Comments on: Chinaski http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Ariel Dovas http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36381 Ariel Dovas Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:18:31 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36381 That’s a good book, but I really fell into his novels.

]]> By: Cranky Old Mission Guy http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36378 Cranky Old Mission Guy Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:49:43 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36378 Good advice.

]]> By: chalkman http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36259 chalkman Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:11:30 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36259 Factotum was better than I was expecting

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36252 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:23:04 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36252 I dunno. I think some of it is depressing, sure, but others of it actually has a message of hope in the darkness. One of my favorites is The Laughing Heart:

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36251 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:20:44 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36251 Seconded, re: Bukowski’s Poetry. One of my favorites:

they say that nothing is wasted
either that
or
it all is

]]> By: no http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36237 no Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:39:10 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36237 Factotum and Post Office

]]> By: Delegate Nerd http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36207 Delegate Nerd Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:55:39 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36207 Oh, oops, I haven’t read his books. I have a copy of Ham on Rye, but I haven’t read it. I like his poetry, but a lot of it’s kind of depressing. Maybe I’ll read more of his stuff when I get older and feel like more of a failure in life.

]]> By: Cranky Old Mission Guy http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36191 Cranky Old Mission Guy Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:58:43 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36191 I like the poems more than the prose, because their (relatively) concise structures fit the (relatively) limited number of different things he has to say.

Read Love Is A Dog From Hell during a miserable breakup, back in the ’70s and, while it didn’t exactly help… it has stuck with me.

]]> By: Ariel Dovas http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36180 Ariel Dovas Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:35:05 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36180 What’s your favorite? I like Women and Factotum. Though they’re kind of all the same.

If you like the movie Hollywood is a good followup.

]]> By: scum http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36177 scum Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:09:22 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36177 Rourke and Dunaway, fucking awesome movie.

]]> By: milkshake lover http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36176 milkshake lover Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:00:28 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36176 Chinaski was the pseudonym Bukowski gave himself in his books.. it wasn’t just the movie. :)

]]> By: Delegate Nerd http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36148 Delegate Nerd Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:56:03 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36148 Charles Bukowski has a pretty good following in SF, or at least he used to. I was wondering how many people might catch the reference here, unless of course the tag is supposed to be read “China Ski.” For those who do not know, Mickey Rourke portrayed the late poet Charles Bukowski in the 1987 film “Barfly,” using the pseudonym Henry Chinaski. If you like dingy and nihilistic American bar scenes, you may find this film inspiring!

]]> By: no http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36147 no Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:48:31 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36147 fuckin’ bukowski

]]> By: Ariel Dovas http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/11/chinaski/#comment-36141 Ariel Dovas Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:04:27 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29774#comment-36141 Chinaski!!

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