The Apocalypse According to Bill

Greet the end of the world with William Burroughs.

Jesse Walker | 12.21.2012 8:13 AM

They say the world is supposed to end today. In honor of the occasion, here's William Burroughs on the apocalypse:

From the excellent Dead City Radio CD.

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invisible furry hand 13 years ago

**SPOILER ALERT**

It's now the 22nd and it didn't end
1. Whiterun Guard 13 years ago
  
  We don't care how you do it up north.
2. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
  
  YAY! Our canary in the coalmine lives!
  
  Now I can have a simple, modest dinner instead of going to the trouble of an elaborate final feast.
3. $park? 13 years ago
  
  AFAIK, there were no Mayans on your island. The world will end appropriately in our time zone.
Whiterun Guard 13 years ago

Man, people are making apocalypse jokes like there's no tomorrow.
1. Agammamon 13 years ago
  
  If there were a god you would have been smited for that.
  1. Whiterun Guard 13 years ago
    
    People may not laugh at everyone's jokes about the end of the world, but they certainly laugh at Mayan.
    1. invisible furry hand 13 years ago
      
      Whiterun Guard tetchy vs Whiterun Guard punning... what is worse in the morning?
      1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        Depends upon whether or not he Tikals you.
        
        invisible furry hand 13 years ago
        
        Christ on a bike, not you too
        
        LTC(ret) John 13 years ago
        
        Oh come now, you would expect nothing less from this crew, ne?
2. $park? 13 years ago
  
  I don't know about you guys, but armageddon outta here.
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

WHY HAVE I NOT BEEN RAPTURED YET?
1. LTC(ret) John 13 years ago
  
  SINNER!!!!!
  1. LTC(ret) John 13 years ago
    
    Wait?! I'm still here too - damme!
2. $park? 13 years ago
  
  It's not even 9 AM yet. You don't get to be first in everything you know.
3. Killazontherun 13 years ago
  
  God's a butthole who hates people who know how to have fun even in a world he built to maximize misery.
Zeb 13 years ago

I highly recommend Dead City Radio to anyone who likes Burroughs at all.
waaminn 13 years ago

Bill sounds like a petty wise man to me dude. Wow.
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