It's hard to imagine the 20-something year effort it took Hannah to fill out the content. Each one of the nearly ten thousand pages represents a material that was researched, collected (I assume no small effort for many of them) and typed in by hand.
I'm honored to help bring it back to life, but the work isn't complete. Some of that's technical, but my biggest annoyance is that we're missing content we used to have. If you're reading this you undoubtedly know more about Bukowski than I do, and I need your help.
Here are the big holes *I've noticed*. Have you noticed anything missing? Can you help me restore it?
MISSING IMAGES
bukowskiforum.com
The last known filename was,
"EarlyBroadside2.jpg"
bukowskiforum.com
'EarlyBroadside5.jpg'
bukowskiforum.com
'EarlyBroadside4.jpg'
bukowskiforum.com
'EarlyBroadside3.jpg'
bukowskiforum.com
'EarlyBroadside1.jpg'
And this manuscript,
'poem1991-00-00-the-quiet-in-a-quiet-night.jpg'
If you have any of these images please add them to the /manuscripts/ folder, or let a moderator know.
MISSING COMPARISONS
The compare feature on bukowski.net was really useful in how it highlighted the changes, and allowed you to read with or without highlights, but I'm not going to recreate it. I prefer canned software and I haven't found a decent replacement. I'm sorry.
Comparisons we've lost:
You can restore one of those comparisons! Just take the text or photos of the two versions and post them either:
also please heed this warning,
MISSING AUDIO
Soundcloud hosted all the tracks, but their API restrictions are too great for me to overcome. We still have the ids (they're in plain text on each recording page) but from what I can tell there's no way to connect them to a track without an API key, which Soundcloud no longer issues.
If you have access to all or most and are interested in restoring, pipe up!
ERRORS
A user mentioned in private that the manuscript for "two nights before my 72nd birthday" is indexed as "two night before my 72nd birthday." Can anyone confirm the error? And even better: submit the fix?
I'm honored to help bring it back to life, but the work isn't complete. Some of that's technical, but my biggest annoyance is that we're missing content we used to have. If you're reading this you undoubtedly know more about Bukowski than I do, and I need your help.
Here are the big holes *I've noticed*. Have you noticed anything missing? Can you help me restore it?
MISSING IMAGES
Broadside: On Going Out To Get The Mail (1966) - Bukowski Database
bukowskiforum.com
"EarlyBroadside2.jpg"
Broadside: The Flower Lover (1966) - Bukowski Database
bukowskiforum.com
Broadside: The Girls (1966) - Bukowski Database
bukowskiforum.com
Broadside: To Kiss The Worms Goodnight (1966) - Bukowski Database
bukowskiforum.com
Broadside: True Story (1966) - Bukowski Database
bukowskiforum.com
And this manuscript,
'poem1991-00-00-the-quiet-in-a-quiet-night.jpg'
If you have any of these images please add them to the /manuscripts/ folder, or let a moderator know.
MISSING COMPARISONS
The compare feature on bukowski.net was really useful in how it highlighted the changes, and allowed you to read with or without highlights, but I'm not going to recreate it. I prefer canned software and I haven't found a decent replacement. I'm sorry.
Comparisons we've lost:
- Compare "Bright Boy" to "A Bright Boy" — bukowski.net/comparisons/bright_boy.php — a-bright-boy-4070
- Compare "Good Show" to "A Good Show" — bukowski.net/comparisons/good_show.php — a-good-show-287
- Compare "A.D. 701-62" to "A.D. 701-762" — bukowski.net/comparisons/AD701-62.php — ad-701-62-5345
- Compare "A.D. 701-62" to "A.D. 701-762" — bukowski.net/comparisons/AD701-62.php — ad-701-762-454
- Compare "Again" to "The Shadows" — bukowski.net/comparisons/again.php — again-486
- Compare "Another Day" — bukowski.net/comparisons/another_day.php — another-day-597
- Compare "B As In Bullshit" to "B As In Bullshit (magazine appearance)" — bukowski.net/comparisons/B-as-in-bullshit.php — b-as-in-bullshit-642
- Compare "Big Grey Balloon Things, Heavy" to "Elephants In The Zoo" — bukowski.net/comparisons/elephants_in_the_zoo.php — big-grey-balloon-things-heavy-718
- Compare "Bright Boy" to "A Bright Boy" — bukowski.net/comparisons/bright_boy.php — bright-boy-770
- Compare "Carlton Way Off Of Western" to "Carlton Way Off Western Ave." — bukowski.net/comparisons/carlton_way_off_of_western.php — carlton-way-off-of-western-5282
- Compare "Carlton Way Off Of Western" to "Carlton Way Off Western Ave." — bukowski.net/comparisons/carlton_way_off_of_western.php — carlton-way-off-western-ave-822
- Compare "Darlings Of The Word" to "Darlings Of The Word (manuscript)" — bukowski.net/comparisons/darlings_of_the_word.php — darlings-of-the-word-976
- Compare "Dirty Poem" to "Vulgar Poem" — bukowski.net/comparisons/dirty_poem.php — dirty-poem-1035
- Compare "Disgusting" to "Disgusting (magazine version)" — bukowski.net/comparisons/disgusting.php — disgusting-1036
- Compare "Do You Want To Enter The Arena?" to "So You Want To Be A Writer" — bukowski.net/comparisons/do_you_want_to_enter_the_arena.php — do-you-want-to-enter-the-arena-4724
- Compare "Big Grey Balloon Things, Heavy" to "Elephants In The Zoo" — bukowski.net/comparisons/elephants_in_the_zoo.php — elephants-in-the-zoo-4288
- Compare "For The Foxes, The Defamers, The Tap Dancers, And The Dreamers Of Ballet" to "For The Foxes" — bukowski.net/comparisons/for_the_foxes.php — for-the-foxes-1251
- Compare "For The Foxes, The Defamers, The Tap Dancers, And The Dreamers Of Ballet" to "For The Foxes" — bukowski.net/comparisons/for_the_foxes.php — for-the-foxes-the-defamers-the-tap-dancers-and-the-1252
- Compare "Gallery" to "Rogue's Gallery" — bukowski.net/comparisons/gallery.php — gallery-1300
- Compare "Good Show" to "A Good Show" — bukowski.net/comparisons/good_show.php — good-show-4942
- Compare "Zero" to "Ground Zero" — bukowski.net/comparisons/zero.php — ground-zero-1379
- Compare "I've Fought Them From The Moment I Saw Light From The Womb" to "I Fought Them From The Moment I Saw Light" — bukowski.net/comparisons/Ive_fought_them_from_the_moment_I_saw_light.php — i-fought-them-from-the-moment-i-saw-light-1566
- Compare "I'm A Failure" to "I'm A Failure (manuscript)" — bukowski.net/comparisons/Im_a_failure.php — im-a-failure-1626
- Compare "I've Fought Them From The Moment I Saw Light From The Womb" to "I Fought Them From The Moment I Saw Light" — bukowski.net/comparisons/Ive_fought_them_from_the_moment_I_saw_light.php — ive-fought-them-from-the-moment-i-saw-light-from-t-1636
- Compare "The Media" to "Media" — bukowski.net/comparisons/the_media.php — media-1980
- Compare "The Perfect Silence" to "Perfect Silence" — bukowski.net/comparisons/the_perfect_silence.php — perfect-silence-4305
- Compare "Prescience" — bukowski.net/comparisons/prescience.php — prescience-2490
- Compare "Regrets Of A Sort" to "Regrets Of A Sort (manuscript)" — bukowski.net/comparisons/regrets_of_a_sort.php — regrets-of-a-sort-2557
- Compare "Gallery" to "Rogue's Gallery" — bukowski.net/comparisons/gallery.php — rogues-gallery-2596
- Compare "Secret Laughter Shining" to "Secret Laughter" — bukowski.net/comparisons/secret_laughter.php — secret-laughter-2645
- Compare "Secret Laughter Shining" to "Secret Laughter" — bukowski.net/comparisons/secret_laughter.php — secret-laughter-shining-4591
- Compare "Do You Want To Enter The Arena?" to "So You Want To Be A Writer" — bukowski.net/comparisons/do_you_want_to_enter_the_arena.php — so-you-want-to-be-a-writer-2743
- Compare "The Condition" to "The Condition (manuscript)" and "The Continual Condition" — bukowski.net/comparisons/the_condition.php — the-condition-3015
- Compare "The Condition" to "The Condition (manuscript)" and "The Continual Condition" — bukowski.net/comparisons/the_condition.php — the-continual-condition-4337
- Compare "The New Revolution" to "The Counter Revolution" — bukowski.net/comparisons/the_new_revolution.php — the-counter-revolution-3020
- Compare "The Faithful Wife" to "The Faithful Wife (manuscript)" — bukowski.net/comparisons/the_faithful_wife.php — the-faithful-wife-4138
- Compare "The Media" to "Media" — bukowski.net/comparisons/the_media.php — the-media-3314
- Compare "The New Revolution" to "The Counter Revolution" — bukowski.net/comparisons/the_new_revolution.php — the-new-revolution-4694
- Compare "Again" to "The Shadows" — bukowski.net/comparisons/again.php — the-shadows-3473
- Compare "The Shit Shits" to "The Shit Shits (magazine appearance)" — bukowski.net/comparisons/the_shit_shits.php — the-shit-shits-3478
- Compare "To Weep In Her Hair" to "To Weep" and "To Kiss Her Long Dark Hair" — bukowski.net/comparisons/to_weep_in_her_hair.php — to-kiss-her-long-dark-hair-4335
- Compare "To Weep In Her Hair" to "To Weep" and "To Kiss Her Long Dark Hair" — bukowski.net/comparisons/to_weep_in_her_hair.php — to-weep-3728
- Compare "To Weep In Her Hair" to "To Weep" and "To Kiss Her Long Dark Hair" — bukowski.net/comparisons/to_weep_in_her_hair.php — to-weep-in-her-hair-5272
- Compare "Dirty Poem" to "Vulgar Poem" — bukowski.net/comparisons/dirty_poem.php — vulgar-poem-3852
- Compare "Weep" to "Weep (manuscript)" — bukowski.net/comparisons/weep.php — weep-3902
- Compare "Zero" to "Ground Zero" — bukowski.net/comparisons/zero.php — zero-4697
You can restore one of those comparisons! Just take the text or photos of the two versions and post them either:
- a) To the database, similar to The Crunch
- b) To the forum, similar to Age (which we'll link from the database). Feel free to editorialize!
also please heed this warning,
MISSING AUDIO
Soundcloud hosted all the tracks, but their API restrictions are too great for me to overcome. We still have the ids (they're in plain text on each recording page) but from what I can tell there's no way to connect them to a track without an API key, which Soundcloud no longer issues.
If you have access to all or most and are interested in restoring, pipe up!
ERRORS
A user mentioned in private that the manuscript for "two nights before my 72nd birthday" is indexed as "two night before my 72nd birthday." Can anyone confirm the error? And even better: submit the fix?
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