Crass....yes very crass!

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Jennn

I recently read some of his poetry and I felt like I was lookin back into one of my journals. Crass....yes very crass! I have never read any of his books yet...I can't wait to do so. Anyone have a good one for me to start with????????
 
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Jennn

Crass!

Crass is an old punk band and I read an article once that Bukowski's writings were some of their biggest influences. It was a play on words in my own mind. I talk to myself a lot and forget that not everyone speaks the same intraverted language as I. Sorry for the confusion. I do however think that we can all be or act "crass" when given the right circumstances combined with hard liquor..............So......do you have a recomendation for my first Bukowski book???????

And while i'm thinking about it.....from Bukowski's poetry that I have read...I wouldnt exactly consider it "refined"....but then again, I do believe that is hugely the appeal! Do you disagree?
 
james

james

i'd say a great place to start is Notes of a Dirty Old Man. it's got a little bit of everything...
 
chronic

chronic

old and in the way
I used to be a Crass fan too (way back when). In retrospect, the packaging was better than the music, but still...

Both of the suggestions above are good starting points, but if we're talking novels, I'd say start with Ham On Rye. If poetry, Mockingbird Wish Me Luck. Short stories -- South of No North.
 
Gerard K H Love

Gerard K H Love

Appreciate your friends
Welcome. Who is that pictured in your avatar? Is that you?

You may want to read a couple of Bukowski's novels and more of his poetry before you establish an opinion. It's like judging him based on his complexion alone. You know what I mean. Enjoy the reading.
 
Cowboy

Cowboy

Hi Jennn !
I think like James , "Notes of a dirty old man" . It was my first BUK book and then I read all the other stuff .
 
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Jennn

Billville said:
Is that really the word you wanted to use?
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actually I ment=introverted

Too much whisky n fags last night!!! Ill make sure to put my spell check on just 4 you luv!!! I wouldnt want you to miss a "beet" hehe!!
 
nervas

nervas

more crickets than friends
I always recommend "Love Is A Dog From Hell." It's the first book I read back in 1992 and I was hooked/a Bukowski junkie from the first poem. So for some reason I always feel it's a great one to start with, as long as you don't mind starting with poetry. As others have said here, if you pick a novel first, "Ham On Rye" is a good starting point.
 
roni

roni

crass |kras|
adjective
lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence
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In German, the word 'krass' would mean 'extreme'. (without an estimation - could be used in a positive as well as in a negative connotation.)

In a German conversation about Buk, the word could easily come up.

Like:
"Have you read this novel, where he's banging all these women" - "Yeah, that was krass."
or:
"Have you read that novel, where he has to do all these mindkilling night-shifts at the post office?" - "Hell yeah! That was krass!"
or:
"Man, how he still writes so intense about his old love Jane even so many years after her death - that's krass!"

Gerard K H Love said:
Who is that pictured in your avatar? Is that you?
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Looks like Betty P. to me.
 
Ambreen

Ambreen

Sordide Sentimental
roni said:
Looks like Betty P. to me.
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That's what I myself first thought but in the "what I am having for dinner" thread, mjp identified her as being Dita Von Teese. If you have a look at jennn's profile, you'll discover the same image in a bigger size and see that he was right.
 
Gerard K H Love

Gerard K H Love

Appreciate your friends
I see you are paying close attention to mjp, Ambreen. That's good. That's the way your new master expects you to act. I see the indoctrination is going well.
 
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Jennn

roni said:
In German, the word 'krass' would mean 'extreme'. (without an estimation - could be used in a positive as well as in a negative connotation.)

Looks like Betty P. to me.
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Thank you!!!!! Someone gets it!!! That is Dita...however I love the whole Betty Page thing....very sexy indeed!
 
Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
That's right, Jennnn. No one, except mjp. You see, mjp is the exception that confirms the rule. :)
 
Ponder

Ponder

"So fuck Doubleday Doran"
RIP
I see the kindergarten is wide open again!!!!!!!!!!

Okay- welcomy to the forum, Jenny. I hope you
start reading Bukowski as soon as possible.
It will change your life.
enjoy, enjoy
 
Ambreen

Ambreen

Sordide Sentimental
You ho ! I can read your threads and posts again, Jennn ! How strange ! I've relieved myself ! Yet I won't be satisfied till I won't have any explosion for two days.

Ponder said:
I see the kindergarten is wide open again!!!!!!!!!!
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Yeah ! Ho, the unruly kid isn't pleased to go back skool and has turned a trick on me :
Ambreen said:
I confess I take some delight in contradicting him. But he is always right.
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He has changed my words. I wrote : But he is beautiful and always correct .

Jennn said:
NO one is always right!!!
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That's wrong, Jennn. mjp is always right. You see, mjp is the exception that confirms the rule.

Of course, if he's devilish enough to rock my worlds, he's as well devilish enough to conceal Jennn's posts from me. Thus, he's the master of me and mine. Gladfully .
 
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Jennn

Same theory that everyone else is crazy except me!


So your saying that he can dish it out but he can't take it?
 
J

Jennn

I think I've had too many bloody marys this afternoon!!!!!!! Oh yeah and I couldnt spell my way out of a paper sack! SORRY YA'LL
 
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