authorial intent counts for nothing
with all due respect to linda lee, and to bukowski himself more importantly, their opinion is noted but not relevant. a published author loses control of his work the minute it is out there in the public domain. he's sold it, it's gone. people buy it, they...
thanks for that, and the inspiration for my profile pic. (edit: which didn't work).
the guy shouting really was like that!
rekrab, is your 1982 pic posted? would love to see how it looked then.
thanks roni and gerard! yep, i had to go and see for myself, just to be on the same street that bukowski would have walked up and down. i was coming back from los feliz in a cab and got the driver to go by de longpre. jumped out and took a very quick pic - there was an older guy next door...