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Re: NICE WORK!!!!!!!!!!SAM
Thanks.  Hank was something else! I was priviliged to know  him.   joab

posted by joab1 on November 29, 2007 at 3:15 PM | link to this | reply

NICE WORK!!!!!!!!!!SAM

posted by sam444 on November 29, 2007 at 3:02 PM | link to this | reply

Re: fucking awesome
Thanks Ryan A . . . Yeah, Hank was one of a kind.  We closed numerous bars together.  And, believe it or not, he was one of the most gentle souls you could meet -- until he was pissed.  I saw him start a near-riot at CITY LIGHTS BOOKS STORE, Lawrence Ferlenghetti's place in S.F.  l believe the local PBS station in S.F. taped part of it.  If you haven't read HOLLYWOOD, by Black Sparrow Press, it's worth a read.  It details the absurdities he endured while BARFLY, the movie, was being shuffled like a deck of marked cards.  joab

posted by joab1 on November 29, 2007 at 2:37 PM | link to this | reply

fucking awesome
thanks for this...i don't know if my writing really shows this or not, but i am obsessed with Charles Bukowski.  Half the time I feel like I'm ripping him off and I don't even mean to, his style is just so simple and powerful.  Very good poem.

posted by Ryan_Agard on November 29, 2007 at 2:27 PM | link to this | reply