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Yeah, ok. But I'll bet you analyzed a whole darn lot while rehearsing the songs. I'm not into musical jargon at all, but I bet you said things like: "Hey, if you come in on the second offbeat instead of the first downbeat [huh? :p] then the whole riff gets another feel to it. And lets let that...

OK, but if you're a professional comedian you need to know how jokes work in order to, uh, make them work... Nobody spends more time dissecting art than the artists themselves, in my opinion that is. Long time since I read ATAD (yes! read it all) but I remember a few interesting points: -...

Bukowski.net beats me to the punch... ...every time. :o

Yeah, I've heard about that infamous "Glasgow smile" they have over there... What got me wondering about this "foreign country" stuff was something written in the sleeve-notes to "Poems and Insults". Three of the (best) tracks there are from an LP named "Cold Turkey Press Special", which was...

Was it just: Mexico, France & Germany?

The late great Kurt Vonnegut is a must. Slaughterhouse-Five. See more here:http://www.theparisreview.org/viewinterview.php/prmMID/3605

You're joking of course, or did they really remove this scene in "the home of the prudes" version?

Don't agree with this. Poetry turned "personal & sentimental" (wishy washy) in the 18th & 19th century. But for centuries before that poetry had been written in forceful, humorous, serious, clear cut, and other unsentimental ways. Homer, Lucretius, Virgil, Dante, Villon, Guthrie, whoever. This...

NYT.com - BOOKS | April 12, 2007 Kurt Vonnegut, Counterculture's Novelist, Dies Kurt Vonnegut's dark comic talent and urgent moral vision caught the temper of his times. He was 84.

What about a spin off to Amber's thread listing books that have offended others? Maybe it can help to see that it is a fairly common thing. I'll start: In Woody Guthrie's "Bound For Glory" he describes an incident from his childhood where a sadistic cousin brutally kills a litter of kittens...

We've done this before haven't we? My take: words like "spirit" and "wane" have a poetical, pretentious and "artsy" feel to them. Buk always made fun of the standard poesy phrases. So: when the artsy fartsy pretentiousness wanes - the real word gets nailed down...

:rolleyes: Don't forget: he balanced his "dark imagery" with HUMOR!

Interesting thread. But let's try to get things straight: two persons are offended by the way they feel they are portrayed in a novel. Or is it the other way round: two persons are offended by the way they are treated in real life? The first situation should be unnecessary, few people will be...

Awwww, now what do ya mean by that? "It's essence?":eek: Is "the essence" of the printed word something deep and meaningful? Where do all the crappy suck-wind-thru-a-straw books come from then - hard work? Come on now! When "the essence" wanes the form appears.

Here's the perfect brand name for children's toys:http://www.quiza.co.uk/bukowski.php Should be perfect for your daughter Cirerita! :D

The Proposition Saw the Australian western "The Proposition" last night. Just out on DVD over here. Screenplay & soundtrack by Nick Cave. Strong strong stuff. I find Nick Cave's apocalyptic style a bit overwrought at times, but not in this flick. Cave has written some magic dialog for this...

Yeah, I agree on that. It got me to thinking: Guthrie's tough times came from outside his family (from brutal nature, blind chance & society). Buk's troubles were (mainly) caused from inside his family, that is, his brutal father. Ergo: Guthrie focuses his anger and rage on the outside system...

I'm just finishing off Woody Guthrie's autobiography, a good rambling read. Now there's someone who has been there and done it, if you know what I mean. Tough tough life, and still walking thru it, upright. Lost his sister, mom gone insane from grief, worry, neverending hard work and...

quite so.

A favorite Camus-quote from one of his novels: "Most people use their time to gain money, I use my money to gain time..." (or some such)

I get the feeling I've read one of these before. Maybe a similar one that's been published. The "poem-dick" metaphor is what Buk's working at here. Nice. Wonder if it really came from Richmond. If it did he should be honored/flattered, not pissed! The worst criticism is ignoring someone. He...

I'm a Dylan-skeptic, the man's talented but not God, and many of this more cryptic songs are overrated. But I enjoyed "Chronicles" a lot. It showed me a more humble, down-to-earth Dylan, than in his songs (and media-image). He says a lot of interesting things about song-writing, f.ex. (about...

... I just discovered the "Today's posts" tool. Can you imagine? I really need it. Has it been there all the time?

OK, but wasn't it the other way round? Turning art into life? :D

Check out these items from City Lights: http://citylights.com/CLrare.html Can anyone tell me what an "original serigraph" is? (Now why do I get the feeling that the answer might be yes? ;) ) Maybe someone has a copy and can scan a pic og it? "Original serigraph" sounds like a contradiction...