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John Giorno
12+ albums
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John Giorno (1936-2019) was an American poet and performance artist. He founded the artist collective Giorno Poetry Systems and coined its mass communication experiment Dial-A-Poem. He became prominent as the subject of Andy Warhol's film "Sleep". He was also an AIDS activist and fundraiser. Giorno was born in New York. In 1962, while in his early 20s and working in New York as a stockbroker, he met Andy Warhol. Giorno and Warhol are said to have remained very close until 1964, after which time their meetings were rare. Their relationship was revived somewhat in the last year before Warhol's death. In 1968, Giorno founded Giorno Poetry Systems to connect poetry to new audiences, using innovative technology. In addition to his collaborations with William S. Burroughs, Giorno has produced a number of albums, tapes, videos and books. Giorno died from a heart attack on October 11, 2019, at his home in Lower Manhattan, NY. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Give It To Me, Baby (1967)
7632Completely Attached to Delusion
2683Stretching It Wider
2634We Got Here Yesterday, We're Here Now, and I Can't Wait to Leave Tomorrow
2575I Don't Need It, I Don't Want It, and You Cheated Me Out of It
2436Give It to Me, Baby
1927Suicide Sutra
1808Eating the Sky
1509Grasping At Emptiness
13310Exiled in Domestic Life
132albums
You're The Guy I Want To Share My Money With
Who Are You Staring at?
Better An Old Demon Than A New God
Who You Staring At?
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10+2:12 American Text Sound Pieces
The Nova Convention
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William S. Burroughs & John Giorno
John Giorno & Anne Waldman
The Dial-A-Poem Poets
Big Ego
10 + 2: 12 American Text Sound Pieces
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Bowery Poetry Club Records Live! Poets Vol. #1