Recorded live at Best Video Film & Cultural Center in Hamden, CT, on February 23, 2018.
'William S. Burroughs' is Light Upon Blight's sonic interpretation of the written works and cut-up methods by the iconic Beat author and counter-culturalist.
LUB was accompanied by David Cronenberg's film version of Naked Lunch.
"Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact."
"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer."
“Confusion hath fuck his masterpiece.”
“Nothing is true, everything is permitted.”
“Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.”
"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.' "
"Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage."
"Like all pure creatures, cats are practical."
"Language is a virus from outer space."
- William S. Burroughs
The performance was recorded on an inexpensive digital stereo recorder by Hank Hoffman on the Suburban Poser Digital Mobile Unit. The track does not contain any edits; it has only been sweetened with minimal amounts of EQ, reverb and limiting. The recording is kind of lo-fi, which fits the band’s aesthetic.
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Bonus material photos: Michael Rogers & Hank Hoffman