Comments on: CHARLES BUKOWSKI IS ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE… By Marco Mannone http://forthmagazine.com/issue-5/2009/09/charles-bukowski-is-rolling-in-his-grave/ Los Angeles Writing and Art Magazine displaying talented artists and writers from Los Angeles and around the world Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:22:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: AspenFreePress http://forthmagazine.com/issue-5/2009/09/charles-bukowski-is-rolling-in-his-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 AspenFreePress Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:46:13 +0000 http://forthmagazine.com/?p=2272#comment-1165 Loved your piece. I broke the story of Hunter Thompson's death on the streets of Aspen with an Extra edition of the Aspen Free Press which tourists and locals read in stunned disbelief. We're just a one-sheet rag (11x17 yellow) and can get hot news out in less than twenty minutes. I covered Thompson as a journalist in Aspen for more than two decades, yet I never heard him mention "Hank." Wonder why. Sterling Greenwood (retired publisher) Aspen Free Press 409 E. Cooper Mall Aspen, Co., 81611 970-544-FREE www.aspenfreepress.com Loved your piece. I broke the story of Hunter Thompson’s death on the streets of Aspen with an Extra edition of the Aspen Free Press which tourists and locals read in stunned disbelief. We’re just a one-sheet rag (11×17 yellow) and can get hot news out in less than twenty minutes. I covered Thompson as a journalist in Aspen for more than two decades, yet I never heard him mention “Hank.” Wonder why.

Sterling Greenwood (retired publisher)

Aspen Free Press
409 E. Cooper Mall
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970-544-FREE
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]]> By: Si http://forthmagazine.com/issue-5/2009/09/charles-bukowski-is-rolling-in-his-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-1128 Si Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:53:35 +0000 http://forthmagazine.com/?p=2272#comment-1128 That was a good article. I don't read internet journalism, but you kept me interested and I like how shamelessly poignant you were towards the end. Thumbs up. That was a good article. I don’t read internet journalism, but you kept me interested and I like how shamelessly poignant you were towards the end. Thumbs up.

]]> By: Brittanie http://forthmagazine.com/issue-5/2009/09/charles-bukowski-is-rolling-in-his-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Brittanie Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:42:29 +0000 http://forthmagazine.com/?p=2272#comment-377 This article entertains me every time I read it. I would love to go meet Ruben! This article entertains me every time I read it. I would love to go meet Ruben!

]]> By: Kevin http://forthmagazine.com/issue-5/2009/09/charles-bukowski-is-rolling-in-his-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Kevin Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:18:35 +0000 http://forthmagazine.com/?p=2272#comment-281 Thanks for the journey. Having just re-read 'Post Office' and struggling with my own writing, that was an inspiring piece. Thanks for the journey. Having just re-read ‘Post Office’ and struggling with my own writing, that was an inspiring piece.

]]> By: Kim Cooper http://forthmagazine.com/issue-5/2009/09/charles-bukowski-is-rolling-in-his-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Kim Cooper Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:54:51 +0000 http://forthmagazine.com/?p=2272#comment-280 Thanks, Marco, for your wonderful piece on Richard's tour, one of the best we've seen. I'm especially impressed that you took the time to get Ruben's story--something I suspect only a tiny sliver of the folks who belly up for his Bukowski anecdotes ever do. Just one small correction about the landmarking fight. We had no objection to the landlords selling their property. Our concern was that they were advertising the property as a teardown ripe for apartment development, which was the fate suffered by Bukowski's former Carlton Way residence just north of De Longpre. See below for the ad on Craigslist that triggered the campaign: http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardschave/990004469/ Preservation is not about limiting the rights of owners to profit from their investment, but about marking certain properties as so significant that they belong in part to the public trust, and ought not to be treated as if they were disposable, no matter what their current caretaker might believe. And happily, in this case, the Cultural Heritage Commission agreed. Thanks, Marco, for your wonderful piece on Richard’s tour, one of the best we’ve seen. I’m especially impressed that you took the time to get Ruben’s story–something I suspect only a tiny sliver of the folks who belly up for his Bukowski anecdotes ever do.

Just one small correction about the landmarking fight. We had no objection to the landlords selling their property. Our concern was that they were advertising the property as a teardown ripe for apartment development, which was the fate suffered by Bukowski’s former Carlton Way residence just north of De Longpre. See below for the ad on Craigslist that triggered the campaign:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardschave/990004469/

Preservation is not about limiting the rights of owners to profit from their investment, but about marking certain properties as so significant that they belong in part to the public trust, and ought not to be treated as if they were disposable, no matter what their current caretaker might believe. And happily, in this case, the Cultural Heritage Commission agreed.

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