphone hung out of Allen Ginsberg's New York Lower East Side apartment. Keywords: mysticism; consciousness Downloads: 4,637 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	A performance by Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and Steven Taylor - Ginsberg, Allen; Hawkins, Bobbie Louise; Taylor, Steven; Waldman, Anne A performance by Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and Steven Taylor. The recording includes: Ginsberg accompanied by Taylor performing "1948: A Western Ballad," Hawkins's "Middle-Aged Woman Stardust Rap," and Waldman accompanied by Taylor performing "Contra Chant." Also included is an untitled song performed by Taylor. Keywords: New American Poetry; Beat Movement; political poetry; Buddhism; performance poetry; Naropa performance Downloads: 4,619 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	William Burroughs Loka interview. - Burroughs, William S.; Ginsberg, Allen; Waldman, Anne An interview with William S. Burroughs for Loka magazine with additional commentary by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman. The interview covers topics such as government, the New Age movement, identity, biology, cloning, war, escapism, and gurus. Keywords: beat generation, political poetry, activist poetry Downloads: 4,618 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	William S. Burroughs reading. - Burroughs, William S. William S. Burroughs reads from "The Place of Dead Roads" and "The Cat Inside." Keywords: beat movement, experimental writing Downloads: 4,127 Average rating: (0 review)
	William S. Burroughs lecture - Part 1 - Burroughs, William S. First half of a lecture by William S. Burroughs including a tape recorded experiment called "Paranormal Voices," a cut-up experiment of Brion Gysin, experiments with Sommerville, messages from dreams, The Last Words of Dutch Schultz, and phrases of minimal context. Burroughs also discusses Shakespeare, computers, Homer, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, and Carl Jung. Lecture ends with a question and answer session... Downloads: 3,915 Average rating: (0 review)
	Allen Ginsberg class on vividness and close observation in writing - Part 1 - Ginsberg, Allen First half of a class with Allen Ginsberg discussing vividness and close observation in writing, particularly the writers who do it, including Walt Whitman, haiku, Jack Kerouac, Reznikoff, Imagists and William Carlos Williams. Ends with Ginsberg reading a poem that was a partial model for "Howl."(Continues on 86p306B.) Keywords: New American Poetry; beat movement; Buddhism; consciousness and literature Downloads: 3,756 Average rating: (1 review)
	Harry Smith lecture on Native American cosmos. - Smith, Harry Harry Smith describes two Native American ceremonies he witnessed in the early 1940's in the Pacific Northwest. Interspersed with his account of the ceremonies, he discusses tangentially various related topics, including Native American health before the European invasion, Native American sign language, the migration of symbols, misogyny in anthropological accounts of Native American peoples, creation myths, and cosmology. Keywords: spirituality and literature; mysticism Downloads: 3,401 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Jim Carroll reading at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. - Carroll, Jim A reading by Jim Carroll, includes musical perfomances with accompaniment by Steven Taylor, of the Fugs, at the Boulder Museum of Contempary Art (BMoCA). The performance includes Carroll's "Facts," "8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain," "Train Surfing" and "People Who Died." Keywords: New American Poetry; political poetry; music and literature; performance poetry Downloads: 3,303 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Amiri Baraka lecture on revolutionary poetry. - Baraka, Amiri A lecture by Amiri Baraka on the politics of poetics. The lecture ends with a question and answer period covering topics such as jism and jazz, grants in music, whores, hypocrisy, Bob Dylan, and Noam Chomsky. Keywords: New American Poetry; New York School; political poetry; protest poetry; Black Arts Movement Downloads: 3,137 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Harry Smith lecture on the Native American cosmos, July, 1990. - Smith, Harry Harry Smith lecture on mythology and cultural practices in traditional and indigenous cultures. Among other topics, he discusses belief in reincarnation, the ceremonial use of peyote, and creation stories. Downloads: 3,066 Average rating: (1 review)
	Meredith Monk performance, July, 1975. - Monk, Meredith Meredith Monk, composer, singer, director, choreographer, performs Our Lady of Late. Monk's vocals are accompanied by wine glass and percussion. Downloads: 2,992 Average rating: (1 review)
	A reading by Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, and Diane diPrima - Part 2 - diPrima, Diane; Ginsberg, Allen; Waldman, Anne Second half of a reading by Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, and Diane diPrima. Some of the readings included are Ginsberg's "Stay Away from the White House," "Waldman's "Empty Speech" and diPrima reading from "Revolutionary Letters." (Continued from 74p008.) Downloads: 2,965 Average rating: (1 review)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson class. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn A class by Peter Lamborn Wilson including discussion on Hermetic linguistics, Nietzsche's anti-linguistics, The Will to Power, duality, mysticism, John Zerzan's "Elements of Refusal", modernism, avant garde, 17th century poetry, Arthur Rimbaud, Sufi ethnology and linguistics, poet vs. shamans, Plato's cave, and archetypes. Downloads: 2,886 Average rating: (0 review)
	Allen Ginsberg class on American vision - Part 2 - Ginsberg, Allen Second half of a class with Allen Ginsberg discussing the convergence of Walt Whitman and William Blake, negative capability, meditation and clear seeing. Click for first half of Ginsberg's class. Keywords: New American Poetry; beat movement; Buddhism; spirituality and literature Downloads: 2,775 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	William S. Burroughs class on the technology and ethic of wishing - Part 2 - Burroughs, William S.; Ginsberg, Allen; Waldman, Anne Second half of a class by William S. Burroughs on the technology and the ethics of wishing. This half contains additional commentary by Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg. Included is a question and answer session that covers the space shuttle Challenger explosion, lucid dreaming, yoga, feminine energy, DNA, the Dalai Lama, and music. Waldman also discusses the ego, rituals, science and why questions, death, birth, mortality, and the bodhisattva... Downloads: 2,741 Average rating: (1 review)
	William S. Burroughs class on creative reading - Part 1 - Burroughs, William S. First half of a William S. Burroughs lecture on creative reading. The lecture mentions a wide variety of authors, including Alistair Crowley, Paul Bowles, and many others. The class also discusses science fiction, non-fiction, general semantics, scriptwriting, cloning, rotten ectoplasm, and judgment in cut-ups, as well as Burroughs's novel, The Soft Machine. (Continues on 79p044.) Keywords: beat movement, experimental literature, consciousness in literature, reality mapping Downloads: 2,710 Average rating: (0 review)
	Andrei Codrescu lecture, Surrealism and the suggestions of the unconsciousness, July, 1988. - Codrescu, Andrei An Andrei Codrescu lecture on surrealism and the suggestions of the unconsciousness. Codrescu discuses what surrealism is, automatic writing, William S. Burroughs, and cut-ups. Codrescu also reads from his book, The Disappearance of the Outside. The lecture concludes with a question and answer period. Downloads: 2,651 Average rating: (1 review)
	William S. Burroughs lecture - Part 2 - Burroughs, William S. Second half of a lecture by William S. Burroughs including a tape recorded experiment called "Paranormal Voices," a cut-up experiment of Brion Gysin, experiments with Sommerville, messages from dreams, The Last Words of Dutch Schultz, and phrases of minimal context. Burroughs also discusses Shakespeare, computers, Homer, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, and Carl Jung. Lecture ends with a question and answer session... Downloads: 2,640 Average rating: (0 review)
	Harry Smith lecture on the rationality of namelessness. - Smith, Harry Harry Smith discusses Surrealism, liars and poetry, as he spends a good deal of the tape trying to find the poem he wants to read, parody of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Keywords: consciousness and literature; experimental writing; mysticism Downloads: 2,446 Average rating: (0 review)
	William S. Burroughs class on creative reading - Part 1 - Burroughs, William S. First half of a William S. Burroughs lecture on Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and A Short Trip Home, and Stephen King's The Shining. Burroughs also discusses exercises for increasing awareness, books as mental film, codes of conduct, heroes, and the film of Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch. (Continues on 79p040.) Keywords: beat movement, experimental literature, consciousness in literature Downloads: 2,386 Average rating: (0 review)
	Allen Ginsberg class. - Ginsberg, Allen; Whalen, Philip Allen Ginsberg discusses politics, attitude, anxiety, aggression, and nonviolent action. Ginsberg discusses Rainer Maria Rilke with Philip Whalen, reads an improvised poem, asks a student to do the same, then discusses the process. The tape ends with some talk about Naropa's money problems. Keywords: New American Poetry; New York School; West Coast poetry; spiritualism and literature; beat movement; political poetry; protest poetry; Buddhism Downloads: 2,373 Average rating: (1 review)
	William S. Burroughs class on writing sources, July, 1976. - Burroughs, William S. First half of a class with William S. Burroughs discussing various sources for writing, including dreams, voices (external and internal), and cut-up, giving examples from his own work. Burroughs emphasizes the importance of egolessness to the writer and presents his sources as a means to that end. In the course of the discussion, Burroughs airs many of his ideas about consciousness. There are questions and answers halfway through the session.(Continues on 76P021) Downloads: 2,358
	Robert Creeley lecture on eco-poetics, June, 1997. - Creeley, Robert Second half of Robert Creeley lecture on eco-poetics discussing George Herbert and reading "Signs," "Echo's arrow," "Old poems," "Mitch," "Life and death," "Inside my head," "The swan," "The rose" and "The star." (Continued from 97P004) Downloads: 2,199 Average rating: (0 review)
	Allen Ginsberg class on early 20th century French modernism. - Ginsberg, Allen Allen Ginsberg discusses early 20th century French modernism, focusing on the poetry of Guillaume Apollinaire and Jules Laforgue, and the paintings of Paul Cezanne and the Cubists. Keywords: beat movement; protest poetry; literature and society; technology and literature Downloads: 2,109 Average rating: (1 review)
	William S. Burroughs class on creative reading - Burroughs, William S. William S. Burroughs lectures on creative reading, including a discussion about various authors including Joseph Conrad, Denton Welch, Jane Bowles, Brion Gysin, and Julian Jaynes. Burroughs also addresses subjects such as art heroes, hemispheres of the brain, and the training of assasins. Keywords: beat movement, experimental literature, consciousness in literature Downloads: 2,043 Average rating: (0 review)
	Allen Ginsberg class, The history of poetry, part 20, June, 1975. - Ginsberg, Allen A snippet of material that may conclude a class on the history of poetry by Allen Ginsberg, from a class series during the summer of 1975. The recording includes three minutes and six seconds of Ginsberg talking about the morality of William Carlos Williams and the subject of poetry and peception. (Possibly continued from 75P021) Downloads: 2,012
	William Burroughs reading, Art now: A day of contemporary art, July, 1989. - Burroughs, William S. A William S. Burroughs reading compiled from a number of works. Burroughs covers topics from miracles and magic to the Titanic, narcotics, the supernatural and hospitals. Downloads: 2,006 Average rating: (1 review)
	William S. Burroughs class on creative reading - Part 2 - Burroughs, William S. Second half of a William S. Burrough lecture on Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and A Short Trip Home, and Stephen King's The Shining. Burroughs also discusses exercises for increasing awareness, books as mental film, codes of conduct, heroes, and the film of Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch. (Continued from 79p040.) Keywords: beat movement, experimental literature, consciousness in literature Downloads: 1,974 Average rating: (0 review)
	Allen Ginsberg workshop, Jack Kerouac Conference. - Ginsberg, Allen An Allen Ginsberg workshop featuring student poetry readings. There is also a discussion about style and ordinary mind. This workshop took place during the 1982 Jack Kerouac Conference at the Naropa Institute. Keywords: New American Poetry; beat movement; Buddhism; spirituality and literature Downloads: 1,954 Average rating: (1 review)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, June, 1999. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn Second half of a lecture by Peter Lamborn Wilson. This portion of the lecture is a question and answer session discussing topics such as cannabis culture, Native Americans and peyote use, and the Palestinian Liberation Front. (Continued from 99P053) Downloads: 1,865 Average rating: (1 review)
	Harry Smith lecture, 5:00 pm comments, July, 1989. - Smith, Harry A very short excerpt of Harry Smith talking about slam dancing, fans and clocks, and pinhole cameras, Keywords: none Downloads: 1,717 Average rating: (1 review)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, June, 1999. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn First half of a lecture by Peter Lamborn Wilson. Wilson plays a few music CDs followed followed by a discussion of William S. Burroughs's book The Western Lands, Marco Polo, Caliph of Cairo, Mongol raids, Arthur Rimbaud and other topics. (Continues on 99P052) Keywords: none Downloads: 1,688 Average rating: (1 review)
	On the road: The Jack Kerouac conference, Ann Charters workshop, July, 1982. - Charters, Ann First workshop of the Jack Kerouac conference, sponsored by the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Anne Charters (biographer and Kerouac Scholar) tells how Kerouac's books have influenced her and a generation. She goes into detail about his style and the influence he had on her as well as her works. Her main focus is on Kerouac's book On The Road and how the book should be seen as one of the most important American novels. Downloads: 1,658 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Michael McClure reading, July, 1989. - McClure, Michael Second half of a reading with Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, and Michael McClure with musical accompaniment by Steven Taylor. McClure reads "Action philosophy," "Where are the snows of Hollywood?," and other poems. (Continued from 89P162) Downloads: 1,625 Average rating: (0 review)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading, March, 1998. - Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Taylor, Steven; Wilson, Peter Lamborn A Peter Lamborn Wilson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading with Wilson discussing Harry Smith in a talk he calls, "Praying in darkness." Wilson also discusses Chinese shamanism. Ferlinghetti reads with musical accompaniment by Steven Taylor. They perform "The greedy blues" and "The breeding blues," followed by a series of poems. The reading ends with "Are there not still fireflies" and "Rivers of light." Downloads: 1,615 Average rating: (1 review)
	Clark Coolidge jazz lecture, July, 1986. - Coolidge, Clark Second half of a Clark Coolidge lecture about jazz, including a discussion about his musical background accompanied by recordings of old jazz records. (Continued from 86P008) Downloads: 1,609 Average rating: (0 review)
	William S. Burroughs class on creative reading , part 1. - Burroughs, William S. First half of a William S. Burroughs lecture on Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and A Short Trip Home, and Stephen King's The Shining. Burroughs also discusses exercises for increasing awareness, books as mental film, codes of conduct, heroes, and the film of Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch. (Continues on 79p040.) Keywords: beat movement, experimental literature, consciousness in literature Downloads: 1,595
	Boulder Theater Naropa Institute reading. - Coolidge, Clark; Creeley, Robert; Hawkins, Bobbie Louise; Hollo, Anselm A reading at the Boulder Theater by Clark Coolidge and Robert Creeley with introductions by Bobbie Louise Hawkins and Anselm Hollo. The readings include Coolidge's "City in Regard" and Creeley's "So There," "O Max," "Life," "Helsinki Window," "The Seasons" and "Body." (Continues on 91p071.) Keywords: New American Poetry; beat movement; performance poetry Downloads: 1,586 Average rating: (1 review)
	Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, and Amiri Baraka reading with Steven Taylor song performance, July, 1992. - Ginsberg, Allen; Taylor, Steven; Waldman, Anne First half of a poetry reading at Naropa Institute with Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Amiri Baraka, and Steven Taylor performing songs. Ginsberg reads "Howl" and "Footnote to Howl." Taylor sings "The virus will take one in ten" and "As I walked out one morning." Waldman reads "May I speak thus" and other poems. Baraka reads "The mind of the president," "The best kept secret," "Masked angel costume," "Changes Changing," "X," "Funk lore," "I am" and other poems... Downloads: 1,552 Average rating: (1 review)
	Allen Ginsberg class, - Ginsberg, Allen A class in Ed Sanders's "Investigative Poetics" series, led by Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg discusses the contemporary political situation and the way in which political situations do and have interacted with poetry, with specific reference to the FBI, CIA, and Secret Service. Keywords: political poetry Downloads: 1,545 Average rating: (1 review)
	Peter Lamborn Wilson class on hermetic linguistics, July, 1989. - Wilson, Peter Lamborn Second half of a Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture on hermetic linguistics. Wilson discusses schools of thinking based on a mistrust of words, including Nietzsche's anti-linguistics, The Will to Power, and John Zerzan's Elements of Refusal. He looks at modernist and avant-garde poetry as an assault on language. Wilson also discusses mystical approaches to language, including the map of the cosmos with God-letters at the center, the function of the imagination, the ability of words to shatter concepts... Downloads: 1,542 Average rating: (1 review)