Even at the age of 81, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs was still resisting literary convention. This footage was shot in Lawrence, Kansas, just two years before his death in 1997.
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Better William Shakespeare than another “William Tell.”
Haha. That’s an awesome vid!! Have you seen this one about the authorship question?: http://www.itsasickness.com/lounge/joe-plummer-obsessed-shakespeare-controversy. Crazy stuff!
The Bard is not an easy kill….six shots and people tell em he’s STILL alive.