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Thanks, zobraks, very cool! I've never seen that before.

Wow, thanks, Black Swan! The story I was remembering was the one from South of No North. The fact that the story mentions Hank's friend Baldy is what made me think the Burbank appeared in Ham on Rye. When I couldn't find the Burbank there, I thought I was losing my mind! By the way, I also...

This is how I remember it - but I may well be losing my mind. I was reading some Bukowski novel or short story - and Buk mentioned going to a striptease/burlesque show in downtown LA at a place called the Burbank Theater. This stuck in my mind because Burbank is the name of a city which, at...

My pleasure, buklassical! Nice to run into another fan of classical music out in the wild! Regarding Pollini, it certainly seems incongruous to me that a performer described as "cold" or "mechanical" would achieve much of his fame through the works of Chopin - a Romantic composer. Romantic...

Pollini is a great artist; I came to know him through his recordings of Chopin. I actually met him once - my then-girlfriend and I waited backstage for autographs back in the 90s. He was a very pleasant man, with a very heavy Italian accent. He signed my CD booklet for his recording of the...

Jeez, I had no idea. Eek. Thanks for the info, mjp.

I used to work at Crown Books, and can assure you that your assessment of the place is absolutely correct. Not only did we not sell any Bukowski, but we also didn't have any Baudelaire, Rimbaud, or anything of that nature. The closest we probably got was Rilke. I'd hate it when someone would...

I've actually known S.A since the early '90s, if I had to put an exact date on it, I'd guess 1993. I was invited to (and attended) a poetry reading S.A. gave at Beyond Baroque (not to be confused with Baroque Books) around '94 or '95. That said, my best friend knows S.A. a lot better than I do...

No, Bukowski would hate all of US - clearly, I waste time on the internet, too. Need proof? I'm doing it right now.

Thanks for the confirmation, Rekrab. As to the fray, I swear that I had NO intention of causing such a reaction when I first posted! But yes, there really WERE some people who really turned their noses up when it came to Bukowski. "Trash" is exactly the right word, they treated his books like...

Looking for books equals a "Bukowski-like situation" to you? Which Bukowski books have you been reading? Did I get into a bar fight? Did I get thrown in the drunk tank? Did I visit a whorehouse? Did I bet on the horses? Did I sit at the "typer", pounding out noble truths? Did I bed multiple...

You are, of course, entitled to believe whatever you like; I don't have this option, as I experienced this behavior first hand. It happened to me in Crown Books in Burbank; it happened to me at Dutton's Books on Laurel Canyon. And, like I said, it happened to me (albeit, in a less strident...

Hello, all. Let me begin by first apologizing for the length of this post. But considering that, by default, all of you are full-length book readers, I know that you'll be easily able to digest my somewhat verbose post without taxing your attention spans (or hopefully, your patience). I've...