Thanks to William Burroughs

We mostly ignore the offensive christian implications of this week's holiday, but we do have three time-honored turkey-day traditions. One is a feast with family and friends. The second is listening to "Alice's Restaurant" (which can always be found playing on at least one Austin radio station on the holiday) . The third, though, is my favorite - I always listen to William Burroughs' A Thanksgiving Prayer, as I have every year since the late eighties.

on the hi-fi: TG24 - Throbbing Gristle
on the reading table: Striking Images, Chronicle Books

Billboard Liberation Front

I love the work of The Billboard Liberation Front as much as I hate the corporate criminals who ruin the landscape with huge slabs of advertising. The BLF's work is both thought provoking and subversive, forcing liars to tell the truth - at least until they can hire a crew to cover up the truth.

One of their latest works:
Here's the before--


And here's the same billboard after improvements by the BLF:


There's much more at their site linked above.

on the hi-fi: Joy Division, An Ideal for Living
on the reading table: House of Leaves (Danielewski)