Beat Scene, Issue 18, January/February 1994

This issue starts off with an article on The Master Musicians of Joujouka by Joe Ambrose, which also mentions Burroughs and Gysin, at pages 5-8.

An interview with Burroughs entitled "William S. Burroughs & Other Tales" is at page 25, followed by page 26 on Burroughs' 80th birthday (with a photograph of Burroughs by Graham Keen).

An article by Frank Rynne and Joe Ambrose of The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1945-1959 which intersperses their commentary with sections from the letters is on pages 28-29.

A review by Jon Rogers of the William S. Burroughs and Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy LP Spare Ass Annie & Other Tales is on pages 40-41.

There is also an advertisement for an Oliver Harris-run William S. Burroughs Symposium at the University of Keele, Staffordshire, England on February 5, 1994 on page 33.

A review by Jon Rogers of Tom Waits' The Black Rider -- briefly mentioning Burroughs' contribution -- is at page 37.

Published in Binley Woods, England by Kevin Ring / Beat Scene Press in January, 1994.

This copy acquired directly from Kevin Ring.

Bibliographic Information:

• Not in Shoaf
• Not in Schottlaender (v4)
• Raven 19940100BSCE.0.18

Contents:

• Kevin Ring:
• "First Words" (editorial)
• "Beats & Co" (news)
• "Jack Kerouac's Good Blondes" (review of Old Angel Midnight)
• "William Burroughs: Coming Up to 80" (notice)
• 2x review of Don Herron's The Literary World of San Francisco & Its Environs
• review of Laura M. Petersen's A Man of Letters: Montgomery Remembered: A Memorial Tribute for John McVey Montgomery
• review of S. A. Griffin's Heaven is One Long Naked Dance
• review of James T. Jones' A Map of Mexico City Blues: Jack Kerouac as Poet
• review of John Martin's Run with the Hunted: A Charles Bukowski Reader
• review of The Cool Eye: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Talks to Alexis Lykiard
• review of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's These Are My Rivers: New & Selected Poems 1955-1993
• review of Ken Kesey's Sailor Song
• Joe Ambrose: "The Master Musicians of Joujouka" (essay)
• Jim Burns: 
• "Chandler Brossard" (essay)
• "Carl Solomon" (essay)
• "Mal Dean" (essay)
• Jazz reviews
• "Sarah Sings" (review of Leslie Gourse's Sassy: The Life of Sarah Vaughan
• "Pee Wee Plays" (review of Robert Hilber's Pee Wee Russell: The Life of a Jazzman)
• Charles Bukowski: "to war, to whore, 2 more..." (poetry)
• Graham Oliver and Carolyn Cassady: "Neal and Jack and Carolyn" (interview)
• "Rob Klinkert and Daniel Daran: "Ah Sunflower" (interview on the film about Ginsberg)
• Kevin Ring and William S. Burroughs: "William S. Burroughs & Other Tales" (interview)
• Frank Rynne and Joe Ambrose: "The Letters of William S. Burroughs: 1945 to 1959" (essay w/quotes)
• Jon Rogers: 
• review of Tom Waits' The Black Rider
• review of Spare Ass Annie & Other Tales by William Burroughs and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
• review of Hydrogen Jukebox by Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg
• Jay Jones: review of Jay Landesman's Jaywalking
• Colin Cooper: 
• review of Pony Poindexter's Pony Poindexter Plays The Big Ones / Gumbo
• review of Robert Phillips' Delmore Schwartz and James Laughlin: Selected Letters
• review of d. a. levy's Zen & Concrete Etc.
• Dawn Swoop: 
• review of The New Censorship: Charles Bukowski Special, Vol 4 No 2, May 1993
• review of Zen Bones: Alan Watts on the Spirit of Zen

Publishing Information: 

• Editor: Kevin Ring
• Jazz Editor: Jim Burns
• News: Pauline Reeves, Sophia Nitrate