Review | How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs
Sun’s going down like a big bald head Disappearing behind the boulevard It’s Sharkey’s night, yeah, it’s Sharkey’s night tonight I first heard William S. Burroughs as he recited those lines on Laurie Anderson’s 1984 album “Mister Heartbreak.” I was a college kid riding to my downtown summer job on …
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