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@gerard No, I'm 40 or so you'd be surprised what recordings people can get their hands on. For example, I have a soundboard of a private concert that Sinat ra gave for Nixon at the Whitehouse that was somehow sneaked out. The Watergate guys, perhaps? I have hundred of unreleased shows...

Does anyone have any Bukowski readings, videos or other material (that have not been released commercially) that they would upload or share? Fans of bands and music in general seem to share all their rare recordings at sites like Dimeadozen, so why not writers? R

Isn't all music/art that changes the status quo, that finds new directions and finds itself being opposed by reactionaries, 'punk'? early jazz was punk; bebop was punk; rock n roll was punk; early blues was punk; Stravinsky was punk. oh, yes, and punk was punk. All truth passes...

true, Palm is nothing special, but I like a red beer. And it reminds me of good times in Amsterdam. Yes, Heineken is city-canal water when the sewers have burst their pipes. I can't remember if you can get real Heineken in the US. You certainly can't in the UK - for years it was only 4.1%...

What are your favourite beers? I've bummed around from country to country a lot, so I've slugged a lot of the stuff. First the hall of shame: English beer (ie, bitter, some ales) tastes mostly like stagnant piss from a brothel latrine. There are some great Porters, though, and some of the...

Dave Holland Quintet (metamorphos) Stravinsky (the rite of spring) Miles Davis (nefertiti):

this weekend I had: Middleton Rare Zywiec Shared a few bottles of Jesus' blood (never failed me yet) Pernod oh yes, and a Jaegermeister Zum Wohl!

I'm a big jazz fan. I go all the way back. I have hundreds of old 78rpm recordings and I particularly like British 1930's dance hall jazz bands and Duke Ellington. And of course I like the classics - Miles, Coltrane, Ella, Monk and all those guys. Some of the west coast stuff (Chet, Brubeck...

B and C are too similar for me to distinguish the difference

Tom Waits is great. I do like his more modern stuff, ie, post Swordfishtrombones, but his 'barfly' stuff (1970-1980) is my favourite: Closing Time, Heart of Saturday Night, Blue Valentine, Small Change, Foreign Affairs, Nighthawks. Truly beautiful music.

There's a track by Fila Brazillia on their 1st album Old Code New Chaos in which Buk reads his poem The Light of Jesus. http://www.amazon.com/Old-Codes-Chaos-Fila-Brazillia/dp/B000006YO8/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1243170826&sr=8-8

I'd love to see this documentary. Anyone know where I can get it in Europe? or in a torrent? Edit: No commercial torrents via this place.

Last CD: Points of View by the Dave Holland Quintet Last Book: 439. Karl Weissner's translations of Buk poetry in German. I'm learning the language - what better way to learn?

@david I've been trying to find buk talking about cendrars, but haven't found it yet, but I will. It's definitely on the Uncensored CD somewhere....

The books is currently in storage. I'll scan it next time I can access it. Thanks! R

It was definitely Cendrars - Buk discusses him briefly on the Run with the Hunted sessions cd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Cendrars

Only recently I've heard/read that Bukowski liked Antonin Artaud and Blaise Cendrars. Can anyone recommend good introductory works by either of them? thanks, R

The Shakespeare book (signed by Bukowski) is the City Lights paper edition and I bought it from a guy in Australia (from ebay)... I hope it's a genuine copy or I'm going to be unhappy :(

Thanks, Bill; it's paper, not signed. I also have a signed paperback of Shakespeare Never Did This. There's so much great stuff out there to be found! :) R

Hi all, I have a mint copy of this book - is it quite rare? I've never seen it anywhere else.