http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/04/bukowskis-hollywood/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:21:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/04/bukowskis-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-175257 Arthur Magazine Email Bulletin No. 158 (Aug 5, 2009) | ARTHUR MAGAZINE - WE FOUND THE OTHERS Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:23:30 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/?p=8585#comment-175257 [...] b. An excerpt from Barbet Shroeder’s “Charles Bukowski Tapes” (1985), in which the crusty and hilarious old alcoholic writer (and inspiration to countless terrible would-be alcoholic writers) rides around Los Angeles — specifically, the intersection of Hollywood and Western — in a convertible and shows us where all the crazy people sit, where you can purchase lethal powders for 15¢ and who the hookers and dope dealers are. It’s a telling sign of Los Angeles’ depressingly unchecked development that one of the only buildings that’s still recognizable in 2009 is the dilapidated Le Sex Shoppe just east of Western on Hollywood: http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/04/bukowskis-hollywood/ [...] [...] b. An excerpt from Barbet Shroeder’s “Charles Bukowski Tapes” (1985), in which the crusty and hilarious old alcoholic writer (and inspiration to countless terrible would-be alcoholic writers) rides around Los Angeles — specifically, the intersection of Hollywood and Western — in a convertible and shows us where all the crazy people sit, where you can purchase lethal powders for 15¢ and who the hookers and dope dealers are. It’s a telling sign of Los Angeles’ depressingly unchecked development that one of the only buildings that’s still recognizable in 2009 is the dilapidated Le Sex Shoppe just east of Western on Hollywood: http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/04/bukowskis-hollywood/ [...]

]]> http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/04/bukowskis-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-175249 michaeljohn savage Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:35:07 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/?p=8585#comment-175249 I lived on wilton and franklin across the street from one of Hank's old flops, awesome hood, I stayed 10 years I lived on wilton and franklin across the street from one of Hank’s old flops, awesome hood, I stayed 10 years

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