Bukowski made it into his 70's clocking 300 hangovers a year

Post by **Doreen Peri** » March 23rd, 2008, 11:25 pm

He was a drunk.

Post by **Lightning Rod** » March 23rd, 2008, 11:25 pm

so are both of us

he just marketed it better

Post by **Doreen Peri** » March 23rd, 2008, 11:27 pm

LOL!!! you're a riot.

I don't drink. I can't. It's against my religion.

Speak for yourself.

And please fix the bandwidth theft problem. Thanks.

Steal it yourself if you want. Flickr is free.

Post by **Lightning Rod** » March 23rd, 2008, 11:28 pm

I'll quit stealing bandwidth when you stop drinking...haha

Post by **westcoast** » March 23rd, 2008, 11:28 pm

Post by **Doreen Peri** » March 23rd, 2008, 11:31 pm

I stop drinking every day.

Post by **mnaz** » March 24th, 2008, 12:36 am

He was a drunk.

... which kind of calls into question the premise of the original poem...
hard to hit 300 hangovers/year if perpetually drunk. I suppose the perpetually drunk are well aware of this.

Post by **westcoast** » March 24th, 2008, 12:41 am

dunno, i read about his hangovers in Europe... brutal. he was really sick in bed every morning

Post by **Doreen Peri** » March 24th, 2008, 12:50 am

mnaz wrote:
He was a drunk.
... which kind of calls into question the premise of the original poem...
hard to hit 300 hangovers/year if perpetually drunk. I suppose the perpetually drunk are well aware of this.

exactly!

that was the funny part.

that doreen peri cracks me up.

Post by **Doreen Peri** » March 24th, 2008, 7:44 am

note- i moved the discussion about stealing bandwidth to a new thread on the discussion forum where it belongs.

many apologies to westcoast for having that discussion on your poem thread.

Post by **westcoast** » March 24th, 2008, 10:03 am

no probs... thanks

~westie

Post by **e_dog** » March 25th, 2008, 12:53 am

methinks yer all a bunch of drunks.

lovable bandwidth thefting drunks.

writerlt drunks, drinkerly skunks, playfult punks, bukowski was beetern all 'cept whitman.

Post by **westcoast** » March 25th, 2008, 1:28 pm

Drink Like a stereotype
Drink Like the mighty Mississippi
Drink Like a lover
Drink Like its the Last Supper
Drink Like like, like, like...
Drink Like Ike and Tina
Drink Like a cactus
Drink Like

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* drink like a lover -- credit to mtmynd

Totenkopf · Post by **Totenkopf** » March 25th, 2008, 2:52 pm

Buk's popularity with the gauchistes puzzles a bit. He loved Celine (pal of some SS officers at end of WWII). Ezra Hound. And boxing. Classical muzak (he had good taste, it seems). Lots of anti-semitic and racist hints to his writing. Guess all that's forgiveable when gazing at CB's Poetic Golden gloves card.

Methinks CB's overrated too in terms of poetic innovation. Sincerity and noir-realism de la roo--- Eh. Boring really, like old photographs of New Yawk n Chi-town slums. It's the Buk vibe that draws in the customers---with boo-coo Ho-wood cred. Even a phreak like Corso more of a "poet" qua poet. Jus sayin'/.

Post by **westcoast** » March 25th, 2008, 2:52 pm

BUK said, "The wife is out at the moment,
Maybe we could hang out,
and Be In."

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Bukowski made it into his 70's clocking 300 hangovers a year

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