Howdy fellow Bukowski fans
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You could probably start a thread about that on the fountain pen forum.
Actually, there are likely already four or five of them and the hard-core forum vets will bitch about newbies not using the search feature... :rolleyes:
You can only find those notebooks at Borders. The nearest Borders to me is almost 50 miles away. Crap-a-dilly.
C
Composer
All my serious music work is done on a computer, but most projects start as sketches in Archive 18-stave orchestra score books. The tactile sensation of a #2 pencil on the slightly rough, light brow paper seems to encourage the imagination more than a CPU screen.
It's always interesting to see how people work. Probably related to what you first learned to compose with. I used to write long hand then type it out in the 80s for university essays, etc. Then the computer came along and changed all that.
Given your heavy use of electronics and computers in terms of actual production of sounds, it's amazing that you still use a pencil for anything.
Given your heavy use of electronics and computers in terms of actual production of sounds, it's amazing that you still use a pencil for anything.
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
(A late) welcome to the forum. I was missing in action most of September and am catching up with a lot of posts. Definitely agree that that opening sequence of BIT is a stunner.
ah fuck, i've come way too late to the party. this always happens to be, probably because i despise parties. but it's what i get for having my eyeballs, brain and person buried in work these last several months. i'm on a break for now and peeking back into the forums.
so a late howdydooty welcome to you hirst! i like the cut of your jib so far: cool name, cool avatar, musician, knowledge about hank, late bloomer, it's all interesting shit to me. i too am, well was, a musician for many years. 99% of it as a drummer, but i play some guitar to write on. i have access to mjp's les paul jr, and i have a strat, but i always reach (if i even bother) for my old beat-up yamaha classical.
i've been into bukowski since i was 13 or so. discovered him in the public library and considered him my dad replacement. i'm 42 now. he is my favorite writer, but fante is a very close 2nd.
i used to pound on an old royal myself - i have no idea how my father dragged it along all of his years into the family, but it was from the mid 40s and it weighed more than a car. by the time i was 15, he let me use the ibm we had in the office and i switched between the 2 until i got a fancy brother word processor when i was 19! that was just before i got windows 3.1! hahaha, oh the memories. now i'm rambling...
so off i go. welcome hirst!
so a late howdydooty welcome to you hirst! i like the cut of your jib so far: cool name, cool avatar, musician, knowledge about hank, late bloomer, it's all interesting shit to me. i too am, well was, a musician for many years. 99% of it as a drummer, but i play some guitar to write on. i have access to mjp's les paul jr, and i have a strat, but i always reach (if i even bother) for my old beat-up yamaha classical.
i've been into bukowski since i was 13 or so. discovered him in the public library and considered him my dad replacement. i'm 42 now. he is my favorite writer, but fante is a very close 2nd.
i used to pound on an old royal myself - i have no idea how my father dragged it along all of his years into the family, but it was from the mid 40s and it weighed more than a car. by the time i was 15, he let me use the ibm we had in the office and i switched between the 2 until i got a fancy brother word processor when i was 19! that was just before i got windows 3.1! hahaha, oh the memories. now i'm rambling...
so off i go. welcome hirst!
Thanks to number6horse and esart. I appreciate the welcome. @6: always liked your avatar pic of Buk. Where is Dreamland, anyhow?
Late bloomer? Yeah, I have that reputation to some of the members of my family. But my reply is: I'm not a late bloomer, I've bloomed already but it's hard to see. Small bloomer maybe. Uncanny about your guitar selection esart. My Yamaha classical was the last guitar standing for me after going through a series of No name Strat imitations and the much hallowed Gibson SG Jr. But jeez -- you're in LA. That's the most amazing thing to me. People actually live there. Aren't you all on the Universal payroll or something. Extras start at $80 a day. :-)
I guess you've made pilgrimages to various Buk sites. It's on the my to-do list eventually. I guess with Google street view it's a little less of a lure.
Late bloomer? Yeah, I have that reputation to some of the members of my family. But my reply is: I'm not a late bloomer, I've bloomed already but it's hard to see. Small bloomer maybe. Uncanny about your guitar selection esart. My Yamaha classical was the last guitar standing for me after going through a series of No name Strat imitations and the much hallowed Gibson SG Jr. But jeez -- you're in LA. That's the most amazing thing to me. People actually live there. Aren't you all on the Universal payroll or something. Extras start at $80 a day. :-)
I guess you've made pilgrimages to various Buk sites. It's on the my to-do list eventually. I guess with Google street view it's a little less of a lure.
Ambreen
Sordide Sentimental
Hey, we got acquainted with Buk at the same moment. :wink:
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
Dreamland = Chicago IL.
On the subject of guitars, my current roommates in Chicago are a Takamine acoustic/electric, an Alvarez acoustic, and a Fender Telecaster (hecho en Mexico).
I keep the Alvarez in weird Joni Mitchell-style open-tunings as a sign of respect to Our Great Neighbor To The North. ( you're welcome, Canada )
On the subject of guitars, my current roommates in Chicago are a Takamine acoustic/electric, an Alvarez acoustic, and a Fender Telecaster (hecho en Mexico).
I keep the Alvarez in weird Joni Mitchell-style open-tunings as a sign of respect to Our Great Neighbor To The North. ( you're welcome, Canada )
mjp
Founding member
It's funny how the Mexican Fenders have become the second tier (behind the California custom shop) and the Indonesian made Fenders are now the cheapies. Most of the guitars coming out of Indonesia, China, etc. are real crap. But everyone is manufacturing there now. Buying a U.S. made instrument almost always means you have to go "custom shop" and pay premium prices.
The only way I could buy an American made Les Paul Junior a few years ago was to have it imported from Japan! Gibson exports the majority of their non-custom shop production guitars. Go figure. So my Junior is from Nashville, by way of Japan. Seems like the shipping companies got the best end of that deal.
Fine town, Chicago. Lots of friendly happy people, at least when I visited back in the 90s. Definitely felt midwestern in that respect. I was careful not to mistake the upbeat mood for naivete though.
How weird? DADADF#?
no, but i get about 2 bucks from BMI every quarter. now that's something to shout about. ah!
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
A good one is C G D F C E(flat)
the "Coyote" tuning
And thanks for the Midwestern props. We do actually consider ourselves a bit less edgy and hostile than other large metropolitan areas.
Not sure we deserve it, but that's the MIDWESTERN CHARM for you. And MIDWESTERN CHARM is probably thanks to large numbers of Wisconsinites moving south...
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
Speaking of nostalgia, I just bought a Remington quiet riter, at a garage sale for 10. with the case and some carbon paper. It has a new ribbon. I wonder if the ribbons are still available.
Don't worry, I won't start posting bad poetry! :)
Don't worry, I won't start posting bad poetry! :)
shit. i'll give you 11 for it. shitty poetry included.
bospress.net
www.bospress.net
ribbons are probably available. Check ebay. They make some that are somewhat universal...
Bill
Bill
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
The manual says 1956. Is that accurate?
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www.bospress.net
Mid 50s seems to be right for the Quiet-Riter.