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03 April 2025

Outstanding Debts...Playing the Burroughs Bill

Sometimes its hard to dig into the pocket & drag out what it takes when the Bills come due. I never seem to have that trouble when it comes to the Burroughs Bill. 

 



Something about that gravelly voiced old curmudgeon just makes me smile. I alway walk away from playing the Burroughs Bill with some heavy ideas rattling around my noggin. Makes me feel good to be a Johnson & know there are still a bunch a folks out there that aren't going to put up with the no-good shits that can’t mind their own business.

This one is kinda different from the usual that I share.

Here's an interesting one. Häxan - Witchcraft Through the Ages is a 1922 silent film by Benjamin Christensen. It utilizes a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scary, gross, & darkly humorous lore of the witches of the Middle Ages, featuring grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, & a satanic Sabbat. It was censored in many countries at that time for its graphic depictions of the occult, torture, nudity, & sexual perversion.

In 1968 the film was released with an eclectic jazz score by Daniel Humair played by a quintet including Jean-Luc Ponty on violin & Daniel Humair on percussion. It was dramatically narrated by William S. Burroughs. This is the Un-OST. So sit back & be scared...OoOoOoO!!! Or find a copy of the film & listen while you watch (this is the 77m version).

 

William S. Burroughs - Häxan - Witchcraft Through the Ages, Sotpackan sp0067, 2014.
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Enjoy,
NØ
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  1. NØ4/3/25, 12:27 AM

    Häxan
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  2. Richie Muster4/3/25, 5:57 AM

    I've got to give curmudgeons their due (perhaps because i can be very curmudgeonly myself): they seldom get taken in by bullshit, of which this fucked-up society seems to have a surfeit these days. Good ol' Bill.

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  3. Mooz4/3/25, 8:27 AM

    Another gem. I know I'll be dusting off my DVD copy of this film tonight for a soundtrack experience. Thank you.

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    1. NØ4/3/25, 1:55 PM

      Excellent. Should make for a good evening. If you don't have the 77min. cut, some sync'ing might be required. Enjoy, my friend.

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