The Nova Convention - Revision history

Spider of Destiny at 18:59, 6 June 2026

2026-06-06T18:59:33Z

Jason.Kreitzer at 17:44, 12 July 2025

2025-07-12T17:44:42Z

Jason.Kreitzer at 15:33, 20 December 2021

2021-12-20T15:33:45Z

Duncan: /* See Also */

2021-10-14T22:41:37Z

Jason.Kreitzer at 16:39, 29 September 2021

2021-09-29T16:39:04Z

Duncan: /* Players */

2021-09-02T13:45:02Z

Players

Jason.Kreitzer at 22:14, 1 August 2021

2021-08-01T22:14:15Z

Tonefish: /* Tracks */ track title correction on side 1

2011-03-30T19:35:09Z

Tracks: track title correction on side 1

Tonefish: /* Background Information */Naked Lunch

2008-07-07T11:28:59Z

Background Information: Naked Lunch

Tonefish: Page as Album Page - links retained

2008-07-07T01:36:35Z

Page as Album Page - links retained

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:59, 6 June 2026
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	==Notes==		==Notes==

−	[[Category:~~Side Projects~~\|Nova Convention]][[Category:1979\|Nova Convention]]	+	[[Category:Lectures\|Nova Convention]]
		+	[[Category:1979\|Nova Convention]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:44, 12 July 2025
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−	[[Category:Side Projects\|Nova Convention~~, The~~]]	+	[[Category:Side Projects\|Nova Convention]][[Category:1979\|Nova Convention]]

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 {{Album Release Infobox |
      Home           = [[:Category:Side Projects|Side Projects]] |
-     Previous album = [[North Beach|Previous]] |
+     Previous album = [[Flint|Previous]] |
      Next album     = [[Touch Me There|Next]] |
      Cover          = NovaConvention.jpg |

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 *[[The Talking Asshole]] re-issued on [[You're A Hook. The 15 Year Anniversary Of Dial-A-Poem (1968-1983)|You're A Hook]] (1984)
 *[[The Talking Asshole]] re-issued on [[Cash Cow. The Best Of Giorno Poetry Systems 1965-1993|Cash Cow]]  (1993)
-*[http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/dial_a_poem_poets/nova/Nova-Convention_08_zappa.mp3 The Talking Asshole mp3]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smn-FjuLelM The Talking Asshole] (YouTube)
 ==Notes==
 [[Category:Side Projects|Nova Convention, The]]

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      Home           = [[:Category:Side Projects|Side Projects]] |
      Previous album = [[North Beach|Previous]] |
-     Next album     = [[Orange Colored Sky|Next]] |
+     Next album     = [[Touch Me There|Next]] |
      Cover          = NovaConvention.jpg |
      Name           = The Nova Convention|
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 *Laurie Anderson
 *Julia Heyward
-*Allen Ginsburg
+*Allen Ginsberg
 *Peter Orlovsky
 *Timothy Leary

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 *[[John Cage]]
 *Anne Waldman
-*[[Laurie Anderson]]
+*Laurie Anderson
 *Julia Heyward
 *Allen Ginsburg
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 *Les Levine
 *Robert Anton Wilson
 ==Tracks==
 {| cellspacing="30"

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 ==Players==
-*[[Frank Zappa]]
+*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]]
 *[[William S. Burroughs]]
 *Terry Southern

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 #Keynote Commentary - William S. Burroughs
 #Roosevelt After Inauguration - William S. Burroughs
-#Entering The Sky - John Giorno
+#Eating The Sky - John Giorno
 #Poem For Jim Morrison - Patti Smith
 #Bumblebee - Patti Smith

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 ==Liner Notes==
 ==Background Information==
-Zappa's reading at The Nova Convention was on Saturday, 2nd Dec, 1978.<br>
+Zappa's reading, from [[Naked Lunch]], at The Nova Convention was on Saturday, 2nd Dec, 1978.<br>
 See: [[The Nova Convention: Entermedia Theater, Dec 1978]].
 ==Conceptual Continuity==
 ==Versions==

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:36, 7 July 2008
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−	"[[The Nova Convention]]~~" (2LP,~~ Giorno Poetry Systems ~~GPS 014~~-~~015, June 18, 1979) includes~~ "[[The Talking Asshole]]" ~~by [[~~William S. Burroughs]]~~, recited by FZ~~. Re-issued on "[[You're A Hook. The 15 Year Anniversary Of Dial-A-Poem (1968-1983)]]" (~~LP, Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 030, June 18,~~ 1984) ~~and "~~[[Cash Cow. The Best Of Giorno Poetry Systems 1965-1993]]" (~~CD, Giorno Poetry Systems ESD 80712, April 13,~~ 1993)	+	__NOTOC__
−	[[Category:Side Projects]]	+	<div style="float:right;">
		+	{{Album Release Infobox \|
		+	Home = [[:Category:Side Projects\|Side Projects]] \|
		+	Previous album = [[North Beach\|Previous]] \|
		+	Next album = [[Orange Colored Sky\|Next]] \|
		+	Cover = NovaConvention.jpg \|
		+	Name = The Nova Convention\|
		+	Released = June 18 1979\|
		+	Related = See also:<br>[[You're A Hook. The 15 Year Anniversary Of Dial-A-Poem (1968-1983)\|You're A Hook]] <br>[[Cash Cow. The Best Of Giorno Poetry Systems 1965-1993\|Cash Cow]]
		+	}}
		+	</div>
		+
		+	==Players==
		+	*[[Frank Zappa]]
		+	*[[William S. Burroughs]]
		+	*Terry Southern
		+	*John Giorno
		+	*Patti Smith
		+	*Philip Glass
		+	*Brion Gysin
		+	*Ed Sanders
		+	*[[John Cage]]
		+	*Anne Waldman
		+	*[[Laurie Anderson]]
		+	*Julia Heyward
		+	*Allen Ginsburg
		+	*Peter Orlovsky
		+	*Timothy Leary
		+	*Les Levine
		+	*Robert Anton Wilson
		+	==Tracks==
		+	{\| cellspacing="30"
		+
		+	\|valign="top"\|<div id="Double LP"><big>'''Double LP'''</big></div>
		+	'''Side One'''
		+	#Vignette of Idealistic Life In South Texas - Terry Southern
		+	#Keynote Commentary - William S. Burroughs
		+	#Roosevelt After Inauguration - William S. Burroughs
		+	#Entering The Sky - John Giorno
		+	#Poem For Jim Morrison - Patti Smith
		+	#Bumblebee - Patti Smith
		+
		+	'''Side Two'''
		+	#Benway - William S. Burroughs
		+	#Building - Philip Glass
		+	#Kick That Habit - Brion Gysin
		+	#Junk Is No Good - BabyBrion Gysin
		+	#Somebody Special - Brion Gysin
		+	#Blue Baboon - Brion Gysin
		+	#[[The Talking Asshole]] - Frank Zappa
		+	#This Is Kim Carson (From "The Gay Gun") - William S. Burroughs
		+	#Just Like The Collapse Of Any Currency (From "The Gay Gun") - William S. Burroughs
		+	#The Whole Tamale (From "The Gay Gun") - William S. Burroughs
		+
		+	'''Side Three'''
		+	#What The Nova Convention Is About - William S. Burroughs
		+	#Hymn To Aphrodite From Sappho - Ed Sanders
		+	#Writing For The Second Time Through Finnegans Wake - John Cage
		+	#Plutonium Ode - Anne Waldman
		+	#Skin Meat Bones - Anne Waldman
		+
		+	'''Side Four'''
		+	#Song From America On The Move - Laurie Anderson & Julia Heyward
		+	#Punk Rock - Allen Ginsburg & Peter Orlovsky
		+	#Old Pond - Allen Ginsburg & Peter Orlovsky
		+	#Feeding Them Raspberries To Grow - Allen Ginsburg & Peter Orlovsky
		+	#Nurses Song - Allen Ginsburg & Peter Orlovsky
		+	#Conversations - William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Timothy Leary, Les Levine & Robert Anton Wilson
		+
		+	\|}
		+
		+	==Release Notes==
		+	Recorded December 1st & 2nd, 1978, at the Entermedia Theater, 189 Second Avenue, NY<br>
		+	Recorded by Giorno Poetry Systems (GPS)<br>
		+	Producer: John Giorno<br>
		+	Associate Producer: James Grauerholz
		+	==Liner Notes==
		+	==Background Information==
		+	Zappa's reading at The Nova Convention was on Saturday, 2nd Dec, 1978.<br>
		+	See: [[The Nova Convention: Entermedia Theater, Dec 1978]].
		+	==Conceptual Continuity==
		+	==Versions==
		+	{\| {{Versions Table Header}}
		+	\| align="center" \| n/a
		+	\| align="center" \| 1
		+	\| align="center" \| 2
		+	\| align="center" \| [[Wikipedia:Long playing record\|LP]]
		+	\| Giorno Poetry Systems<br>GPS 014-015
		+	\| 1979-06-18
		+	\|
		+	\|
		+	\|
		+	\|}
		+	==See Also==
		+	*[[The Talking Asshole]] re-issued on [[You're A Hook. The 15 Year Anniversary Of Dial-A-Poem (1968-1983)\|You're A Hook]] (1984)
		+	*[[The Talking Asshole]] re-issued on [[Cash Cow. The Best Of Giorno Poetry Systems 1965-1993\|Cash Cow]] (1993)
		+	*[http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/dial_a_poem_poets/nova/Nova-Convention_08_zappa.mp3 The Talking Asshole mp3]
		+	==Notes==
		+
		+	[[Category:Side Projects\|Nova Convention, The]]