I have only seen a few spoken word shows. One was Henry Rollins, and another was Timothy Leary, back in the Mondo 2000 days of aspirational cyberspace… #TimothyLeary #SpokenWord

Empath & Megaforce - Leary State (Seremonia-VI, Seremonia/EABE Records/FIN, 19 January 2026).

Feat. Mikael Vilja remix.

https://eabe.bandcamp.com/album/leary-state

#Empath #Megaforce #MikaelVilja #techno #percussivetechno #electronic #Seremonia #EABE #EABERecords #Tampere #Helsinki #Finland #TimothyLeary

@ankoeln @khaas @afelia
Interessant. Das Blicken nach Osten galt wohl solange, wie Jerusalem als Mittelpunkt der Welt galt, und die Kultur im Morgenland stattfand.
Mit Entdeckung Amerikas gab es eine neue Neue Welt und die Richtung änderte sich. #TimothyLeary schrieb irgendwo, 'Intelligenzagenten'? dass der quasi natürliche Drang, die Bewegung, immer nach Westen sei.
Das galt wohl bis die Bewegung über die Westcoast hinüber nach Japan und #China sprang. Der Zyklus kann von vorn beginnen.

more from/about the 1978 nova convention

https://youtu.be/ThRFmwUsJc0?si=offGLQtiHh9N43Y2

William S. Burroughs delivering his keynote address on December 1st, the first night at New York City’s Entermedia Theatre, during the sold-out, three-day Nova Convention, held on November 30, December 1, and 2, 1978.

Excerpt from NOVA ’78 Directed by Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias.
Produced by Pinball London and Bando a Parte.

Premiere Locarno 78 – August 2025 –

Archive Copyright Pinball London Ltd. All rights reserved.

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https://youtu.be/Ed9dj4BC-Dc?si=HQq_5rbvo3L6_jUG

In this the legendary 1978 Nova Convention, we hear interviews with organizer/poet John Giorno, followed by the uncut Nova Convention panel discussion unheard for decades. Moderator Les Levine masterfully guides panelists William S. Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, Timothy Leary and Brion Gysin. Listen to them re-imagining science fiction and foreseeing a culture yet to come.

The Nova Convention was a three-day event, taking place in New York City on November 30, December 1 and December 2, 1978. Intended as a homage to William S. Burroughs, the “convention” included seminars, music performances, readings and more. Attending were an odd mixture of academics, publishers, writers, artists, punk rockers and counterculture disciples. The event had a small hitch. The organizers had announced Keith Richards’ attendance, which made the event a sellout. Richards’ last minute cancellation, however, gave the event an antagonistic oscillation between performer and audience.

The series was originally produced by Giorno Poetry Systems for WBAI radio. The 2013 restoration comes from John Giorno’s private tapes. The effort is to restore, as completely as possible, the entire three-day event for for broadcast by the Clocktower Gallery radio station: https://clocktower.org/show/nova-convention-1978-the-third-mind

#1978 #AaronBrookner #AaronBruckner #AllenGinsberg #BandoàParte #BrionGysin #cinema #Cineuropa #doc #documentary #EntermediaTheatre #film #FrankZappa #JamesGrauerholz #JimJarmusch #JohnCage #JohnGiorno #LaurieAnderson #Locarno #MarkoStojiljković #NakedLunch #NewYork #Nova78 #OutOfCompetition #PattiSmith #PauloFurtado #performer #PhilipGlass #PinballLondon #PinballLondonLtd #poet #RodrigoAreias #SylvèreLotringer #TheLegendaryTigerman #TheNovaConvention #TimothyLeary #TomDiCillo #TomásBaltazar #UncleHoward #WilliamBurroughs

Not #BandcampFriday - totally free high bit rate MP3 of a track I’ve been working on and pleased with. #analog #house #bassline #acid #psychedelic thing with a big #TimothyLeary sample in it. 125bpm?

“Turn on, tune in, drop out.”

I’ve been “in” for 17 odd years now. Seriously considering dropping back out.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/673a47mpejm6r7gifuqe9/Turn-on_4_13.mp3?rlkey=2ig1zqu0y7myda7gvsst2kdte&st=pz1wsz23&dl=0

Ping me if you’d like the WAV

All we are saying …

John and Yoko's "Bed-in" in room 1472 of Queen Elizabeth's Hotel in Montreal came to and end on June 1, 1969. #JohnandYoko #60s #givepeaceachance #TimothyLeary #music #rockmusic #musicsky #musiciansky

http://robinbannks.com/2025/06/01/all-we-are-saying-6/

All we are saying …

John and Yoko’s “Bed-in” in room 1472 of Queen Elizabeth’s Hotel in Montreal came to and end on June 1, 1969. #JohnandYoko #60s #givepeaceachance #TimothyLeary #music #rockm…

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