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BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:22 am
by Xela
An exhibit of Allen Ginsberg's pictures.
Burroughs is 2nd pic in the series:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12274697
Is that a Walther PPK? Colt 1903? Baby Browning?
Xela
Re: BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:26 am
by Mason
More interesting than the gun, are those marijuana plants in the background?
Re: BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:57 am
by Xela
masonalannz wrote:More interesting than the gun, are those marijuana plants in the background?
HA!!!
I missed that one. Maybe comes to show where my priorities are.
Xela
Re: BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:56 pm
by Xela
Now I'm thinking Browning FN 1910 or 1922.
For a minute I thought it could have been a HK P7 or a Remington-Pederson.
Xela
BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:05 pm
by Paladin
I'd like to see a pic of him and his famous shot.
Re: BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:31 pm
by Xela
Paladin wrote:I'd like to see a pic of him and his famous shot.
Yep. It didn't take too long for that one to come up
Xela
Re: BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:41 pm
by GlockLobster
No defense of the act on my part...regarding his William Tell, friends of Burroughs suggested that his wife Joan was acting dangerously for the year leading up to that event, even so much as to match or surpass the Mr's ability to get high. Ginsberg was reported to say that Joan actually asked him to shoot the apple, then egged him on.The greatest toll was on his son.
He was a huge weapons freak.
More Cannabis in the picture, FWIW he did farm it in Texas during the 50's.
Re: BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:09 pm
by whitey
Okay, you'll have to forgive my ignorance but, who is William Burroughs?
Re: BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:11 pm
by Antiquus
masonalannz wrote:More interesting than the gun, are those marijuana plants in the background?
Probably. The bus is the famous Merry Prankster Bus which is amazing I didn't know there was a connection, but it appears Ginsberg knew them. Allen Ginsberg on acid. It's a wonder civilization survived.
BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:20 pm
by Paladin
whitey wrote:Okay, you'll have to forgive my ignorance but, who is William Burroughs?
One of the originals of the beat generation, along with Keroac sp? And Ginsberg. He was a writer that wrote Naked Lunch.
His famous shot we mentioned is he killed his wife playing William Tell.
Re: BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:26 pm
by whitey
Ok, thanks for the info.
Re: BBC pics - William Burroughs, firing a pistol
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:19 pm
by Xela
GlockLobster wrote:No defense of the act on my part...regarding his William Tell, friends of Burroughs suggested that his wife Joan was acting dangerously for the year leading up to that event, even so much as to match or surpass the Mr's ability to get high. Ginsberg was reported to say that Joan actually asked him to shoot the apple, then egged him on.The greatest toll was on his son.
He was a huge weapons freak.
More Cannabis in the picture, FWIW he did farm it in Texas during the 50's.
Holy CRAP, so he did have an HK P7????
But that one on the black/white pic, and now in color, it still looks more like a Browning of some type, make or model.
Thanks for the new pics!!!!
Xela
