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
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
“nova ’78”, a documentary on william burroughs, at the locarno film festival
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482127
Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias take us back in time to a convention where leading intellectuals and artists gathered to celebrate William S Burroughs
#1978 #AaronBrookner #AaronBruckner #AllenGinsberg #BandoàParte #BrionGysin #cinema #Cineuropa #doc #documentary #film #FrankZappa #JamesGrauerholz #JimJarmusch #JohnCage #JohnGiorno #LaurieAnderson #Locarno #MarkoStojiljković #NakedLunch #NewYork #Nova78 #OutOfCompetition #PattiSmith #PauloFurtado #performer #PhilipGlass #PinballLondon #poet #RodrigoAreias #SylvèreLotringer #TheLegendaryTigerman #TheNovaConvention #TimothyLeary #TomDiCillo #TomásBaltazar #UncleHoward #WilliamBurroughs
“nova ’78”, a documentary on william burroughs, at the locarno film festival
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482127
Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias take us back in time to a convention where leading intellectuals and artists gathered to celebrate William S Burroughs
#1978 #AaronBrookner #AaronBruckner #AllenGinsberg #BandoàParte #BrionGysin #cinema #Cineuropa #doc #documentary #film #FrankZappa #JamesGrauerholz #JimJarmusch #JohnCage #JohnGiorno #LaurieAnderson #Locarno #MarkoStojiljković #NakedLunch #NewYork #Nova78 #OutOfCompetition #PattiSmith #PauloFurtado #performer #PhilipGlass #PinballLondon #poet #RodrigoAreias #SylvèreLotringer #TheLegendaryTigerman #TheNovaConvention #TimothyLeary #TomDiCillo #TomásBaltazar #UncleHoward #WilliamBurroughs
“nova ’78”, a documentary on william burroughs, at the locarno film festival
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482127
Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias take us back in time to a convention where leading intellectuals and artists gathered to celebrate William S Burroughs
#1978 #AaronBrookner #AaronBruckner #AllenGinsberg #BandoàParte #BrionGysin #cinema #Cineuropa #doc #documentary #film #FrankZappa #JamesGrauerholz #JimJarmusch #JohnCage #JohnGiorno #LaurieAnderson #Locarno #MarkoStojiljković #NakedLunch #NewYork #Nova78 #OutOfCompetition #PattiSmith #PauloFurtado #performer #PhilipGlass #PinballLondon #poet #RodrigoAreias #SylvèreLotringer #TheLegendaryTigerman #TheNovaConvention #TimothyLeary #TomDiCillo #TomásBaltazar #UncleHoward #WilliamBurroughs
‘An Affirmation, Not a Protest’: How the First Be-In Changed the World
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.
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
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