Off Track: Charles Bukowski "The Poet Laureate of Skid Row"

"The Poet Laureate of Skid Row"

Tom Waits,Modest Mouse,Red Hot Chili Peppers and Hip Hop Artist Doom have all name dropped Charle Bukowski's name.He is highly influential and after reading some of His work you hear his voice echoed all over.Charles Bukowski is a lovable deranged genius drunk womanizer.Writing from the edge and the throes of death. Remember the movie "Bar Fly" with Faye Dunaway and a young turbulent Mickey Rourke? That screenpaly was Written by Bukowski. Bukowski wrote volumes of poetry ,wrote novels and gave poetry readings like a rock concert, normally drunk.

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Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit was the first Bukoski I found tucked away in a corner of an old bookstore. Bukowski was always hard to find.(for me at least at the time.) It was always worth it i have read Bukowski than any other author. There is a truth and beauty to be found in these works. He was the original punk poet.Bukowski wrote about woman,booze,sex,gambling horses and the mundane trivialities of life. He is an underground hero that can't be forgot.

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Buk-No Charge
Buk-Love is a piece of..
Buk-K.O.
Buk-On going out to get the mail
Buk-I wanted to overthrow the government
Buk-The Sex Fiends
Buk-Love

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