that's John *Giorno* - founder of the Dial-a-Poem group and an early exponent of electronic augmentation of poetic performance. (well, echo machines at any rate...)
 
http://www.ubu.com/sound/giorno.html

He was also, interestingly enough, the source for Alice B. Toklas famous hash brownie recipe...

Thanks, Dinsdale. That was a type-o.

What a concentration of things. Ubu web, presumably after the
Alfred Jarry plays, which were very important reading for me,
Gertrude Stein writing as Toklas, very important reading for
my wife, Gysin whose work I know only a little of, influenced
Burroughs and Throbbing Gristle who in turn have influenced me.