The Nova Convention

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The Nova Convention
Released June 18 1979
See also: You're A Hook Cash Cow

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 Ginsberg
• Peter Orlovsky
• Timothy Leary
• Les Levine
• Robert Anton Wilson

Tracks

Double LP Side One Vignette of Idealistic Life In South Texas - Terry Southern Keynote Commentary - William S. Burroughs Roosevelt After Inauguration - William S. Burroughs Eating 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
Recorded by Giorno Poetry Systems (GPS)
Producer: John Giorno
Associate Producer: James Grauerholz

Background Information

Zappa's reading, from Naked Lunch, at The Nova Convention was on Saturday, 2nd Dec, 1978.
See: The Nova Convention: Entermedia Theater, Dec 1978.

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
n/a	1	2	LP	Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 014-015	1979-06-18

See Also

• The Talking Asshole re-issued on You're A Hook (1984)
• The Talking Asshole re-issued on Cash Cow (1993)
• The Talking Asshole (YouTube)