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    bill hicks documentary

    Just arrived at this post. Seems pretty old though. I am one more Hicks fan who also is here. Love Bill Hicks. Wish he was still around. I find him right up there with Bukowski. He is to stand up comedy what Buk is to poetry I guess.
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    Something funny. Buk referred.

    Came across this on FB. Artist - Bob Staake. I think it's hilarious. From this the positive that I gather is that Buk is alive and has a strong cultural relevance. I find the use of Bukowski's image very intelligent and innovative on the artist's part. Thought it would be relevant to post here...
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    Hey from Indian reader

    I said they 'might' have produced something, I don't know if any of them have done that. It was a speculation of very less importance. In fact I had translated a few poems and had sent them to an underground magazine, they had rejected those. :) English literary scene of India is fucked. No...
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    Hey from Indian reader

    Hey Bill, I read Buk in English. Indian languages cannot do justice to American fiction and poetry in my opinion. So, the translations are off the table for me. And as far as I know Buk hasn't been translated into Hindi or other indian languages on a large scale. Some literary magazines might...
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    Hey from Indian reader

    Thanks d gray! I have survived a tour of India that is lasting too long, 26 years now.
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    Leonard Cohen interview in Denmark 1992

    Good stuff! Thanks.
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    Hey from Indian reader

    That and a shitty relationship. Although the weather forecast looks that way because it is monsoon around these parts of the world. All will be cleared in 2 months and the Winter will set in.
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    Hey from Indian reader

    Hey all Bukowski brothers. This is Sujit from Pune, India. Came across the website while looking for commonalities between Dylan and Bukowski. Found some interesting threads, poems. Signed up. Hope to keep in touch with the forum from now on. Cheers. Those who are interested can add me on FB...
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    Bob Dylan - Coldspring Journal #10, 1976

    Thanks for the Dylan poem. Didn't know Bukowski ever mentioned him.
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