Nothing is True - Everything is Permitted

A DEFINITIVE AND ENTHRALLING BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLLUENTIAL BEAT ARTISTS OF ALL TIME The multimedia artist, poet and novelist Brion Gysin may be the most influential cultural figure of the 20th century that most people have never heard of. This first ever biography of Gysin aims to counte [...]
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A DEFINITIVE AND ENTHRALLING BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLLUENTIAL BEAT ARTISTS OF ALL TIME The multimedia artist, poet and novelist Brion Gysin may be the most influential cultural figure of the 20th century that most people have never heard of. This first ever biography of Gysin aims to counter this cultural injustice - and does so perfectly. Despite his relatively unheard of status, Gysin's ideas and material influenced generations of artists, musicians and writers from all over the world. Among those who cite his work as inspirational to their own are such artistic luminaries as David Bowie, Keith Haring, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, John Giorno and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones. But perhaps none was touched more by Gysin than the iconic cult writer, William S. Burroughs, who said of Gysin, "there was something dangerous about what he was doing." Indeed, it was Gysin who introduced the Rolling Stones to the exotica of Morocco. It was Gysin who provided the hashish fudge recipe in Alice B. Toklas' cookbook. And it was Gysin who introduced Burroughs to the cut-up, a literary progenitor to sampling.