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Here's one I'm sure Buk would have liked: 10. "God Loves a Drunk" by Richard Thompson: Hear it here:

Nice. Two recognizable Buk-features about this short: 1. Yet another woman's name ending with an "a". 2. An early mention of his "Don't try" philosophy, this time connected to classical music ... interesting that he had these instincts so early. (Hmmm, couldn't get line-shifts...

I thought I'd order a couple of t-shirts with buk-quotes on 'em - for the summer you know. Thought it would be fun to get a list of suggestions from the forum. Sort of like Bobbes "ipod" thread. Rules: -You get one line/suggestion each. -Remember to give the source. -Its gotta fit easily on a...

Don't forget this one, quoted by Bukowski himself several times: https://bukowskiforum.com/showthread.php?t=917&highlight=o%27day Listen to it here: http://www.imeem.com/people/5HPaPJ//music/Yiz_VtOY/stan_kenton_anita_oday_and_her_tears_flowed_like_wine/

And so are YOU! :D

I can't believe I'm writing this, to Hank Solo, and I'm sure to be corrected (I'm ready, just let me have it), but here goes: I think you're wrong on this one. I seem to recall even the soup being mentioned in one of Buk's letters in Beerspit. Martinelli seems to have been just the "new age"...

You might wanna here the recording where Buk reads this poem himself. I think its on the CD "Bukowski: King of Poets". (You can get it on iTunes.)

Agreed. What I actually meant was that the ultimate "Best of" will have to evolve "by itself", so to speak, over a greater length of time. It won't be the work of one specific editor. But 100 years from now, I'm sure, a number of "the best" poems will still be around, and they will be considered...

Just finished reading Pleasures of the Damned. No hurry you know. I took my time. I strongly disagree with John Martin who says this collection represents "the best of the best". Far from it. Martin has left out so many classics its hard to believe... ("340 dollar horse..." and "we've got to...

Good point Carver. Undoubtedly the director must have had Barfly in the back of his head when making Factotum. It would be interesting hearing what Barbet Schroeder makes of it. I think both films have their merits.

Very nice. Put me on the wait list for the book.

And again: Dylan read a Bukpoem on his latest Theme Time Radio Hour. The poem, paraphrased, was about a cold wind - hoping the boys on the street have a bottle of red - and how you notice everything has locks when your living on the street. I'm hoping someone can tell me off hand which poem...

I agree completely S-dog. I've noticed this trend of late as well. F. ex. somebody in this thread wrote: And I thought "Come on!" Disturbing read? The daily newspaper disturbs me a whole lot more, that's for sure. Buk is voicing an extreme opinion held by many people of his generation (my own...

I know its a long shot, but Bob Dylan has mentioned Bukowski a couple of times on his Theme Time Radio Hour show. Maybe you can blurb him. I notice they used Leonard Cohen on Pleasures of the Damned, anyone know where that quote comes from?

Try Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, found here: http://ttrh-blog.patrickcrosley.com/. and the Folkways collection has some good stuff here: http://www.folkways.si.edu/learn_discover/folkways_collection.html.

"it's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse."

Bukowski-net group on Last.fm? I was just logging on to www.last.fm when this idea hit me. Why not create a Bukowski-net group there? (There already is a Bukowski-tag.) Then this thread could expand to the digital media. While reading about "what are you listening to now?" I could listen to it...

So true. The Singing Detective is brilliant. I've only seen it once, but remember that it blew me away. I can totally understand why Buk liked it. Pennies From Heaven ain't bad either, with Bob Hoskins in a leading role. When Dennis Potter found out he had terminal cancer he made one final...

Betting on the Muse also spans a range of periods and has a lot going for it. I originally read it assuming all the poems were fairly new (it came out after Buk's death) thinking "wow, some of these poems really feel like an early poem. He could still do it up to the end!" Later I found out that...

Welcome aboard HM! You have now discovered the Ultimate Bukowski Goldmine on the internet. Mark mye words. :D