Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book Chapter:  Burroughs, William S. (1961), The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin, A Casebook on the Beat, 105-106, New York, Retrieved on -0001-11-30

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30 NOV -0001

 Cut-And-Paste Before Computers

The method is simple. Here is one way to do it. Take a page. Like this page. Now cut down the middle and cross the middle. You have four sections: 1 2 3 4... one two three four. Now rearrange the sections placing section four with section one and section two with section three. And you have a new page. Sometimes it says much the same thing, Sometimes something quite different--cutting up political speeches is an interesting exercise--in any case you will find that it says something and someth...
Folksonomies: mashup
Folksonomies: mashup
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William S. Burroughs suggests finding new meaning in old works by creating mashups of texts.

Parent Reference

 The New Media Reader
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Montfort , Nick and Wardrip-Fruin , Noah (2003-02-14), The New Media Reader, The MIT Press, Retrieved on 2010-03-01
Folksonomies: new media culture internet world wide web technology