He is.
When I met him in LA he was a perfect gentleman. In fact he even payed my bill at the restaurant.
"Find what you love and let it kill you"
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When I met him in LA he was a perfect gentleman. In fact he even payed my bill at the restaurant.
hangman asks a perfectly legitimate question and it turns into people pissing on each other..weird..maybe Buk fans ARE dicks
Wow! Allow me to introduce a new topic. I read to my sister who lives in California a Buk poem a few weeks ago. I read to her "Dinosaurs, We", and she was blown away. She was sort of speecless for a while. She asked me when it was written and I didn't know off the top of my head. Since this website is filled with knowledgable experts of Bukowski can someone let me know what year this poem was written in? I could have did the google thing but this website is much better.
bospress.net
www.bospress.net
Before 1991, but not much earlier. Someone else may be able to pinpoint it better.
It is a powerful one and one that will grab people that don't read poetry too.
Next time try Bluebird and Genius of the Crowd.... Two other great classic Buk poems to start with.
Bill
It is a powerful one and one that will grab people that don't read poetry too.
Next time try Bluebird and Genius of the Crowd.... Two other great classic Buk poems to start with.
Bill
mjp
Founding member
You might want to check the name of that poem before you read it to anyone else.
Joined here purely to say this:
MJP, your attitude towards the ladies posting on this thread is nothing short of embarrassing, and you really should NOT be a moderator. You seem angry towards them -I hope whatever has happened involving women to make you feel this bitter, you eventually deal with it, and stop being such a misogynistic fcuknugget.
EDIT: Perhaps it's just your attitude to *anyone* you deem less than you. Just so SAD...
MJP, your attitude towards the ladies posting on this thread is nothing short of embarrassing, and you really should NOT be a moderator. You seem angry towards them -I hope whatever has happened involving women to make you feel this bitter, you eventually deal with it, and stop being such a misogynistic fcuknugget.
EDIT: Perhaps it's just your attitude to *anyone* you deem less than you. Just so SAD...
Tom Petty said it well when he said "you don't know how it feels. no you don't know how it feels. to be mjp"
this site has almost 5000 members and well over 7000 threads. not an easy feat. people come in here off the streets talking all kinds of different crap, because its the internet and the world is crazy and people often are too myself included. when somebody is out of line or presumptuous, the nearest authority figure puts them in their place. that is always how the world works. ideally this is done in a balanced way but there's not always time for balance when teh world spins sideways and the acid rain comes tumbling down. the women on this thread used that classic double talk 'oh i'm sweet and pretty' on the one hand and then, under their breath they don't respect anyone and feel entitled to spout off about whatever without thinking it through first. come to think of it, YOU just spouted off about whatever without thinking it through first.
that said, the bitterness mellows when you cook it down, add some salt, rice vinegar and a pinch of sugar. good to go.
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Fascist! There is always time for balance. Even when teh world spins sideways.
mjp
Founding member
Thank you! Without insightful, grounded opinions such as yours, we run the risk of losing touch with reality. Bless you, bless you.
From your lips to God's ears.
Pogue Mahone
Officials say drugs may have played a part
Now this is really kinky...
mjp
Founding member
Well, if the Houston Press says it, it must be true.
Actually, the singer from that band, Ramon Medina, emailed me a couple of weeks ago with the Kinky Friedman attribution. I neglected/forgot to post the attribution here.
The "one old woman who couldn't tell you why some random Facebook poster first attributed it to Bukowski" quote in the article comes from one of my responses to Ramon. Which begs the question, since when do newspapers quote third party emails without permission? Seems to me that someone shouldn't be surprised by seeing passages from their emails in "newspaper" articles.
Just saying, Houston Press. You aren't wikileaks. Or maybe everyone is wikileaks now. Why not. What the hell.
Of course none of this will stop people from spreading that "Bukowski" quote for the next 100 years.
Actually, the singer from that band, Ramon Medina, emailed me a couple of weeks ago with the Kinky Friedman attribution. I neglected/forgot to post the attribution here.
The "one old woman who couldn't tell you why some random Facebook poster first attributed it to Bukowski" quote in the article comes from one of my responses to Ramon. Which begs the question, since when do newspapers quote third party emails without permission? Seems to me that someone shouldn't be surprised by seeing passages from their emails in "newspaper" articles.
Just saying, Houston Press. You aren't wikileaks. Or maybe everyone is wikileaks now. Why not. What the hell.
Of course none of this will stop people from spreading that "Bukowski" quote for the next 100 years.
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
Bukowski may not have said everything but I'm sure he thought of it and didn't write it all down. To quote Sarah Silverman,"Bukowski is Magic."
This is like a really, really funny board.
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
It looks like all the books are Ecco editions. Of all the spines they could feature...
Pogue Mahone
Officials say drugs may have played a part
Literature? That sounds like Bukowski saying "Sexual Intercourse" instead of screwing or fucking. I smell Martin all over the sheets...
