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Yes, and it follows that perhaps if I hadn't been made to feel so unwelcome here, and seen Lauren from the Delongpre preservation campaign made to feel unwelcome, I'd have been more inclined to hang out when time allowed and make more posts like the book store suggestion. But who but a masochist...

mjp, I'd suggest you read the reviews our tours have received and also the reviews my three books have received before you suggest that what we're doing is parasitical. I can only imaging that you're making the assumption that our passengers get in a bus and are driven to a series of addresses...

So, mjp, you're banning me from using this forum to post about any future Bukowski tours or related announcements, that's fine, it's your right, but I am disappointed that you are have made this decision. If a bus tour co-hosted by John Dullaghan doesn't belong under the All things Bukowski...

No, it's the Bukbird You might think the Bukbird resembles Drinky Crow, but Mr. Millionaire does not wish him to be described that way. So shhh! You wouldn't want to irk a millionaire, would you? Also, Drinky Crow doesn't smoke, nor know how to type, so they're different. I cannot comment on...

Oh, the t-shirts and beer coasters are certainly merch. Only the silkscreen is art!

so glad you asked! Gentle reader, It's taken a couple of months, for plasticmuse had to go all the way to Oshkosh to obtain the proper shades of ink to evoke Tony Millionaire's Bukowski-inspired Bukbird for his limited edition fine art silkscreen print. Then he had to come back! And now...

This Saturday afternoon, we hope you'll join "Bukowski: Born Into This" director John Dullaghan and Esotouric's Richard Schave as they host a citywide bus tour into Bukowski's Los Angeles. Something new on this tour: a beer run at one of Bukowski's favorite liquor stores. Tour summary and...

LA the palimpsest Hi Poptop, Thanks for the support and the interest. If you'd like to be part of the action as the project moves forward, there's room on the team. Just sign up at the website to get email alerts, or drop an email if you'd like to volunteer in any capacity. We welcome anyone...

If you're interested in Western history and rare books, Caravan Books downtown is a must. It's the last remnant of Bookseller's Row, and convenient to the main library, where you'll want to visit the children's reading room, which was formerly the main reading room where Bukowski discovered...

Los Angeles Times lead editorial asks "How to Commemorate Bukowski?" How to commemorate Bukowski? The literary anti-hero's apartment may become a landmark, but how do you memorialize such a dark icon? September 22, 2007 Devotees and detractors of poet and novelist Charles Bukowski can...

Below is one proposal for a future use of the De Longpre property, assuming it receives landmark status and/or is purchased by someone sympathetic to preservation. Other suggestions and feedback welcome. Commercial use won't actually cut it in that neighborhood, so I wouldn't suggest putting too...

Thanks, Jordan. That's about how we look at it. (PS we do true crime tours, too... but we're such money-grubbers that we focus on obscure, offbeat and historic crimes rather than the famous ones.)

God bless you, skeptic. If it weren't for the bus tour and Richard running through the route before the launch, it's likely that no one here, including Lauren, would know the property was in danger. Maybe it would have been sold and leveled by now. There's no shame in seeking something back for...

Richard Schave, who leads the Esotouric bus adventure Haunts of a Dirty Old Man is helping to support the preservation of the Bukowski bungalow through website advice and extensive lobbying. He is similarly involved in the matter of the endangered apartment building where John Fante wrote "Ask...

Updated email address for emails of support Edgar Garcia is out of the office for the rest of the week, but I am informed that the CHC is well aware of the large number of emails he has been getting in support of saving Bukowski's bungalow. So thanks to everyone who emailed or sent a letter. It...