mjp
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Gah! Why drag me into this? ;)
I'm afraid that I don't care if it's Waits, Lennon, Little Richard, Mozart...I don't want to hear any free verse poems as lyrics.
When did you discover Bukowski?
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I'm afraid that I don't care if it's Waits, Lennon, Little Richard, Mozart...I don't want to hear any free verse poems as lyrics.
planahea
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I picked up a copy of Post Office in an urban Boston bookstore in 1971 because of it's unusual non-coated paperback cover, liked the first few outrageous pages and bought it. At home that night I could not sleep until I finished reading it. The same week I wrote to John Martin with a proposal to represent his small press, actually a diminutive press at that time, to the book trade. That began a relationship with JM and his BSP as a client publisher that lasted until July, 2002 when the press officially ceased publishing. My enthusiasm for Buk never stopped expanding from that first read. I still miss him and the anticipation of the arrival of his latest book, but his body of work endures as one of the finest in the 20th century.
Was reading an article about a Pearl Jam album, they mentioned Buk as an influence.
Well, I don't listen to Pearl Jam anymore, but I still read Buk, so there you go.
Well, I don't listen to Pearl Jam anymore, but I still read Buk, so there you go.
Father Luke
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Gerard K H Love
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LOL!:D
lol. i know how those damned seminars can be. i did a creative writing seminar where we had to read aloud stuff that we'd written.
it was absolutely horrible :/ i never want to read out loud.
Yeah and they can be pretty embarrassing to listen to as well as speak in - though I am sure your stuff wasn't embarrassing. Was this before you knew Buk? Did you ever see/hear recording of him reading before you did yours? Ever thought of dragging a fridge of beers into your reading? :)
One of those early Henry Rollins books gave me the name. This probably '85 or '86. The rest was a bit of serendipity. In '87 I finally perused some Buk in the college library. I opened up "Dangling..." in the stacks and I knew it was my kind of stuff. When I took it down to the check-out desk, the librarian happened to be one with good taste. He let me know that there was this new movie coming out..."Barfly." Something about the combination of the poems and the film really just sucked me into Buk fandom.
lol it was horrible. UTTERLY horrible. i brought in a short sci-fi piece and the writer who was doing the seminar stopped me a paragraph in, asked me if it was sci-fi, and then told me he didn't want to hear it. :(
ya, i was into bukowski at the time (maybe not into him like i am NOW, but i had read ham on rye last summer so i was a fan of his by this time). a beer would have been welcome. ;D although im pretty sure i came home and had one. haha.
I was just dipping my feet into the expansive ocean that is poetry three years ago, and was rummaging through the walls of poetry books at my locals Borders Books, and noticed that almost three entire shelves were overrun with a books by this fellow named Bukowski. I figured, "shit, this guy is rather prolific. He obviously has a lot to say." And I picked up Last Night of the Earth Poems on a whim.
I read the entire book, every single poem in it, in one sitting, listening to Mahler that very same evening.
The next day, I returned to Borders and picked up Come On In!, Post Office, Hot Water Music, Betting On The Muse and Ham On Rye.
Thus began my eternal love affair with Buk's writing.
I read the entire book, every single poem in it, in one sitting, listening to Mahler that very same evening.
The next day, I returned to Borders and picked up Come On In!, Post Office, Hot Water Music, Betting On The Muse and Ham On Rye.
Thus began my eternal love affair with Buk's writing.
Gerard K H Love
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Welcome to the forum, Classical music goes well with Bukowski, doesn't it?
I never had luck on 'hooking' anybody to his books. They would read one, but never asked for another...so I stopped pushing.
I saw Barfly (twice) when it came out in 1987. Am still surprised it played here. The attraction to the movie for me was Mickey Rourke, who I had loved in Angel Heart. I had heard the name Bukowski, in a couple songs, and had seen the Entertainment Tonight coverage of the premiere (I think) and thought, "This looks different." The writing of the film, of course, is what got me. Slowly started reading his books, the library at CSUF had nearly every Bukowski book, and the rest is history. Mainly read the prose first, and the early, early small books of poetry. Later it was all about the poems. Sadly, my interest has waned in recent years. I haven't finished reading the first Ecco collection, and have not bought any since that one. Maybe I'll be able to get back into reading.
Hosh
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In college (say, 1996-ish) a good friend showed me the poem "the way" in BURNING. I loved it--so he gave me his copy. There are 5 or 6 poems in it that still blown my mind. After so many years in college writing classes, I'd finally got hold of some REAL writing.
Since then, both he & I have given away multiple copies of the book...to friends, strangers, etc. The last copy I gave away was left for the library in the rent-by-the-month apartment I took in Paris, January, 2003.
So, if you every take a room near the Picasso Museum in Paris, check the shelves...
Since then, both he & I have given away multiple copies of the book...to friends, strangers, etc. The last copy I gave away was left for the library in the rent-by-the-month apartment I took in Paris, January, 2003.
So, if you every take a room near the Picasso Museum in Paris, check the shelves...
Well, I was reading an interview with a band called Ministry in a Danish heavy music magazine. And the singer was heavily into heroine and he was talking about drugs and writers and came up with the name William S. Burroughs and told some stories about Burroughs.
I thought he sounded interesting, so I went to the library to borrow some books of his. The the librarian looked at me at said that I also might wanna try this guy out: Charles Bukowski. I said, what the heck, why not?
So, after the Burroughs-books, I started on his books and was hooked immediately! It was like discovering a great band you've never heard of! So of course, being a collector-type I am (be it records or books), I started to collect his books...
There you go! :)
I thought he sounded interesting, so I went to the library to borrow some books of his. The the librarian looked at me at said that I also might wanna try this guy out: Charles Bukowski. I said, what the heck, why not?
So, after the Burroughs-books, I started on his books and was hooked immediately! It was like discovering a great band you've never heard of! So of course, being a collector-type I am (be it records or books), I started to collect his books...
There you go! :)
CarversDog
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At the time I discovered Buk I was (and remain to a degree) an avid collector and reader of L.A. regional lit: Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Nathanael West, Fante, Carey McWilliams, Joseph Wambaugh, Ross MacDonald, Walter Mosely, Didion and Dunne, Bruce Wagner, Michael Tolkin, Fitzgerald's "Last Tycoon" and "Pat Hobby Stories", some of Huxley that was regional ... in that field, all roads eventually lead to Bukowski.
Through the beats, I was reasearching them and found a link to related material. Bukowski isn't a beat writer but he wrote at the same time and had the same "free spirit" vibe.
I was intrigued by the poems of his that where online so I went to a book store and picked up "women" and to this day it's still my most favorite Buk book. After reading everything else he's written and biographical material, reading it a second time was even more fun than the first.
I was intrigued by the poems of his that where online so I went to a book store and picked up "women" and to this day it's still my most favorite Buk book. After reading everything else he's written and biographical material, reading it a second time was even more fun than the first.
Gerard K H Love
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Welcome to the forum. Why do you ask? That's a strange request for right out of the gate.
Take a look at the TIMELINE and scroll to 1994 and there is the answer. This is a pretty easy web site to use once you look around.
Take a look at the TIMELINE and scroll to 1994 and there is the answer. This is a pretty easy web site to use once you look around.
Father Luke
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Here is the view a little further out. . .
yeh. and please note:
if you place these two schemes on overlay - the grave is Right where Buk belongs:
the GUTS !
Gerard K H Love
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Why is that guy eating an apple?