Recent content by Austin Charles

@Jordan, you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Thank you for that. @number6horse I totally agree. I could be wrong, I could be stupid for this or that, but I'm glad I got this dialogue going at least.

Mjp- you'd assume wrong because you don't know shit about me. My daddy Brother Barrow? Really? If that was supposed to be a funny joke it was pretty horrible. I'm not telling you this as someone who is 'sensitive' and 'young' and easily offended, I'm just telling you because you aren't funny...

Listen, I have read all of your comments. I just want to say, I understand all the technical shit, Bukowski was born in the 20s and he was born with learned racism and all that. Yes, I understand all that. What I'm trying to say is that many of you don't understand what its like to read this...

I agree with esart

@Angeleyes619 Just got back from tearing Chicago a new one. Was much fun.

I think I'm one of a kind. I'm black, but I listen to rock as hard as any other white guy I know. I've been raised in my culture to listen to Led Zeppelin, the Foo Fighters, and Metallica, and I've been fine growing up with my white friends. Some consider me a black emo, although I don't even...

I do agree with Erik. We'll never know for sure, so what's the point in asking? Buk drank his ass off, we know that for certain. But it doesn't mean we can find a recipe for his ability to function through the post office or handle Linda King. We can only say this man prospered through a few...

Thanks Roni, as someone new to the site, this matters much. :)

This is totally off topic of music but I saw on the ninth episode of Californication that Karen, David Duchovney's love interest, was reading Buk's book Sifting Through the Madness. I heard that Hank Moody's character was pretty much based on Chinaski.

I do agree on many levels. Barfly is an excellent film, and I'am not personally taking anything away from it. The casting is great, with Mickey Rourke (one of my favorite actors, like personally. I don't like many actors but I love Mick Rourke's story and his personality) and Fay Dunaway. It...

@Bukfan thanks for the link. I didn't know if that was an insult or what, but sure, smoky. I don't know, I just think she's a wonderful singer. @mjp I was merely asking a question buddy, I didn't know what he meant by smoky voice. Nothing is beneath me, and I'd ask that you didn't assume...

@bospress.net You can't just say that and not expect to back it up. What do you mean smoky voice?

That's right, I dare ask this question on the Bukowski fansite. I've asked this philosophical/cinematic question for years now. And I couldn't think of a better place to ask it than here. If this has already been asked, then I apologize. But for now, I'll pretend it hasn't. What is your favorite...

"Heavy drinking is a substitute for companionship and it's a substitute for suicide. It's a secondary way of life." I just thought I would reiterate this because it was so damn awesome. David, thanks for that piece.

That line, "I'am a genius, but nobody knows it but me." I think from Factotum. This pretty much encapsulates the entire Buk experience for me. Not only do I feel this way about my own writing, I feel this way about Buk. I have written a line in a novel of mine that I think might apply to Buk, it...