Here To Go: Planet R-101

Brion Gysin (19 January 1916 - 13 July 1986) was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.[1]He is best known for his discovery of the cut-up technique, used by his friend, the novelist William S. Burroughs. With the engineer Ian Sommerville he invented the Dreamachine, a flicker device designed as an art object to be viewed with the eyes closed. It was in painting and drawing, however, that Gysin devoted his greatest efforts, creating calligraphic works inspired by the cursive Japanese "grass" script and Arabic script. Burroughs later stated that "Brion Gysin was the only man I ever respected." He interviews Gysin here.

Here to Go: Planet R-101

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.

Gysin, Brion

Wilson, Terry

Arts & Photography

RE/Search Publications

First published in 1970 and widely regarded as a prophetic masterpiece, this is a groundbreaking experimental novel by the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes', who has supplied explanatory notes for this new edition. The irrational, all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this extraordinary tour de force. The central character's dreams are haunted by images of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead astronauts and car-crash victims as he traverses the screaming wastes of nervous breakdown. Seeking his sanity, he casts himself in a number of roles: H-bomber pilot, presidential assassin, crash victim, pscyhopath. Finally, through the black, perverse magic of violence he transcends his psychic turmoils to find the key to a bizarre new sexuality.

The Atrocity Exhibition, Revised Edition (Re-Search Series)

J.G.Ballard

Biographies & Memoirs

History. Cultural studies. Another long out-of-print classic book based on Mannix's personal acquaintence with sideshow stars such as the Alligator Man and the Monkey Woman, etc. Read all about the notorious love affairs of midgets; the amazing story of the elephant boy; the unusual amours of Jolly Daisy, the fat woman; the famous pinhead who inspired Verdi's RIGOLETTO; the tragedy of Betty Lou Williams and her parasitic twin; the black midget, only 34 inches tall, who was happily married to a 264-pound wife; the human torso who could sew, crochet and type; and bizarre accounts of normal humans turned into freaks -- either voluntarily or by evil design! 88 astounding photographs and additional material from the author's personal collection. RE/search has provided us with a moving glimpse at the rarified world of physical deformity; aglimpse that ultimately succeeds in its goal of humanizing the inhuman, revealing the beauty that lies behind the grotesque and in dramatically illustrating the triumph of the human spirit in th

Freaks: We Who Are Not As Others

History

Mannix, Daniel P.

Americas

Examines such overlooked works of music as Hawaiian music, sound-effects recordings, electronically synthesized music, and offbeat titles such as "How to Strip for Your Husband," and "Muhammad Ali Fights Tooth Decay"

Re/Search #15: Incredibly Strange Music, Volume II

Vale, V.

Juno, A.

Photography & Video

Music. Cultural Studies. In the new INCREDIBLY STRANGE MUSIC, VOL. 1, the editors push way beyond the cheesy TV-celebs-do-pop-faves LP's beloved by garden-variety music cultists. Less a practical guide than a treatise on the philosophical underpinnings of such ephemeria. -- Rolling Stone.

Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. 1

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

The Confessions of Wanda von Sacher-Masoch is the first English translation of this early 20th century feminist classic by an SM pioneer. It is the racy and riveting memoir by the woman who was married for ten years to Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the author of Venus in Furs. The games Wanda played called into serious question who was the Master and who the Slave. Some amazing adventures and wild characters populate this love story, including the mysterious Ludwig II of Bavaria, creator of the amazing Neuschwanstein castle and other baroque wonders.

The Confessions of Wanda von Sacher-Masoch (Re/Search Classics)

Sacher-Masoch, Wanda von

Arts & Literature

Cultural studies. Bob Flanagan is both a poet and a performance artist. In this volume's deeply confessional interviews, Bob details his sexual practices and his extraordinary relationship with long-term partner and Mistress, photographer Sheree Rose. He tells how frequent near-death encounters modified his concepts of gratification and abstinence, reward and punishment, and intensified his masochistic drive. The most extreme narratives are infused with humor, honesty, and self-reflective irony. Bob's sharp intelligence and lack of pretense belie a deep commitment to deciphering philosophical issues regarding the body, power, sex, life, and death.

Bob Flanagan: Supermasochist

Everything you ever wanted to know about healthy bodily functions and excreta, including constipation, the evolution of toilet paper, farting, vomit, and many other engrossing topics, all recounted in as amusing and light-hearted a manner as one could hope for. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The RE / Search Guide to Bodily Fluids (RE / Search, No. 16)

Paul Spinrad

Reference

Fiction. A classic of hardboiled fiction, Charles Willeford's WILD WIVES is amoral, sexy, and brutal. Written in a sleazy San Francisco hotel in the early 1950's while on leave from the Army, Willeford creates a tale of deception featuring the crooked detective Jacob C. Blake and his nemesis -- a beautiful, insane young woman who is the wife of a socially prominent San Francisco architect. Blake becomes entangled in a web of deceit, intrigue and multiple murders in this exciting period tale. Mr. Willeford never puts a foot wrong, and this is truly an entertainment to relish. -- The New Yorker.

Wild Wives

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

WILLEFORD, CHARLES

Mystery

Horror Hospital Unplugged: A Graphic Novel

Cooper, Dennis

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