Figures. He seems to be arguing for things over there that he argued against here. What a shock.
Not true.
I've always said - never be afriad to criticise bukowski. But I've always loved the man. I guess after I while posting here, I realised there was too much hero worship. And I disliked that. So I wanted to counter-point many of the points. Which sadly, left to a lot of mud slinging and me acting hyperactive and insane.
I wanted the devil's advocate.
It's easy to love something.
It blinds you.
You confirm constantly your own bias.
I want people to understand why some people hate something, and why they are not simply fools for it.
I was surprised to find this post here.
I've met Colin before at a poetry reading in Edinburgh.
He's a decent wee man. I don't know him well at all.
He come's from the highlands of Scotland.
A very different culture than Bukdom.
If he doesn't particular like Bukowski - SO FUCK!
why deride the man as though he had insulted the Queen?
If he can't see the truth of Buk maybe
he found it somewhere else.
my love
is weak orange
juice. but i still
squeeze the
love out of it.