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Have any of you noticed the unpublished foreward to William Wantling's "7 on Style" in "Portions from a Wine-stained Notebook"? In it Buk is both gracious and respectful concerning Wantling. It seems Buk sure could pour on the sugar if he wanted to... This stands in crass contrast to the way...

Little Steven van Zandt is in Bergen this week producing the new album for the Cocktail Slippers. That's how I heard about them. Maybe Little Steven has a thing about flying-V guitars? Does he ever use one? And I'm with you G-love, there's something special about a good girl band.

War Child Heroes

Art schmart. Whatever gets you thru the night. It's alright.

This one is growing on me in a B-52s sort of way...

Nice. Thanks. Notice how he uses the exact same facts as in the poem. And honestly, Buk did say similar things about his own poems, f.ex. when he said that he'd rather be the worlds best pool player or plumber rather than a poet. So the line about Purdy's wine making isn't that harsh in my opinion.

Here's one that'll soothe your nerves... 9. James Hunter - Mollena

I totally agree David. Well put. By the way, apparently there's a new book out containing a selection of Ginsberg's letters. Does anybody have it yet and can they look the name "Bukowski" up in the index please? :D

I will ALWAYS remember

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Do you mean poems like this? Geeywl (click at yr own risk)

gotcha!:o

Good one Roni. By the way, have you heard of a guy called Schultheiss (click) who has illustrated a Buk-story from ToOM? I just became aware of a Norwegian translation of this.

Don't recall Buk mentioning this book but he does mention Orwell's first book "Down and Out in Paris and London". Its sort of a documentary, a factotumish book describing Orwell's experiences in cheap jobs & on the bum in flophouses in France & London. Its a good read. Buk appreciates the book...

This one doesn't do much fr me. To morose - heavy - to well crafted - flat - impotent. The line seems almost too tight. I need to see something more, perhaps a wild glint of mad laughter despite it all. Some hint of irrational strength holding the poem together Otherwise it "smacks" to much of...

You made my Monday Bill! It got here safe and sound today. Many thanks.

Here's one for all the teenagers out there.;) Legendary radio rock jockey John Peel has the opening lines engraved on his tombstone: 5. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (The singer reminds me of Willie Nile actually...)

Velkommen - and look forward to Bukowski's poetry. That is where the real quality is...

So true. Still, these guys seem promising enough though: Fleet Foxes And they've been hyped up quite a bit...

I actually just discovered Grant Green last weekend.:o I'm not a jazz aficionado, as you may have guessed. What I like about him is that he has a sort of restrained simplicity. Too many jazz musicians turn me off when they launch into endless meandering displays of their technical abilities...

A 300 pound whore and enough worms to kiss him good night for all eternity.

YIKES!:eek: That "poem" makes me think Barbara Thanks for sharing C. ! (I mean it! ;)) The reference to Borodin is interesting. Buk's poem was published in 58 the database says. So Fry did have some influence on the man it seems...