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What is the focus question or theme of your essay? Notwithstanding any potential editing between NYQ and The People Look Like Flowers At Last, in basic terms that line is merely summarising the poem's overall point: that humans beings have no brain, no heart, no "mercy" ... though we may want to...

Hey Maja All the articles from that issue should be available digitally through most university databases. That's how I got a hold of 'em. The MLA Bibliography is usually the most comprehensive one (and all the Buk articles from Review of Contemporary Fiction 5.3 WILL come up with full text...

You never see YOUNG Tom Waits in the same room with Shia. You never see OLD Tom Waits in the same room with Ron Perlman.

Fair call Gary, fair call. Though he drank the hard stuff when younger, yes? I was probably thinking of the Tom Waits song 'Downtown' anyhow: "drinkin' chivas regal in a $4 room".

Hey thanks again everyone for the insider advice plus cartography. Gonna be great to have in my bag after touch down. Pogue: I do not necessarily disagree with you but, as it happens, research IS paying the freight and there's a lot to be said for the experience itself. Hence the desire to get...

Really can't thank you guys enough, much much appreciated. Excellent cartography skills there Roni. And giant record stores are one of my oldest (harder now to indulge in) vices. Maybe a list AND some browsing time, though that could easily stretch out to several hours . . .

Smoking Typewriters is an overview of the whole underground press scene, so only has a small portion devoted exclusively to So-Cal. I haven't looked through it all yet, but it's definitely a good read and useful resource for understanding the political/cultural motivations behind the...

Thanks Roni . . . hopefully I won't *need* to get anywhere really fast and I'm generally a fan of public transport, don't mind looking out of bus or train windows at all . . . so good to know getting lost won't be too easy. celeste, I haven't been to a spa before, but maybe the L.A. stress will...

Ha, oh dear, hit the old academic-writing-alarm. Should have been more clear - I'm already familiar with Harrison's work, his book of essays was, you're right, dry in parts but nothing I minded too much. He certainly approaches Buk from a necessarily limited, Marxist perspective but admits so in...

It's always interesting to see how people write about different aspects of Buk's life or work in essay form, though, even when they aren't revealing any new information. That being said, I've got a scan of the entire 5/6 issue but haven't really found it necessary to hunt down/purchase the rest...

Hey, thanks guys. It does seem like pop culture has not lied and L.A. really is the city with a passion for cars. I've been lucky and managed to find accommodation within actual walking distance of the libraries I'm visiting (like, 1 mile instead of 10-15) but in terms of being able to see and...

Also Dora, thanks for mentioning 'Hold Outs' . . . I'm currently reading 'Smoking Typewriters' by John McMillian & am looking for more in-depth reading on the whole underground press scene. Will see if I can get a copy all the way down here in Australia.

Hi all I'm going to L.A. for a Bukowski research trip quite soon (I know there's a few others who've done similar ones around). Will be landing at LAX on December 29 and staying around until the end of January (spending the final week up in Santa Barbara). I'm also thinking quite a few of you...

Thanks Dora. I hadn't actually spoken to Sue Hodson at the Huntington yet about the processes for copying material, so that's a good heads up I will email her about. What about L.A. in general? I'm planning on staying within riding or walking distance of the various archives while I'm there...

Thanks for drawing attention to that recent periodicals collection at the Huntington, Black Swan. I'm heading there in January to look into the archives and that kind of material is what I'm most interested in. And Dora . . . how did your trip end up turning out? I think you said you spent...