❤️‍🔥 “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside - remembering all the times you've felt that way.” ❤️‍🔥 ― Charles Bukowski 😎

At least Bukowski got applause at his readings. Most poetry events now are silent at the end of each reading, because the audience is too afraid and too self conscious and too terrified of standing out.

@robertafierro5592

Жыл бұрын

They do the same thing at Art Galleries and Museums!! I thought I was the only one who thought that! See? It's NOT me!!

@bowlingstoned2113

2 ай бұрын

To show enthusiasm for a poet's offerings in a tough crowd... ...that is style! 😊

Bukowski’s voice is oddly soothing.

@tangobango9653

4 жыл бұрын

tuomok70 I have read parts of ‘Women.’

@bowlingstoned2113

Жыл бұрын

No doubt, I could listen to this man for hours.

A man with heart and brains.

This world would be an infinitely lesser place without this guy.

@miceskin

9 жыл бұрын

***** Thankfully.

@mkrulic517439

7 жыл бұрын

died in '94 at the age of 73.

@Wyzennnnn

4 ай бұрын

​@@mkrulic517439 as in all his influence and legacy completely fizzled out

The genius thing is that there is not a vicious edge to him. He was the kind of guy who would turn his hate onto himself and his body. He lived to be 74! That's really something! He was such an astute observor. I just love him more and more as I get older!

He would have been a great stand up comedian. But hell, he was hilarious just sitting down. Thank you, Charles. 🍻🕊️

Awesome post. He means a lot to me. I feel that honesty is the best poetry. It wasn't about being pretty or conformed with him, he just simply poured his guts out. For that , I say thank you Charles. RIP. ty

Style is the answer to everything....

@isaaceustice2192

4 жыл бұрын

I thought you were dead chuck!

@mrmtn37

4 жыл бұрын

The unfortunate truth about style js you dont have any. Most people try to fake it and wind up looking like fools. Then they quickly open their mouths and prove it.

@andrewdelaney1448

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrmtn37 well maybe you live in a area full of idiots but 'style is the answer to everything for some people

@mrmtn37

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewdelaney1448 Yup thank you for proving my point. Propaganda by Ed Bernays

@andrewdelaney1448

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrmtn37 wow you're so bitter and you're pretentious.

I always smile when somebody talks shit about Bukowski in a setting such as this, because it shows the power of his words. You can just sense that guys like Dave down there are not the sort of people that Bukowski would enjoy having around unless he was looking to scuffle. He would not only, not like them, but he would not even waste time thinking about them, talking about them, or writing about them unless he was getting paid for it. Yet people who apparently hate the man will go watch videos posted by his fans, and then write nasty comments about him and the people who love him. And I have to say, we are lucky to have guys like Dave Frazier, because they ensure that Bukowski will never die.

@SeeSawMassacre

6 жыл бұрын

I agree, but their hate doesn't contribute to anything. It's just a fart in the wind- a byproduct of what goes on inside them. They feel compelled to push it out once in a while for the rest of us to smell, but the wind is against them. They're sad.

@markulatowski5607

3 жыл бұрын

. . ... . . .. pukklllll

@mkippes1988

3 жыл бұрын

@@SeeSawMassacre Or just looking to get a reaction from you deary.

I wish I could have heard him read in person. That's like seeing the Velvet Underground live in their hay day. I felt like listening to this right now on the night after I just got married. So fuck it.....

Absolutely the best poet.

@trissloan2340

4 жыл бұрын

You are high!!!!

Great rythm of speech... Like music.

He had a strong following. Youngsters today have heard of him! You must respect that!

Bukowski = Honesty

In this dying culture we live in, we will never know another like him. I'm grateful for men like Hank who existed as they were, when they were. You will not find this in our post modern societies.

poet of the people, straight to the core. cut out what the matador stepped in. gut punch, to the point..

I love his short stories too.

@threeinitiates8260

2 ай бұрын

Same and books! Post Office is my favorite

Yew!! Thankyou so much for uploading, hard to find full shows! Such a talented writer 😁

your poetry is good for physical pain

@blackspring3207

4 жыл бұрын

yes

I needed this after work.

Love his racetrack stories

I’ve met more men in jail with Style than those out of prison. I’ve met dogs with more class than men.

@tonydon7441

3 жыл бұрын

Cats too man cats are cool

@user-cm9cd9xi6l

Жыл бұрын

@@tonydon7441 cats are THE cool

Style is the answer to everything.

@57:00 - something in the river is beautiful... Many are - but dang, he's on a roll there

That Chenowski, he sure makes for a helluva Paris!

this is the good stuff baby

The poet saint of Los Angeles. Bar none.

best poet of all time

@trissloan2340

4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, no!

Style. ❤️

Da laugh of man from heart

🍺Hank is King of the World🍷🥃🚬

Drink cold beer and read Bukowski

"EARTHQUAKE"...I SAW THIS POEM TODAY on MEMORIAL DAY 2017 Americans don't know what tragedy is a little 6.5 earthquake can set them to chattering like monkeys a piece of chinaware broken, the Union Rescue Mission falls down 6 a.m. they sit in their cars they're all driving around where are they going? a little excitement has broken into their canned lives stranger stands next to stranger chattering gibberish fear anxious fear anxious laughter ... my baby, my flowerpots, my ceiling my bank account this is just a tickler a feather and they can't bear it ... suppose they bombed the city as other cities have been bombed not with an a-bomb but with ordinary blockbusters day after day, every day as has happened in other cities of the world? if the rest of the world could see you today their laughter would bring the sun to its knees and even the flowers would leap from the ground like bulldogs and chase you away to where you belong wherever that is, and who cares where it is as long as it's somewhere away from here.

@wheninroamful

5 жыл бұрын

Bukowski's, i assume?? If so, why not credit his name so people dont have to guess or assume?

I've stuck a tongue....ah forget it.

He sounds like the adults in Snoopy.

When the Sun stops the ice will fall in icebergs. You'll see...

thanks! take care, friend.

@chefmattboutthatlife1240

8 жыл бұрын

+dave frazier a million fans... Understatement. With a little "fuel" Hank would have beat your ass. You Know? Oh, the word sonnet only has one letter t. A worm, with the nerve to talk about jerkoffs. Dave, stay in your room, please.

@wasteland8544

8 жыл бұрын

Sit down and shut the fuck up dave

Was the City Lights Poets Theatre in the bookshop itself...?

Adverts spoil this audiobook

Please, I'm trying to translate "the Rat" into french, and I would like your opinion on what Buk means with those expressions: "a hell of a Vienna" and "soldiers of the future". Thank you in advance

Best translations are by prof. KATZ

empire melting down while spreading out .

I have the same angst as his but no talent. So it goes.

Where is this from? Was it released as a vinyl record? I couldn’t find it

yes russians with you poetry and fucking dostojewski - love you guys

Genius.

@trissloan2340

4 жыл бұрын

Unique, but by no means, a genius.

A shoelace that snaps with no time left ...

What is the poem he reads at the end, after the live reading?

@stephaniesantos1123

8 жыл бұрын

+Sedrick Sultan that's what I wanna know

@stephaniesantos1123

8 жыл бұрын

+stephanie santos Found it: Something For The Touts, The Nuns, The Grocery Clerks, And You . . .

@TABurt

5 жыл бұрын

It's not Buk, I can tell you that...

Who the heck is that reading at 54:00? Is that Buke speeded up? Is that a crap impersonation? Spellcheck is using a dictionary from 1963.

@dennismason3740

3 жыл бұрын

@Jeff Baker - thanks for the reference. Many of these are in YT.

"You women have more holes than Swiss cheese..." greatest line ever😂😂😂😂

7:27

would someone please clean up the sound? if you won't I will

4460 views so many missing out =(

@andrewdelaney1448

7 жыл бұрын

Johnny Fonseca you said it Kid

I can only take C.B. in small.doses, anything more and I wouldn't get out of bed.

High on weed, but still in the loop of universe

42:33 thank me later

Whoever that is after the reading, that ain't Hank. Someone trying to sound like him.

@barflytom3273

3 жыл бұрын

@Jeff Baker how does he sound like him? it's not him, ı assure you.

This is one of the reasons he hated poetry readings. He had to tell people about the seriousness of a poem because all they wanted was a comedian and not a poet. They kept quiet. Then he started with «piss» and they started reacting again.

Some people will laugh at anything. Reminds me of a Bill Maher audience.

@overlex

3 жыл бұрын

It’s been getting worse and worse since his Shapiro interview

So this is a comedy bit with the f***

No one like him.

@jamieholmes5443

9 жыл бұрын

Jeremiah Mossman Yerh, it's just shit isn't it..

@SuperDrBunny

9 жыл бұрын

***** It may be true, but that just confirms what Jamie Holmes wrote.

@jamieholmes5443

9 жыл бұрын

***** According to whom?

@jamieholmes5443

9 жыл бұрын

***** I don't understand what you are writing.

@MagusMenna

9 жыл бұрын

I like him!

L

Who's the fraud after 55 minutes?

Thanks Russian clown.

@oskarstenlund

6 жыл бұрын

Steven Glansburg he was american with german roots.

@michaelcolello2735

4 жыл бұрын

@@oskarstenlund He's referring to the poster, not Buk

Annoying audience,

@tonyaleelee

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah.i wish they would shut up

bukowski's not bad, but he's so basic. if youve never read poetry and read his stuff, your mind would be blown. but ive read hundreds of poets and i read his stuff and i wonder, is that all their is? ive read one of his novels, women. the only reason why i finished it was like watching a train wreck. i just wanted to see what happened next. at least bukowski lived the life he wrote about. a lot of poets are posers

@smythe555

8 жыл бұрын

Bukowski's school of poets are like jazz musicians. Both tell semi-improvised stories. Some choose a lot of notes and a lot of pyrotechnics, some prefer a more minimalist approach. Minimalism does not necessarily make Bukowski "basic", rather, it gives him a crucial mechanism for getting to the most core essence of the story. It gives him a unique thrust and vitality, which separates him powerfully from many other poets of his era, or ours.

@arnonym113

7 жыл бұрын

Bukowski says more with his "basic" vocabulary and style than most other writers who try to sound smart. He once said a good writer can explain a difficult thing in a simple way, or a simple thing in an even more simple way.

@arnonym113

7 жыл бұрын

Bukowski says more with his "basic" vocabulary and style than most other writers who try to sound smart. He once said a good writer can explain a difficult thing in a simple way, or a simple thing in an even more simple way.

@errenkelly6019

7 жыл бұрын

+Deina Mutta i do respect that he lived the life he wrote about, but thats it. there are other writers better than bukowski. i can write better than him...

@arnonym113

7 жыл бұрын

Erren Kelly You may like or dislike his style, but if you think you can write better than him, you are likely to win a nobel prize with your books. Good luck!

This guy is the biggest fraud. He must have laughed all way to the bank. Drinking and yaking and burping and calling it Art. ??

@bradleylandy1250

2 жыл бұрын

he probably literally walked all the way to bank. we fucking payed, and enjoyed. he is honest and doing his thing.