Interview Part Two : Destroy All Rational Thought`s - Directors Joe Ambrose and Frank Rynne - Page 5

The Open Writers Forum, part of which is on the DVD, was one of those, how did that go ?

JA: The atmosphere at some of these spoken word events was foul. There was a great deal of tension between some of the participants, all vying for supremacy over one another.

FR: Felicity denounced Gysin’s latter day sponsor, Jim McCann. She also encouraged Hamri to discuss Brion Gysin and Burroughs frankly and relate his bringing Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones to Joujouka in 1967 and 1968. Hakim Bey discussed his vision of an anarchic copyright free world. Terry Wilson and Trolley Bus related many personal accounts of their times with Gysin and Burroughs. Ira Cohen as always related inspired insights into the Tangier scene he participated in from the early sixties.

JA: You bring a gang of writers and painters and musicians together and you definitely get vibes. Terry and Hamri and the Canadian painter Trolley Bus did well on Gysin’s behalf.

To be continued in Part Three

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