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March 9: Honor Bukowski, in a way Bukowski would've heartily approved of
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March 9: Honor Bukowski, in a way Bukowski would've heartily approved of
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Awhile back, we were boozing at the Khyber and randomly got into a drunken conversation with Harry Baker, a former schoolteacher and current bartender at the Shamrock Pub and Second and Reed. We learned that Baker was a huge admirer of seminal American scribe/very talented drunk Charles Bukowski, and that he wanted to found a holiday honoring the day of his death — March 9 — that involved people skipping work and hanging out in a bar getting shitfaced and reading poetry. We told him that this sounded like a good idea and went back to our Bulleit.
Turns out Baker is actually making it happen.
This coming Tuesday, March 9, Baker wants to encourage all of y'all to call out, start drinking and make you way to the Triangle Tavern at 10th and Reed, where he's in the process of piecing together a salon of sorts for Bukowski enthusiasts. The inaugural Bukowskifest, for which Baker has started a blog, will involve open readings of original work or Bukowski's writings, music and what we anticipate will be gratuitous alcohol consumption. More details via Baker's blog, which he's dubbed Zombie Bukowski because apparently undead face-rotted Chaz is going to show up next week:
He's been dead for 16 years now and his FLESHY REANIMATED REMAINS are mad as hell at the state of modern poetry. He will be sharing new poems and hosting a poetry open reading dance party on the anniversary of his death March 9, 2010.
At this Festival we will crown the "Bukowski-est" of the evening and he or she will win a HEALTHY CASH PRIZE. Tell your starving poet alcoholic buddies about this opportunity to turn their art into cash. Honored poets will then be invited to the philly regional BUKOWSKIFEST held in AUGUST for an even huger cash prize, intergalactic honor, and the glory of finally letting this demon spawn ZOMBIE BUKOWSKI die a natural death.
There's word of drink specials but no details just yet. Will keep Bukowskites posted.
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