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my newest hero
Posted: 16 Aug 2008, 14:28
by itnAklipse
Is Charles Bukowski.
http://bukowski.net/poems/int-first.php
What a real person, what a being. When i get my head conclusivelly out of a dark place i'll be very close to that.
Re: my newest hero
Posted: 16 Aug 2008, 15:24
by James Blast
itnAklipse wrote:When i get my head conclusivelly out of a dark place
is that yir erse?
it was an open goal, c'mon FFS! 
Posted: 16 Aug 2008, 16:50
by paint it black
Oh, primal scream liked him so much that they wrote a song all about him...soul on ice
Posted: 16 Aug 2008, 20:33
by Izzy HaveMercy
He's an old misanthropic bum with an alcohol habit.
I can see hero written all over him indeed!
IZ.
Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 00:09
by Silver_Owl
paint it black wrote:Oh, primal scream liked him so much that they wrote a song all about him...soul on ice
..and he sure knows how to drive that car..in order to escape from the blue blue meanies.
....but in all seriousness, I'm with you on this one. Not a hero as such but I'm a great fan of his writing. An inspiration for me personally - he was very honest at the cost of coming across as a pig (and he certainly was one a lot of the time). Also check out (his hero) John Fante.
Re: my newest hero
Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 13:21
by lazarus corporation
For Bukowski virgins I'd recommend starting with "Factotum" and "Post Office". Followed shortly after by "Ham on Rye" and "Women".
All are best read in one sitting each, from 11pm to 4am.
Oh, and just because you like his writing (which is excellent), doesn't mean you should idolise him as a "hero".
Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 13:44
by radiojamaica
I loved reading his books. Especially late at night with a bottle & some smokeables within reach
Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 19:54
by Izzy HaveMercy
Ah, so as Tom Waits is for music and Geroge Carlin for theatre entertainment (RIP), we have this Bukowsky for Prose?
Yea, Prose because face it,
I read a
Couple of his poems on that web address
D e i
Gave us; that's not poetry, that's prose...
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IZ.
Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 13:24
by boudicca
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Ah, so as Tom Waits is for music and Geroge Carlin for theatre entertainment (RIP), we have this Bukowsky for Prose?
Yea, Prose because face it,
I read a
Couple of his poems on that web address
D e i
Gave us; that's not poetry, that's prose...
Using bad punctuation and
Sentence
Building
IZ.