Recent content by ribaij

I paid 250NOK (aprox. 34 Euro / 41 USD) for it. Primarily wanting to SWAP for something on my quite extensive want-list for approximately equal value/price.

I have an extra copy of: Title: Ganske Alminnelig Galskap - 8 Bukowski short stories illustrated by Matthias Schultheiss Black and White, 152 A4 pages. Translated to Norwegian by Marianne Brodtkorb Printed in Norway by TANGEN Grafisk senter Published by Cappelens Forlag. 1st (and only?)...

I'm 35 and been reading Bukowski on and of. I have about 35 titles. Although I try t0 get BSP prints I'm usually content getting later printing. I'm primarily after the text first time around. Although I have fine first print soft cover of Ham on Rye (BSP-1982) I have abstained from reading it...

Hi guys, I've been away for a couple of years from the forum and Bukowski. Thought id humbly share (brag) that I'm back collecting and just received my long missed 1st print Soft Copy of Hollywood (BSP 1989) today (Had to pay $22 for the book and $44 in freight... ugh). Still looking for a...

I'm broke but got some bucks on PS :) looking for Buk on black sparrow press (does not have to be first print). also interrested in broadsides. Please post some prices. I'll ship $ before you send books. "not all of us are gamblers and those who aren't don't matter" regards, paul

Thx guys! Yea, that's right hoochmonkey9; you have to be rich to be an alcoholic here. Some more rambling 2:00am in the morning to clarify my reference to Hamsun: When I was a kid my father forced me to take piano lessons. Apparently my grandfather had forced him to take piano lessons as...

Greetings from Oslo. I've been sneaking around on this site for a couple of months now, but I still haven't had time to post an introduction yet... so here goes. I'm turning 30 in January; I continually shit away my money on grass and poker. I work for an online gambling site and expect to...

Here is a short clip where Dan Fante (son of John Fante), comments on BUK: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8304726534224990230&q=fante&hl=en

my turn my tur my turn my turn my turn!!! I guess most of you know that BUK was a big fan of the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun. There is also another Norwegian writer mentioned in BUK?s work. a) Name of writer? b) Line that BUK quotes him on? c) Name of the Book where this line is taken from...

Fly Like a Bat Out of Hell

I'm thinking of buying a BUK book for a friend of mine. He has never read anything of BUK. Any ideas as to what I should get? What titles do you guys buy for your BUK-virgin-friends? I was thinking about Septuagenarian Stew....

a couple of lines: - -- --- ---- ----- Most men don't die. There is nothing that has lived; there is nothing to die. Excerpt from a letter to S.M. November 1961 Beerspit Night and Cursing: The Correspondence of Charles Bukowski and Sheri Martinelli 1960-1967 (2001) ----- ---- --- -- -...

we both knew him I got up, went in, pulled down my pants, sat down, thinking, fucking often has nothing to do with being ?lovers? and fucking seldom has much to do with literature and literature has nothing to do with fucking except to write about it when more important things give...

art art as the spirit wanes the form appears.

Can someone help me out. Where is this BUK-quote from? "SIDEWAYS" Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor Based on the novel by Rex Pickett May 29, 2003 - -- --- ---- ----- ------ ------- -------- --------- ---------- EXT. BEACH - DAY Two PELICANS soar low...