New Trivia Thread - First with the correct answer asks the next question. (2 Viewers)

[roni]

... Ivan Suvanjieff!

 

[Black Swan]

Back to the question.
What was his favorite font? ;)

 

[Bukfan]

Roni was half way right. It really is in a letter to Ivan Suvanjieff, Feb. 20, 1992. - and the favorite font is...drum roll...Palatino!
("I prefer "Palatino" because it makes me look like a better typist")

 

[Black Swan]

Yes! Roni found the right letter.
But Bukfan answered the question,
so you are next :)

 

[Bukfan]

Ok, let's stay with the letters. This one should be relatively easy to answer:

Bukowski called somebody a "child fucker" in a letter. Who was that somebody?

Bonus points for naming who the letter was for.

 

[Rekrab]

Wild guess: the late John Thomas? Who, according to press reports ...

 

[Bukfan]

Nope, David, but I guess John Thomas would've fit right in, according to press reports...;)

 

[Bukfan]

Okay, maybe the question was harder to answer than I thought, so here's a hint:

The "child fucker" in question was/is a celebrity.

 

[Billville]

I don't have a clue but I'm gonna say Polanski just because of the time frame and I'll take a second shot in the dark and say the letter was to Barbet Schroeder for no other reason other than Barbet was a film maker.

 

[1fsh2fsh]

Woody Allen?

 

[Bukfan]

Polanski

You're right, Bilville! It was Roman Polanski. Buk calls him, "Roman the child-fucker", in a letter to John Martin, August 18, 1979 (Living On Luck, page 270).

Your turn, Bilville!

 

[Billville]

Oh damn. I was afraid this day would come. Okay, lets see .... here's one--May 24th, 1940, Bukoswki wrote a letter to the editor in a column called "The Cubby Hole." What was the title of his letter.

(hint: it's a not so "Pleasant" source) :mad:

 

[Black Swan]

Time for a clue, so we can get this thing going.:)

 

[Ponder]

Not so pleasant is a clue.

 

[hank solo]

Here's a Wheel Of Fortune type clue: 2 letters so far and a free punctuation mark ;)

W## #r##?

 

[Ponder]

Wheel of fortune is my favorite show!!!
Thank you H S.

The answer is.......

Why Crab?

 

[marina del rey]

Ok, I'll take the bait.

"Why Crab?" in The Collegian. His earliest published words.


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Edit: Ponder beat me to it. The next question is yours, my friend.

 

[Ponder]

Thank you, marina del rey.

Jules Smith wrote a beautiful book on Buk's poetry;
ART, SURVIVAL AND SO FORTH


Why this title?

 

[d gray]

it's from a poem called "experience" i think.
don't know if there's more to the answer though...

 

[Billville]

... brief interruption ... Congrats to those who got the Why Crab question correct (although I believe Hank Solo's really the winner)

and now on with our regular scheduled program.

 

[Ponder]

it's from a poem called "experience" i think.

How did you find out so quickly? I thought it would be a difficult question...

The mic is all yours, d gray!

 

[d gray]

he reads it on the '70 minutes in hell' cd which i've heard about 100 times.

okay, what are the names of the two cockroaches who appear in a poem featuring our hero and a whore.

 

[Ponder]

Ah ok, I haven't listened to 70 minutes in hell for a long, long time.
Will listen to it tonight.

 

[Black Swan]

Brings back memories doesn't it?;)

 

[roni]

now, THAT sounds like a story!
Wanna tell?

 

[Black Swan]

Is that the next question, Roni ? I believe that it is d gray's turn... ;)

 

[roni]

so, I'll have to solve the next question to get THAT answer?
I'll take that game baby!

 

[Ponder]

Time for a hint?

 

[d gray]

"what are the names of the two cockroaches who appear in a poem featuring our hero and a whore."

it's a nightmare fantasy poem that takes place at "the roach hotel"

 

[Ponder]

Time for another question, d?

 

[james]

i totally remember the story about the cockroaches, but can't remember the names of said cockroaches. is one of them tony by chance?

 

[Bukfan]

Are we talking about the poem, "The Night I killed Tommy"?

 

[1fsh2fsh]

I think that "Tommy" was a spider..I remember that story, it was in "Erections" (?) lived (died) next to the toilet. Remember the roaches too, but their names, ?.....

 

[d gray]

Time for another question, d?

c'mon this is a pretty easy one. where's hanksolo when you need 'em...

one more hint

Are we talking about the poem, "The Night I killed Tommy"?

yes

 

[Bukfan]

Well, then the names of the cockroaches are Tommy and Danny.

 

[d gray]

yes!

 

[Bukfan]

Good! - Next question:

What is the name of the barman at Musso & Frank Grill who for many years served drinks for Bukowski?

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Ruben Rueda.

 

[Bukfan]

That's right, Gerard! Your turn.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Who was Bukowski writing about when he wrote:
...the dead are dead, there's nothing we can do about it.
Let's go to bed...

?
Is that a rhyme?