Guardian Music — 5 July 1972: Number 17 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicIn 1972, pop fans perhaps still dimly remembered David Bowie from his 1969 hit Space Oddity, but his star had since dimmed, and it took the creation of his alter ego... more info

Guardian Music — Doyen of the Beat generation feted for his psychedelic photos from the undergroundIra Cohen, who has died of renal failure aged 76, participated in the 1960s artistic counterculture as a poet, publisher, film-maker and raconteur. In the middle of t... more info

Guardian Music — My friend Brian Barritt, who has died aged 76, was an artist and writer who lived on his own terms. As a creator, inner-space explorer and adventurer, he was one of the sharpest, most original and inspiring people I've known.Brian was involved with l... more info

Pop Candy — In last week's DVD roundup I recommended a documentary called William S. Burroughs: A Man Within. Tonight, you can see the whole thing when PBS ... more info

KEXP Seattle — Greetings, Michele Myers here, producer of KEXP Documentaries. Our current series, “Poets & Music” explores the interplay between the beat and the word with profiles on poets who record with music like William S Burroughs, Saul Williams, Gil Scot... more info

KEXP Seattle — Our current KEXP Documentary series, “Poets and Music,” explores the ways that poetry writers can work with musicians.  Artists like William S. Burroughs, Jim Carroll, Saul Williams and Ursula Rucker made their names adding live instruments to t... more info

KEXP Seattle — In our current KEXP Documentary series, “Poets & Music,” we explore the interplay between the beat and the word, and feature some of the many poets who record with music, like William S. Burroughs, Saul Williams, Patti Smith, Gil Scott-Heron and ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — soundhaus said... LOVE 1966 : Love 1967 : Da Capo 1967 : Forever Changes 1969 : Four Sail 1969 : Out Here 1970 : False Start 1975 : Reel to Real http://soundhaus.over-blog.com thanks Any Major Dude said... ANY MAJOR CHRISTMAS SOUL VOL. 2 1. J... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Bill Burroughs. As acerbic as ever. more info

Guardian Music — Bate's Mill, HuddersfieldEnno Poppe's music has been a regular feature of the Huddersfield contemporary music festival since 2006. But Interzone, the multimedia work from 2005 that opened this year's proceedings, is more substantial and ambitious tha... more info