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NEW FICTION: Bourbon & Blondes has arrived!

From the bus stations of Rt. 66 to the smoky, neon-tinged jazz dives of the big cities, these wanton tales of longing introduce us to vixens on the fringe and those shifty men that drove them there.

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Watch: The 'Bourbon & Blondes' Book Trailer

Get your shot glass ready because you're about to enter a retro world of showgirls, drifters, barmaids and thieves.

The eternal question for scribes?

In this new social media landscape, the question becomes: Is blogging dead? It just may be...

Watch: The 'Front Page Palooka' Book Trailer

Read the pulp novella that one reviewer called 'A potboiler in the style of old school writers like Mickey Spillane, Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler...'

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

RADICAL BEER COMMERCIALS OF THE '80s

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We all know that Chuck Buk loved him some cheap hooch. In other words, beer. Lots of it. The cheaper the better. Found this on digg and jus...
Thursday, December 25, 2008

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

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Here's hoping your 'HOs' are plentiful.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

PRE-GOLDEN AGE BOOK COVERS

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Just saw this on DIGG and had to share... Via Joshua Glenn: Some of the most gorgeous, evocative, and strange science fiction art you'v...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

DID THE 'DARK KNIGHT' SUCK?

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Well, I don't think so... But it might not be the End-All Be-All of superhero movies as most people think. I posted an item yesterday ab...
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Monday, December 15, 2008

'DANTE'S INFERNO' VIDEO GAME TRAILER (LOOKS COOL)

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Of all poeple, Kim Kardashian on Spike TV introduced the video game adaptation to the long rumored game, EA’s "Dante’s Inferno." B...
Wednesday, December 3, 2008

A LIT CLASSIC HEADS FOR THE BIG SCREEN

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... And not just any lit classic. Infinitum Nihil has acquired films rights to Nick Tosches 2002 novel "In the Hand of Dante" th...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

POUR US A SCOTCH ...

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... Just as long as it is a blend, of course. We don't dabble in single malts. The master would never have it. Anyway, welcome to Bukow...
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Thursday, November 27, 2008

GOBBLE GOBBLE!!!

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Chuck Buk wants you to have a happy (and sexy) Turkey Day!!
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

TOM WAITS READS BUKOWSKI'S 'THE LAUGHING HEART'

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It's easy to see how the sensibilities of musician Tom Waits and author Charles Bukowski easily coincide with one another. Here, Waits r...
Monday, November 24, 2008

RANDOM HOUSE GOES DIGITAL IN A HUGE WAY

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NEW YORK - With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of add...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

HOW DO YOU SCREW UP MAMET or 'AMERICAN BUFFALO' ???

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... For starters, you hire a comic, a C-list actor (an annoying one at that) and that gawky-lookin' kid who saw dead people in "The...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A CRAPPY WORD

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Being that Bukowski's basement deals more with tidbits of the more creative nature or rather, stuff that would appeal to creative types,...
Monday, November 17, 2008

BUKOWSKI POETRY FOR KIDS

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OK, so now that I have a kid and all I think it may be time to introduce him to the Chuck Buk world of kiddie poetry. Enjoy this hilarious v...

RAYMOND CARVER DOCUMENTARY - 'DREAMS ARE WHAT WE WAKE UP FROM'

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Enjoy this probing 1989 documentray "Dreams Are What We Wake Up From" about minimalist master Raymond Carver. It's directed by...
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