Dead City Radio
Studio album by William S. Burroughs
Released	1990
Recorded	December 1988-June 1989
Genre	Avant-garde/Experimental/spoken word
Label	Island Records
Producer(s)	Hal Willner, Nelson Lyon

Dead City Radio is a musical album by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, which was released by Island Records in 1990. Download high resolution version (724x704, 126 KB) This is an album cover. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... William Seward Burroughs II (pronounced ) (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. ... This article is about the year. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... Spoken word is a form of music or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Island Records was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall but moved to the UK in May 1962. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Hal Willner (born 1957, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a music producer working in recording, Films, TV and live events. ... History Dead City Radio is a five-piece Scottish-Canadian pop-rock band. ... The term Beat Generation refers primarily to a group of American writers of the 1950s. ... William Seward Burroughs II (pronounced ) (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. ... Island Records was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall but moved to the UK in May 1962. ...

The CD is a collection of readings by Burroughs set to a broad range of musical compositions. It was produced by Hal Willner and Nelson Lyon, with musical accompaniment from John Cale, Donald Fagen, Lenny Pickett, Chris Stein, and alternative rock band Sonic Youth, among others. Although not Burroughs' first album -- he released his first spoken world album, Call Me Burroughs in the 1960s and was a fixture on the Giorno Poetry Systems collections of the 1970s and 1980s -- this was the first release to receive wide public attention. Hal Willner (born 1957, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a music producer working in recording, Films, TV and live events. ... John Davies Cale (born December 4, 1942) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. ... Fagen on the cover of his 1982 solo album The Nightfly Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an American musician and songwriter who is best known as co-writer and co-founder of the jazz rock band Steely Dan. ... Chris Stein (born January 5, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York) is co-founder and guitar player in the popular group Blondie [1]. He was diagnosed with a rare and usually fatal genetics disease called Pemphigus in 1983. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music[1] (also simply called alternative) were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands on independent record labels that didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Sonic Youth is a rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Founded in 1965, Giorno Poetry Systems was an American artist collective and non-profit organisation founded by poet and performance artist John Giorno with the direct aim to connect poetry and related art forms to a larger audience using innovative ideas, such as communication technology, audiovisual materials and techniques. ...

Most of the recordings of Burroughs readings were made at his home in Lawrence, Kansas between December 12 and 15 1988, with further recordings taking place on June 24, 1989. The music was added at a later date. During these sessions Burroughs was captured singing the German standard "Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt" (Falling in Love Again), a song associated with Marlene Dietrich. This recording (possibly the only known recording of Burroughs actually singing) was included as a bonus track. The Douglas County Courthouse anchors the south end of Lawrences downtown. ... Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German-born actress, entertainer and singer. ...

The material performed by Burroughs on the album included excerpts from some of his famous works such as Naked Lunch, as well as a couple of items from his 1989 short story collection Tornado Alley. A music video was created Burroughs' reading of "A Thanksgiving Prayer" (a poem from Tornado Alley); the reading (like the book from which it came) is dedicated to John Dillinger. Naked Lunch (alternately titled The Naked Lunch in some editions) is a novel by William S. Burroughs. ... 1989 paperback edition by Cherry Valley Editions. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... John Dillinger John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber, considered by some to be a dangerous criminal, while others idealized him as a latter-day Robin Hood. ...

Several tracks include Burroughs discussing elements of Christianity and The Bible. Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ... The Bible (From Greek βιβλια—biblia, meaning books, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported papyrus) is the sacred scripture of Christianity. ...

The track "Ah Pook the Destroyer" was later used as the soundtrack for the acclaimed animated short film Ah Pook is Here.

A few years later, Burroughs would record another spoken word/musical collaboration, Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales.

Track listing

1. William's Welcome (What Are You Here For?)
2. A Thanksgiving Prayer
3. Naked Lunch Excerpts (You Got Any Eggs for Fats?)/Dinner Conversation (The Snakes)

Ah Pook the Destroyer/Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story Naked Lunch (alternately titled The Naked Lunch in some editions) is a novel by William S. Burroughs. ... Brion Gysin (January 19, 1916 - July 13, 1986) was a writer and painter. ...

1. After-Diner Conversation (An Atrocious Conceit)/Where He Was Going
2. Kill the Badger!
3. A New Standard by Which to Measure Infamy
4. The Sermon on the Mount 1 (WSB Reads The Good Book)
5. No More Stalins, No More Hitlers
6. The Sermon on the Mount 2
7. Scandal at the Jungle Hiltons
8. The Sermon on the Mount 3
9. Love Your Enemies
10. Dr. Benway's House
11. Apocalypse
12. The Lord's Prayer
13. Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt (Falling in Love Again)

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Credits

• William S. Burroughs - Primary Artist, Vocals, Voices
• Maxine Neuman - Cello
• Lenny Pickett - Clarinet, Track Performer, Woodwind, arranger
• Tom Varner - Horn
• NBC Symphony Orchestra - Performing Ensemble
• Cheryl Hardwick - Organ, Piano, Track Performer
• Bobby Previte - Percussion
• Donald Fagen - Track Performer
• Sonic Youth - Track Performer
• Chris Stein - Track Performer
• Dennis Martin - Vocals
• Leslie Miller - Vocals
• Frank Simms - VocalsTechnical Credits
• Allen Ginsberg - Contributor
• Kim Gordon - Contributor
• Thurston Moore - Contributor
• Lee Ranaldo - Contributor
• Adrian Boot - Cover Photo
• Joe Ferla - Engineer
• Chris Laidlaw - Engineer
• Hal Willner - Engineer, Liner Notes, Producer
• Nelson Lyon - Producer
• Jack Adelman - Mastering