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Tales of Ordinary Madness |
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| Age: | 88 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA |
| Country: |  United States |
| Height: | 5' 11" |
| BodyType: | Some extra baggage |
| Zodiac: |  Leo (Jul 23 - Aug 22) |
| Last Login: | Nov 1, 2008 (386 days back) |
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About Me |
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Top 10 Drunk American Writers NEW! NEW!: Get Bukowski updates 24 hours a day at Bukowski Lives! Birthdate: August 16, 1920 Birthplace: Andernach, Germany Real Name: Henry Charles Bukowski Parents: Henry Charles and Katharina [Fett] Bukowski Description of Father: "[A] cruel shiny bastard with bad breath . . ." Education: Attended Los Angeles City College, 1939-41 Work History: Manual worker in a dog biscuit factory, slaughterhouse, potato chip warehouse and various other dead-end jobs; Postal Carrier; Postal Clerk; Drunk Medical History: Suffered from Acne Vulgaris, Hemorrhoids, Acute Alcoholism Literary Influences: Conrad Aiken, Louis Ferdinand Celine (Journey to the End of the Night), Catullus, Fyodor Dostoevsky (Notes from the Underground), John Fante, Knut Hamsun (Hunger), Ernest Hemingway (early writings), Robinson Jeffers (long poems), James Thurber Nonliterary Influence: Red Strange (aka Kid Red), a mentally ill tramp and derelict friend of Bukowski who wandered the highways and byways of America. Bukowski often plied Red with beer and encouraged him to relate his wildest stories, many of which ended up in Bukowski’s own poems and short stories Interests: Horse playing, classical music, fat whores Alter Ego: Henry "Hank" Chinaski Drug of Choice: Alcohol Long-time Publisher: Black Sparrow Press (defunct) On Solitude: "I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me." <[em>Factotum, 1975] On Work: "It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better place than the one usually reserved. How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?" <[em>Factotum, 1975] On Skid Row: "Those guys down there [in skid row] had no problems with women, income tax, landlords, burial expenses, dentists, time payments, car repairs, or with climbing into a voting booth and pulling the curtain closed." <[em>Factotum, 1975] On Rejection Slips: "And rejections are no hazard; they are better than gold. Just think what type of miserable cancer you would be today if all your works had been accepted." [Letter to Jory Sherman, April 1, 1960, included in Screams from the Balcony, 1993] First Published Short Story: "Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip," March-April issue of Story magazine, 1944 On Short Stories: "I do not believe in writing a short story unless it crawls out of the walls. I watch the walls daily but very little happens." [Letter to Ann Bauman, May 21, 1962, in Screams from the Balcony, 1993] On Hemingway: "Hem had style and genius that went with it, for a little while, then he tottered, rotted, but was man enough, finally, and had style enough, finally." [Letter to Neeli Cherry, 1962, in Screams from the Balcony, 1993] On The Beat Generation: "Now, the original Beats, as much as they were knocked, had the Idea. But they were flanked and overwhelmed by fakes, guys with nicely clipped beards, lonely-hearts looking for free ass, limelighters, rhyming poets, homosexuals, bums, sightseers—the same thing that killed the Village. Art can’t operate in Crowds. Art does not belong at parties, nor does it belong at Inauguration Speeches." [Letter to Jon Webb, 1962, in Screams from the Balcony, 1993] First Book of Poetry: Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail, 1960 (shortly after the publication of this chapbook, Bukowski attempted suicide by gassing himself in his room, but quickly changed his mind . . .) Major Works: Post Office (1971) Erections, Ejaculations and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972) Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (1974) Factotum (1975) Love is a Dog from Hell (1977) Women (1978) Dangling in the Tournefortia (1981) Ham on Rye (1982) War All the Time (1984) Hollywood (1989) On Drinking: "Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat." <[em>Factotum, 1975] On Personal Hygiene: "Nothing is worse than to finish a good shit, then reach over and find the toilet paper container empty. Even the most horrible human being on earth deserves to wipe his ass." <[em>Factotum, 1975] Films Based on Work: Tales of Ordinary Madness (1983 - Italian)—Director: Marco Ferreri. Starring: Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti, Susan Tyrell, Tanya Lopert, Roy Brocksmith. Gazzara is severely miscast in this debacle based loosely on "The Most Beautiful Woman in Town." Barfly (1987)—Director: Barbet Schroeder. Starring: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack "Eraserhead" Nance, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone. Bukowski wrote the screenplay for this cult classic based on his early experiences in skid row. He even appears in a cameo as one of the barflies Love is a Dog from Hell (1987 - Belgium)—Director: Dominique Deruddere. Starring: Geert Hunaerts, Josse De Pauw. Adapted from Bukowski short stories, mainly "The Copulating Mermaid of Venice, California." Bukowski considered it the most faithful adaptation of his work Walls in the City (1995)—Director: Jim Sikora. Starring: David Yow, Michael James, Tony Fitzpatrick, Paula Killen, Bill Cusack. Three short films based on Bukowski short stories about assorted barflies On Movies: "Want me to name [my favorite films]? 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,' 'Elephant Man,' 'Eraserhead,' 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' — that’s a classic. [Akira] Kurosawa and those great battle scenes. And all those great samurai films where guys are chopping heads off." (Film Comment interview, 1987) On Barfly: "Mickey Rourke is a real human guy, on and off the set. And in 'Barfly' he really came through with the acting. I felt his enjoyment and inventiveness. Faye Dunaway just can’t match his talent or his humanness but she filled her role." [Film Threat interview, 1987] On Television: "We got cable TV here, and the first thing we switched on happened to be 'Eraserhead.' I said, 'Oh, this cable TV has opened up a whole new world. We’re gonna be sitting in front of this thing for centuries. What next?' So starting with Eraserhead we sit here, click, click, click — nothing." (Film Comment interview, 1987) On Politics: "I used to lean slightly toward the liberal left but the crew that’s involved, in spite of the ideas, are a thin & grafted-like type of human, blank-eyed and throwing words like vomit." [Letter to Tom McNamara, July 14, 1965, in Screams from the Balcony, 1993] On Luck: "I’m one of those who doesn’t think there is much difference/between an atomic scientist and a man who cleans the crappers/except for the luck of the draw—/parents with enough money to point you toward a more/generous death./of course, some come through brilliantly, but/there are thousands, millions of others, bottled up, kept/from even the most minute chance to realize their potential." ["Horsemeat" in War All the Time, 1984] On Death: "I want to die with my head down on this/machine/3 lines from the bottom of the/page/burnt-out cigarette in my/fingers, radio still/playing/I just want to write/just well enough to/end like/that." ["suggestion for an arrangement" in War All the Time, 1984] Cause of Death: Leukemia Date of Death: March 9, 1994 Final Resting Place: Green Hills Memorial Park, Palos Verdes, California Epitaph: "Don’t Try" . . . Official Website: Alternative Reel |
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My Interests |
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| Horse playing, classical music, fat whores | |
I'd like to meet:I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me. |
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Music:Gustav Mahler, The Doors |
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Movies:Eraserhead, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Elephant Man, Bukowski Tapes, Barfly |
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Television:None |
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Books:Factotum, Ham on Rye, Post Office, Hollywood, Women |
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Heroes:Charles Bukowski, Charles Bukowski, Charles Bukowski |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Los Angeles |
| Religion: | Agnostic |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Education: | Some college |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Income: | $250,000 and Higher |
My Blog |
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Nothing Here |
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| "Amazing how grimly we hold on to our misery, the energy we burn fueling our anger. Amazing how one moment, we can be snarling like a beast, then a few moments later, forgetting what or why. Not hours... Posted by Bukowski on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:49:00 PST |
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Bukowskis Kitchen, ca. 1976 |
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| ... Posted by Bukowski on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:03:00 PST |
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Peace |
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| ... Posted by Bukowski on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:20:00 PST |
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Hustling Roses Down the Avenues of the Dead |
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| 10 Classic Poems from the Bukowski Archives Posted by Bukowski on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:30:00 PST |
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Alcoholic Drifter |
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| Factotum Review PLUS Bukowski Reads "Fire Station" . . . Posted by Bukowski on Sun, 27 May 2007 04:04:00 PST |
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Bukowski, 1972 |
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| ... Posted by Bukowski on Fri, 18 May 2007 03:06:00 PST |
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Headaches and Boredom |
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| ... Posted by Bukowski on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:28:00 PST |
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Park Bench Nights |
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| ". . . but they left me to sit alonein tiny rented roomswith only the companyof elderly landladiesand the comings and goingsof unsympatheticroaches, theyleft me terribly alone with suicide mornings an... Posted by Bukowski on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:26:00 PST |
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Crazy Love |
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| "I liked Crazy Love. As I told [Director Dominique] Deruddere, 'You made me look better than I am.' He oversensitized me. But it came out nicely and much of it was actually me."Charles Bukowski, inte... Posted by Bukowski on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:25:00 PST |
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Loner |
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| "I was naturally a loner, content just to live with a woman, eat with her, sleep with her, walk down the street with her. I didn't want conversation, or to go anywhere except the racetrack or the boxi... Posted by Bukowski on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:22:00 PST |
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