Tim on Columbus, Swans

[hsu@uicsrd.CSRD.UIUC.EDU (William Tsun-Yuk Hsu)]

Just got this from Tim (he's too lazy to post it so...):

>Columbus RULES: Yet Another Fanzine, and the Offense Newsletter tops the
>zine list. Also for bands: Homesteads' Great Plains lead the bill,
>followed by RC Mob (who are fans of the Ohio players), Dark Arts (i
>think), Gibson Brothers (featuring village voice and spin writer don
>'chet' holland), Scrawl, and the list goes on.  


William Burroughs has an orgone generator in his basement. Anyway that's 
what he called it in Burroughs --- the movie. Most of your counter
culture idols from the '50s who don't do much now appear in the movie
looking unbelievably respectable (Ginsberg, Giorno, Byron Gysin, etc.)
so check it out at your local video store.

If you're into long, slow videos, check out A Long Slow Screw (or some
such) by the Swans. (Actually it's not that long.) But it's SLOW. And
it's some of the most extreme performances you'll ever see (believe me.)
Gira looks like he's thrashing about in his death throes, bawling his
lyrics with the mike held in his mouth. There's a neat section with
shots of Gira and Jarboe playing with their bodies. Otherwise it's
continuous pain and agony. I was totally exhausted about 20 minutes
into it, but couldn't look away.

Bill