Mike doesn't like Bukowski?

[Joe Rogaine]

Strange i figured he would be right up Mikes alley? I really wanted to hear Aimees story to bad they were cut short.

[hugman]

PFT hates him, too.

I don't like him either. I LOVE HIM!

[Keith Whitener]

I wonder how Mike feels about Mickey Rourke as Bukowski.

[hugman]

That's good, too.  I've re-watched that movie fairly recently and found it to be quite funny.  There are also a lot of lines from that movie quoted in punk rock songs.

[Keith Whitener]

Rourke sounds like he's doing a Mitch Hedberg impersonation in that film. Or maybe Hedberg spent his career doing a Rourke impersonation!

[Joe Rogaine]

Has anybody ever seen Tales of Ordinary Madness with Ben Gazzara? Ive got it in my Netflix.
[youtube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Poflgfftis [/youtube]

[hugman]

Rourke sounds like he's doing a Mitch Hedberg impersonation in that film. Or maybe Hedberg spent his career doing a Rourke impersonation!

apparently you are unfamiliar with the work of one Snagglepuss.

[jamesp]

Rourke sounds like he's doing a Mitch Hedberg impersonation in that film. Or maybe Hedberg spent his career doing a Rourke impersonation!

apparently you are unfamiliar with the work of one Snagglepuss.

Heavens to Murgatroyd!

[hugman]

Has anybody ever seen Tales of Ordinary Madness with Ben Gazzara? Ive got it in my Netflix.
[youtube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Poflgfftis [/youtube]

has this guy ever heard bukowski read?

[B_Buster]

Yeah, I think Bukowski is extremely overrated. Read John Fante or Knut Hamsun instead. They're the much better writers Bukowski admitted to ripping off.

[hugman]

Yeah, I think Bukowski is extremely overrated. Read John Fante or Knut Hamsun instead. They're the much better writers Bukowski admitted to ripping off.

I've been  reading Fante's Big Hunger at an absurdly leisurely pace for the past six months or so.  It's great. It's like Leave It To Beaver meets Bukowski.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I like Bukowski, but agree that Fante is much better.  Haven't read any Hamsun (yet).

[B_Buster]

I like Bukowski, but agree that Fante is much better.  Haven't read any Hamsun (yet).

Hunger is the one to start with Hamsun, JG. It's a hoot!

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[Matt]

I like Bukowski, but agree that Fante is much better.  Haven't read any Hamsun (yet).

Hunger is the one to start with Hamsun, JG. It's a hoot!

I got this for Christmas a couple of years ago - still haven't read it. Maybe it's time. And maybe I'll tackle Fat City after that. Mike should start a book club.

EDIT: Mike called Hunger "a hoot". According to a blurb from Time Out on the back of my copy, it's "one of the most disturbing novels in existence". Ew boy.