Recent content by Fakename

I guess it was a girlfriend of mine 12 years ago who rented Barfly for us one night. I'm not sure if she was into it because of Buk or because she was in recovery. But, I didn't start reading his books until a few years later.

I'm thinking that for someone who might not be too familiar with his work, or at least the book, the film version really won't make too much sense at all. I can almost hear some of them crying out, "where was the plot?" after seeing it. Whereas for those of us who've read and re-read the book...

Born Into This Turns out, it's also apparently going to be the title of the forthcoming album by The Cult.

Oh, thanks so much! I missed it the first time around and was hoping it'd roll again one of these days!

I was approached by a guy the other night while riding the train home. He saw I was reading HOLLYWOOD and struck up a quick conversation about a friend of his who just might be an idiot because of his hatred of Buk. I responded with a meek, "well, he's not for everyone, you know?" Eventually the...

Good Lord! I used to go to Craby Joe's frequently when I moved into the nearby Cecil Hotel after my girl and I busted up back in 2004. It was then just as you found it, Jeremy. The city or whoever actually DID close it down for a bit maybe last year or so, as well as the fish fry place next to...

Buk & Idi Amin Personally, I think Buk was dead serious in his praise for Amin. If you'll recall the "Jon Pinchot" film on an African dictator he liked so much and wrote about in Hollywood, I've always assumed that it was Amin that was the subject of that film. So, it wouldn't be too...