Recent content by Brandon g

Hot damn! Lets hang out. I like your... uh I don't know I just like you. It is good. As far as "He made it work" I don't know about that fella. I guess It would depend on buks definition of "what works". I may not know that much about him (not as much as some of the guys around here). But...

Damn! I see that now. Man I thought it must be an instrument because of the way it looks like he is making love to it. I can see how some might think that Buk writes the same book all the time, but they just can't get past his style or subject matter. As Im sure we all know this is not true...

If I could never ever ever work again I wouldn't. Working is one of the most profound uneven trades Ive ever heard of. I feel like Im selling my soul every time I go to work. I can think of nothing that I could ever buy that would make me feel like it was worth all the work. Ive had many...

In Pulp the character (the name escapes me) drove an old vw beetle. Then I noticed that Buk had one himself in a photo on this site. I thought hell ya! I also have a old vw bug. Not only was he a great writer, but he knew what a good car is. Best car ever that old vw. I just took mine from...

What does it matter, aren't we all really slightly bi? This is slightly unrelated, but as I am sure everyone is done with this thread anyway, it does not matter. At an old job of mine I worked with this gay guy. His name was Gayb. When a buddy and me would talk to him we would always say...

Ah hell, everyone settle down, its not a big deal, who care if they want to advertise themselves? By responding to that you are invoking more of the same crap. Besides its kind of funny, I would probably give it to my kid just because it is funny, no other reason. I bet Buk would too. (Its...

Very interesting. Fascinating I say!

Thanks a lot every one, especially brother schenker.

Buk said that he wanted to be portrayed as a dirty old man, and we all seem to love him for that gritty dirty mind of his. But did he really some times hate that part of himself? I wonder this because in the poem Three oranges The speaker states "I will never forgive him for that, his trick...

I found this book about Kafka's life and his storys that is illustrated by none other than the infamous underground comic book artist Robert Crumb. Its a work of art, it really is. I belive that the book is now out of print, but it is still easy to find on Amazon and such (I just ordered mine...

Fine, he was not a beat, he was a Bukowski.

Here is the problem with Literature and folks today. I cannot quote him on it because I lost the source, but Buk said something to the affect of how a person should not know to much about the author because they forget about the work. I know that Salinger and Celine said something similar to...

Essentially most of you are saying that Buk was not a beat because he was not a bad writer. Listen to yourselves for christ's sake. I know that the term existed before a band of drunkards, but as with many words time morphed it into a whole new meaning. Maybe I am wrong, but hear me out...

I have heard many folks say that Buk was not a part of the beat generation. They say that he did not want to be considered as a part of that generation. So you all (some of you anyway) like to sit their and sound smart by claiming that Buk's involvement with the beat generation is an incorrect...

Yes, I am also a Fan of the group. Not only do they mention him in some songs, but many of the themes in the music seem to be connected to Bukowski's work. In fact the life style of the lead singer is not that much different at all.