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[richard g boyle]

Father Luke..
Many thanks for the spot on traslation!..and sorry it took so long..
You know,writing works better for me when its by hand,old style..
most people know what I say then without traslation..I promise to keep workin at it!
Just receaved " The pleasures of the damned" and "Bohemien New Orleans" from the states
Oh Joy!
Has John Martin given any interviews recently..?
Rich

 

[taxidriver]

Off-Topic Question of the Day

@ Mjp: Is the figurine in the bottom of Art2 one of the wooden Girl Skateboards figurines made by the Art Dump guys for the gallery exhibit(s) that they had two or three years ago? If so I am very jealous.

https://bukowskiforum.com/showthread.php?t=142&p=1418

 

[mjp]

Yes it is. That show was at Carol's old gallery in San Pedro. The piece in the picture is by Andy Jenkins. We had two of those, but sold one shortly after the show. That was a great show. I think it sold out in an hour or two. Crazy.

http://threegallery.com/past/release.php?id=3

http://threegallery.com/photos/three9.php

 

[hoochmonkey9]

sweet jebus help me!

so, I was looking at my main bookcases and noticed I had some duplicates that I could get rid of and some books I didn't really need. so, yesterday I culled about 50 books from the cases. fine. but then I decided I needed to reorganize.

stupid.

here's where I am now.

fuck. me.

 

[mjp]

What a coincidence, I just organized as well.

How did this get in there? ;)

 

[1fsh2fsh]

I need to do the same. Been thinking about it for months now, but cant decide the proper way. Hardcover with hardcover? or both together like mjp. all black sparrow together? all books by and about Bukowski seperated? maybe organized by the release date? I can see that this is going to take much more thought.....

 

[ROC]

Must be something in the air.

My wife just announced (the way women will) that we are buying a new bookcase for the music room and that my Buks will move in there.

Makes sense actually because there is less sunlight and no cooking smells like there is in the current location.

More space means more latitude for pretentious display styles - bring it on!

 

[chronic]

here's where I am now.

If you're anything like me, that's where you'll still be in two months.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

well, the bookcases are full.

but what the hell do I do with this?

 

[mjp]

but what the hell do I do with this?

More bookshelves!

 

[Bukfan]

Nice Buk collection, Hooch!

but what the hell do I do with this?

As mjp says. more bookshelves...or maybe Ebay!

 

[LickTheStar]

mjp, I'm jealous. Not just of your collection, but the fact that you have it all shelved chronologically. Maybe I'll suggest that at work on Tuesday...

Also, what comes before It Catches on your shelf, if you don't mind me asking (and what is your address [with zip code])?

 

[mjp]

...what comes before It Catches on your shelf...

That's Outsider 3, with Bukowski on the cover. Crucifix isn't in the picture because it doesn't fit on that shelf (it did until I got a fancy clamshell for it ;)).

...what is your address [with zip code])?

1150 Magic Way Anaheim, CA 92802

 

[esart]

Hooch, what a beautiful mess! Give the books away that you've read and aren't so connected to. It feels good. Make room for books you have yet to read! I am slowly going through mine too. It's so hard!

MJP, stop taking ALL the credit for OUR collection! But you can take credit for organizing it like an anal retentive. For that, I thank you. Also, those Ikea bookshelves we got with the glass doors are the best investments we have ever made! I am so glad we got those. We probably need one more, but I don't know where to put it. (And I wish they were a tad deeper to fit big art books.)

 

[mjp]

Yes ma'am. :|

 

[hoochmonkey9]

Give the books away that you've read and aren't so connected to.

hey, I took out 50+ books to give away!

there's no need to get all crazy. ;)

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Yes ma'am. :|

LOL!

I'm going to start by returning all of the borrowed books I have.

Hooch? How do you get a book off of the new shelf?

 

[hoochmonkey9]

get one out? you don't. that's the Rubik's Cube of bookshelves.

I'd rather have the books all lined up vertically without the complex stacking, but I don't have the room. this house (and marriage) ain't big enough. someday I'll have a room dedicated to just books. but not in the near future.

those main cases only hold about half my books.

I admit I have a problem getting rid of books, but I have my reasons. heh.

solution? stack them behind a chair and speaker! problem solved!

ok, I'm done. I promise.

 

[mjp]

Looks like you have devised a great lighting system as well. That lamp is adjustable - just add more books.

I have a similar looking stack of VHS tapes in a corner. You can't put anything on top of those. They are useless as furniture.

 

[Bukfan]

I had to put most of my VHS tapes behind my books on the shelves to make room for new books and my DVD's. It's a bitch to have to remove all the books whenever I'm looking for a certain VHS tape.
And now I don't even have enough shelf space for all my DVD's anymore. I'll probably have to put up some shelves in odd places like the kitchen or the bathroom. :D

Of course, I could get rid of some of the books I'm not too attached too. That might be the only viable solution.

 

[DirtyJersey13]

Damn Hooch and MJP, those are some serious collections. I gotta admit, I'm pretty jealous, actually I'm real jealous!

 

[hoochmonkey9]

Dirty, my Bukowski collection pales in comparison to a lot of folks here. I have some nice stuff, but there are people here with unbelievable collections.

that's why they never invite me to their house. ;)

 

[number6horse]

Hooch - Did I see Harpo shredding out on your TV there ? Was that from Animal Crackers ?

 

[hoochmonkey9]

A Day at the Races. I needed some old school levity. ;)

 

[roni]

I admit I have a problem getting rid of books,

because you're a good guy.
Throwing books away isn't better than burning books - and we all know, where That leads.

 

[mjp]

Hooch forgot this image of his early magazine publications collection...

 

[hoochmonkey9]

that's an old picture. I got rid of that rug years ago.

and I had to eat those tins of chili.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

They still make cans out of tin in Canada, eh?

 

[mjp]

And lead solder.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

I'm old! old people say tins! and I also call tissue tissue, not kleenex.






I'm old!

 

[d gray]

hey don't knock lead poisoning till you try it. it's a great high.

 

[mjp]

I'm old! old people say tins! and I also call tissue tissue, not kleenex.

Relax old man. You're not in trouble until the neighbors spot you wearing spats, a waistcoat and sleeve garters while pedaling your velocipede around the block. Just lay off the moustache wax and you'll be fine.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

you're speaking from experience, I take it?

 

[mjp]

Yeah. The moustache wax fucked up my lips. Something about the arsenic in it. I had to have my lips surgically replaced with donor lips from a Chinese baby. It looked pretty odd until my 'stash came back in. It's walrus style now, to cover the baby lips.

But I don't wear sleeve garters. What do you think I am?

 

[Bukfan]

And no holes on the knees of your swimsuit, please.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Well, you've got moxie, that's for sure. Not bad for someone who keeps his oleo in an icebox.

 

[DirtyJersey13]

Well Hooch, I don't blame them for not allowing you in their house, esp. after seeing everything that Chronic just put up for sale on here. And if that's what he's willing to get rid of, I can only imagine what he's still holding onto...

By the way I still call aluminum foil by its out-dated name, "tin foil", even though they stopped making it out of tin right after WWII, which was 40 years before I was even born.

 

[Rekrab]

But do any of you youngins call frozen food TV dinners? I thought not...

 

[Hosh]

that's an old picture. I got rid of that rug years ago.

It really didn't tie the room together...

 

[hoochmonkey9]

problem temporarily alleviated....

new bookcase!

and I got rid of 50 (?) more books, and put some books behind books. something I didn't want to do, but there you go...