Buk Trivia... Answerer becomes next Questioner
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Hello--and thank you for responding...
But it's ok: I don't plan on answering any questions correctly, and I already know the answer to my own question, of course. Nevertheless, it has been asked, and anyone is free to explore it at their own desire. I believe it was a nice connection. Enjoy if you like.
bospress.net
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Hi,
I 'spose it is your turn again abel....
Bill
I 'spose it is your turn again abel....
Bill
bospress.net
www.bospress.net
fuck... no idea but I want one! Did LouJon ever release this? That would make it the earliest Buk recording, no? I know that At Terror Street was recorded in 1969 by John Thomas...
Bill
Bill
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
Yes, the poems in the book At Terror Street... was recorded by Thomas. Buk had lost the written poems so Thomas had to play the recording and write them down in order for Buk to get them published (if I remember correctly).
But the 2 cd album, At Terror Street... was recorded by Buk himself! Barry Miles was supposed to do the recording but Buk told him to leave the tape recorder with him so he could do it alone...
I'll take a stab at the LA Free Press, although that's a pretty big ad, so I'd be more inclined to say something like The Village Voice.
BTW, those prices are just killing me!
mjp
Founding member
No they didn't. That broadside is as far as the project ever got. Though Jon took preorders for the record, then tried to convince people who'd paid to take some other LouJon stuff.
I know the answer to where the ad was published, but only because I just read the book about the Webbs, Bohemian New Orleans: The Story of the Outsider and Loujon Press, so I won't answer, I'd feel like I was cheating. ;)
That book, by the way, is a real eye opener. Jon and Louise Webb were insane. In the ways that you may already think, and in so many others. Ha. A good read.
It was clear, it's from the mid 60s since 'Crucifix' was out already but they still hope for 'Outsider #4', which we know now, never appeared. (and they even name 1964 to be past and 1966 to be at least not over.)
From the measurements looking square, I had thought it was on or inside an LP-cover, but you said it's a big paper. I ain't sure if you'd consider 'WR' big. I wouldn't, for it was important but not really "big", right? But then I must admit: I know of No really big paper back then to print Buk "several times".
I'd say, mjp, tell us the story. It isn't cheating: Every thing one of us knows, is only b/c we've read it somewhere or been told. What else would be our sources? (except first-hand experience, but that covers less than 2% of all trivia-questions here, right?)
From the measurements looking square, I had thought it was on or inside an LP-cover, but you said it's a big paper. I ain't sure if you'd consider 'WR' big. I wouldn't, for it was important but not really "big", right? But then I must admit: I know of No really big paper back then to print Buk "several times".
I'd say, mjp, tell us the story. It isn't cheating: Every thing one of us knows, is only b/c we've read it somewhere or been told. What else would be our sources? (except first-hand experience, but that covers less than 2% of all trivia-questions here, right?)
mjp
Founding member
You really have to read the book to get the feel for what happened. It certainly wasn't a one time thing. The Webbs did this kind of "robbing Peter to pay Paul" money shifting all the time. They were constantly broke and constantly praying for an angel to come and save them. And plenty of people believed in them and did try to save them. They received a lot of free printing material and even an automated Heidelberg press! Which they battered and abused by constantly moving from city to city, and eventually sold (!) to finance something else.
I respect their work, but reading about how they did things, and how flaky and irresponsible they were, really made me wonder how they ever managed to publish anything. I think they were a little crazy, those two, and I can see why people who worked with them (Bukowski, Miller, etc.) eventually lost patience with their bullshit.
One of Bukowski's letters to Scott Harrison says that near the end of their relationship Bukowski had pretty much given up on the Webbs because he considered a lot of their problems to be self-inflicted. I'm paraphrasing, because I don't have it in front of me, but that's the gist of it.
I respect their work, but reading about how they did things, and how flaky and irresponsible they were, really made me wonder how they ever managed to publish anything. I think they were a little crazy, those two, and I can see why people who worked with them (Bukowski, Miller, etc.) eventually lost patience with their bullshit.
One of Bukowski's letters to Scott Harrison says that near the end of their relationship Bukowski had pretty much given up on the Webbs because he considered a lot of their problems to be self-inflicted. I'm paraphrasing, because I don't have it in front of me, but that's the gist of it.
cirerita
Founding member
I haven't read the book by Weddle yet, but when I first that long letter -I think it's in Reach for the Sun- where the Webbs complained -almost humiliatingly so- about being broken and working in hard conditions, and then read Bukowski's reaction, saying that all their misadventures were self-inflicted, as mjp said, I kind of believed Bukowski... and I guess Weddle's book will reinforce that notion...
And that's why I don't like to answer these questions! Doh!
Okay, an easy one.
In the 1980's Bukowski became friends with a young actor who was married to perhaps the biggest female music star of the 80's.
The question though is which of his books did he dedicate to his friend the actor?
Okay, an easy one.
In the 1980's Bukowski became friends with a young actor who was married to perhaps the biggest female music star of the 80's.
The question though is which of his books did he dedicate to his friend the actor?
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dolittle2x
In the Shadow of the Rose
(Sean Penn)
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(Sean Penn)
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dolittle2x
How about a question I don't know the answer to?
(much easier for me :>)
Why was Barfly first published in Italian?
(much easier for me :>)
Why was Barfly first published in Italian?
chronic
old and in the way
It was... about 14 or 15 months before the Paget edition. As far as why it was, I have no idea. Maybe some contractual obligation or something to do with Barbet Schroeder commissioning the book.
It's worth noting that Black Sparrow never issued this title, so I suppose it could have been up for grabs to his other publishers.
It's worth noting that Black Sparrow never issued this title, so I suppose it could have been up for grabs to his other publishers.
anyway - I don't find it valid to ask a question here without knowing the answer yourself.
How would you decide it's answered properly? This is a (Trivia-)game, right?
To ask a quest you dunno about, you'd open a thread.
sorry - don't intend to offend. Just thinking...
How would you decide it's answered properly? This is a (Trivia-)game, right?
To ask a quest you dunno about, you'd open a thread.
sorry - don't intend to offend. Just thinking...
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dolittle2x
But that's not true...
They did per usual->
Soft covered, Hard cover, a numbered and signed by Buk,
plus a #ed and signed by Buk, Schroeder, Faye Dunaway and Mickey Rourke,
Then a lettered edition.
I guess not so per usual, but Black Sparrow's was published September 1987.
Paget Press December 1984,
and the Italian version came out September 1983.
Doesn't anybody else find this really odd?,
There has to be some great answer
(Or am I just this goofed up on details) :D