tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475969042192089612.post4881901767300120621..comments2024-02-14T15:27:59.577-05:00Comments on Bukowski's Basement: NOIR DREAMS (poem & podcast)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413377601369107260noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475969042192089612.post-85585543546740752102010-06-10T14:08:15.804-04:002010-06-10T14:08:15.804-04:00Well done (as always).....the imagery and vivid vi...Well done (as always).....the imagery and vivid visuals your writing create for me are incredible. A real Hollywood feel - gritty and edgy with such a nostalgic undercurrent. Absolutely loved this!Kevin Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00703125974467675009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475969042192089612.post-40843538678524500332010-06-10T02:52:13.855-04:002010-06-10T02:52:13.855-04:00I've been meaning to tell you I love these rec...I've been meaning to tell you I love these recordings. It's especially cool to hear your work in your voice. You know how I feel about this time period. And by the way, I live a few blocks over from where that old Hollywoodland photo was taken. You're talking about my neighborhood.Pamila Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14398900249578356483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475969042192089612.post-40726234319016247502010-06-10T02:43:27.478-04:002010-06-10T02:43:27.478-04:00I'd like to help you get these into iTunes, I&...I'd like to help you get these into iTunes, I'd love to listen to them that way and not miss an episode. Once it's set up you'd not have to do much different to that way you post them now.<br /><br />I like the list of comparisons between the halcyon days of his imaginings -- his ideal -- and his reality. Such thinking is a classic cause of unhappiness, which the music supplements in a melancholic way redolent of a quiet bar at the end of a night when all that's left is a gin-soaked mind.Barry J. Northernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173472793304574269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475969042192089612.post-7181475539148116172010-06-09T21:58:34.036-04:002010-06-09T21:58:34.036-04:00Life isn't fair, Ant. But your poetry and you...Life isn't fair, Ant. But your poetry and your dreamy voice are MORE than "fair," they're EXCELLENT!Madam Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00136166772469538966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475969042192089612.post-62436198463893463692010-06-09T00:10:08.539-04:002010-06-09T00:10:08.539-04:00Your stories are like time travel. We can go to an...Your stories are like time travel. We can go to another time and another place. This prose poem is like a heaven and hell between then and now. Perfect title. Loved your voice and the music.Jodi MacArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373591664178281529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475969042192089612.post-64285345933786921872010-06-08T13:43:40.539-04:002010-06-08T13:43:40.539-04:00Love your voice. Just watched Good Fellas on the w...Love your voice. Just watched Good Fellas on the weekend, again, and you sound a lot like Ray Liotta.<br />Your poem is funny! I smiled more than a few times, listening to this guy complaining about his lot in life... hey, nothing wrong with Dickies from the Wishbook, big fella... at least they're not from Wal-mart.<br />It's neat when you throw in details from real places.Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475969042192089612.post-35595152554759685572010-06-08T13:02:10.339-04:002010-06-08T13:02:10.339-04:00Awesome. Great nostalgia for a snazzier time. Is t...Awesome. Great nostalgia for a snazzier time. Is that you reading? Perfect voice for this piece.<br /><br />Brilliantly done again, Ant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475969042192089612.post-38963283817709062862010-06-08T06:01:10.474-04:002010-06-08T06:01:10.474-04:00Your stories never fail to transport one to anothe...Your stories never fail to transport one to another place and time. The longing for the 'good life' is palbable. Well done, Anthony.Alan W. Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17067022519729701245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475969042192089612.post-73153580027084719732010-06-08T05:37:05.058-04:002010-06-08T05:37:05.058-04:00i love the out of time longing in this because bas...i love the out of time longing in this because basically i can relate to it. you haven't had a poem on here in a while...great to see one!John Grochalskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13150630637644393375noreply@blogger.com