Talk Talk, Volume 3, Number 6, Autumn 1981

Burroughs contributes a cut-up at the inside cover, from materials owned by Tom Knickerbocker, son of Conrad Knickerbocker – who interviewed Burroughs for the Fall 1965 issue of Paris Review.

This also includes an extensive interview with William S. Burroughs, pp. 18-20, 22-23, acccompanied by photos of Burroughs.

Following this is a flexi-disc in an envelope at page 21 from William Burroughs Communications: “On the Nova Lark” and “Abandoned Artifacts”.

There is additionally a review of the Giorno Poetry Systems album You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With, which contains William S. Burroughs, John Giorno, and Laurie Anderson, at page 33.

Published in Lawrence, KS. in Talk Talk Publications in Autumn of 1981. 2000 copies printed. 

A second copy of this periodical, also including the flexi-disc, is in the archive. This was acquired in 2025 with a lot of Burroughs-relevant newspapers and magazines from the collection of Peter Lennon (US).

Bibliographic Information:

• Shoaf IV.78
• Schottlaender v4.C508
• Raven 19811000TTAL.3.6, b5

Contents:

• Bill Rich:
• editorial
• photographs
• interview with Iggy Pop
• interview with William S. Burroughs
• "Looking at Lawrence" (essay)
• music reviews
• William S. Burroughs:
• "Nova Express 3d. Out" (scrapbook page)
• "Abandoned Artifacts/On the Nova Lark" (flexi-disc)
• D. Cool: "Peter Tosh" (review)
• Lowell Stewart: photos
• Ja Nittu Bahd: music reviews
• Dave Cade: music reviews
• Mel Cheplowitz: music reviews
• John Gleason: music reviews
• The Gill Man: review of The Ventures concert
• Rick Hellman:
• music reviews
• interview with The Psychedelic Furs
• review of a concert by The Fall
• Eric Schindling: photographs
• U-Man: "The German New Music Scene" (essay)
• Steve Kemp: music reviews
• Martin Olson: music reviews
• Frank Loose: music reviews
• Dave Stuckey: music reviews
• Sharon Maier: music reviews
• Andrea Rosenthal: music reviews

Pubishing Information:

• Editor: Bill Rich
• Staff: Frank Loose, Rick Hellman, Marc Burch, Andrea Rosenthal, Martin Olson, John Gleason, Dave Cade, Jim Schwada, Steve Kemp, Mark Gilman, Dave Stuckey, Mel Cheplowitz, Sharon Maier, Tom Hoyt
• Photography: Frank Loose, Lowell Stewart, Jo Stone, Eric Schindling, Bill Rich
• Layout: John Lee
• Typesetting: Joan McCabe Moore