Gadfly, Volume 3, Number 8, August 1999

Contains an excellent, lengthy article about William Burroughs by Victor Bockris: "King of the Underground: The Magic World of William Burroughs", pp. 8-16.

A number of photos of Burroughs by Gerard Malanga, Victor Bockris, and Marcia Resnick are also in this issue.

The centerfold of this issue is an image by J. Michelle Martin of Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips out shooting with William S. Burroughs. Some notes by Wayne Coyne on the occasion are at the bottom of pages 30-31.

Published in Charlottesville, VA. by Gadfly in August, 1999.

This copy was formerly owned by Lon Stacks, acquired through his estate.

Bibliographic Information:

• Shoaf IV.237
• Not in Schottlaender (v4)
• Raven 19990800GADF.3.8, b17

Selected Contents:

• news
• Richard Abowitz: "Gadfly of the Month: The Flaming Lips" (essay)
• Greg Bottoms: 
• "The Writings of Ed Wood, Jr., King of B-Movie Camp" (essay)
• review of Bloomed by Richard Buckner
• "Akio Morita: Hero of Headphones" (essay)
• unstated: "Hitchcock Rises from the Grave" (listing)
• Kevin Virobik-Adams: photograph
• Gerard Malanga: photographs
• Victor Bockris: 
• "King of the Underground: The Magic World of William Burroughs" (essay)
• photographs
• Marcia Resnick: photographs
• Lou Harry: 
• "Sound Theater" (essay)
• "God the Musical" (review)
• Hillary Harris: photograph
• Georgia O'Keeffe: paintings
• S. Amanda Davis: "A Closer Look at the World: The Art of Georgia O'Keeffe" (essay)
• Laura Gilpin: photograph
• Daniel Kraus: "A Whole New Ball Game: Lars-Erik Fisk Re-Invents the Wheel" (essay)
• David Dalton: "Finally, the Shocking Truth about Woodstock Can Be Told!" (essay)
• Kendra Shelton: illustrations
• J. Michelle Martin: photograph
• James Lindbloom and Hubert Selby Jr.: "The Tao of the Willow Tree" (interview)
• Daniel Moss: photographs
• Richard Abowitz and Katy Petty: "That Petty Girl" (interview)
• John H. Whitehead: "Besieged by the Past: The Return of Bernardo Bertolucci" (essay)
• music reviews
• book reviews
• Tanya Stanciu and Ray Benson: "Ride with Bob" (interview)

Publishing Information: 

• Editor: Jayson R. Whitehead
• Managing Editor: Tanya L. Stanciu
• Associate Editor: Richard Abowitz
• Assistant Editor: Greg Bottoms
• Contributing Editors: David Dalton, Daniel Kraus
• Copy Editor: Dawn McCarra Bass
• Art Director/Designer: Janet Treiber
• Illustrator/Designer: Kendra Shelton
• Web Designer: S. Clay Carpenter
• Production Manager: Nancy Deane
• Contributing Writers: S. Amanda Davis, Lou Harry, James Lindbloom
• et al