Two albums from a man who doesn't really need an introduction. Spare Ass Annie contains recitations by Burroughs of pieces from a variety of his works, including the novels Nova Express and Naked Lunch, set to a mish-mash of hip-hop, musique concrète, orchestral schmaltz, and Christmas carols... an obvious attempt at musically recreating Burroughs' "cut-up" style of surreal, obscene stream of consciousness writings. And for the most part, it works really well. Plus, hearing Burroughs' arid, monotone wheeze of a voice is always a treat. And this album really is a treat to lay back and listen to. Great bedtime music... if you don't mind listening to a geriatric heroin addict ask you, "did I ever tell you about the man that taught his asshole to talk?"
Break Through In Grey Room is a collection of Burroughs' speeches and cut-up recordings performed and recorded between 1960 and 1976. The album comprises of two things. One is simply discussions on the pieces. The other is Burroughs recordings, cut up and remixed, done analogue. What it entailed was a tape recorder recording a different player whilst randomly speeding up, slowing down, reversing, and advancing the second player. What resulted was a blubbery and blurry mess of words that surprisingly creates new sentences and phrases. Here Burroughs claims, "When you cut into the present the future leaks out." There are also a handful of field recordings mixed into the tracklist, such as "Jojouka," featuring Ornette Coleman playing in the hills of Morocco. A great little record by one of the greatest provocateurs of 20th century avant-garde literature.
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