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Daylight on Skid Row isn't so bad . . .
. . . but at least until very recently, you wouldn't want to be here after sundown. On two occasions, I've gotten lost in Downtown late at night, and wound up in this nightmarish neighborhood before finding my way out. That's why I came to the King Eddy, located in the King Edward Hotel, in the middle of this Saturday afternoon.
Intersection of S Main and Winston, a block and a half northwest of the King Eddy. I parked just off to the left of this photo . . .
. . . and walked down Winston . . .
. . . to S Los Angeles, turning right (south) . . .
. . . to the corner of S LA and 5th. The placard above the 5th St sign reads 'Fashion District'. It should read 'Skid Row'.
"There is a loneliness in this world so great . . .
. . . that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock." Charles Bukowski, Love is a Dog from Hell Damjan shared his admiration for Bukowski with us earlier this year. It should come as no surprise that he strikes a chord with myself as we...
You are the King of Prelude
my dear friend allow me to be of some assistance and to admire your way with words I sanctify this poem to you Bluebird there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see ...
Bluebird, you say? . . .
. . . brings to mind . . . . . . this classic. Perhaps Bukowski thought of it, in an ironic sort of way, when he wrote the poem . . .
Ah, I was expecting . . .
. . . the Rasta Rolex instead, considering this week's theme ;-) . . . ...
So is Simon Cowell . . .
. . . but he's the head honcho of American Idol . Sometimes, the best judges come from afar ;-) . . .
give me Lemmy any day...
give me Lemmy any day over Simon Cowell :) On 21 Jun 2013 18:07, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* Dr No (registered) on June 21st, 2013 - 10:07 > > *Title: So is Simon Cowell . . . > * > > *
I didn't know P@trice . . .
. . . was so American! Drinking Coke Zero, and with a straw, no less ;-) . . .
Aaah, guys! I really should stop by in Paris for a GTG some time...
Good food, good company... :)
Ouch !
That is an ultimate one ! I can see now how you'll look like in some years A groovy one ...
Talking about loneliness ...
.. my wife left me yesterday ... for ten days that is :-) !!! Luck i still have wifi ... Louie and LLD :-) ... . There she goes, flyin' high in the sky .... ... Well, on monday i won't be alone :-) Filip ...
Naahhh ...
.. he's not in love with me anymore :-) I'm going to meet my Parisian loverboy ! :-)
i still love you Bim...
i still love you Bim :) G On 21 Jun 2013 10:49, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* bimbeano (registered) on June 21st, 2013 - 02:49 > > *Title: Naahhh ... > * > > *
time to call friends, and to organize a big party, like when we were children...
What? We're still children? Yes!!!! Where are the 3 G? Grass, Gin, and Girls? Best, Nicolas
Talking about friends
here is what Charles said: "If you want to know who your friends are get yourself a jail sentence." :) Soon very soon ;) Cheers Damjan
An image as dark . . .
. . . as Bukowski's writings, blomman. You've captured the spirit of his work.
Blomman my man!!
Seems you have been pulling triggers lately!? Dark picture but blood red dial :) Will I see it soon? Nikolaj
Lack of English or Lack of Literacy?
"There is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock." (Astronomic clock on the city hall of Ulm, Germany) Hi Art, I tried to figure out, what the author wants to tell me with this sentence, but I ...
I think Bukowski was writing of a loneliness . . .
. . . that afflicts people whose lives have no meaning other than mere existence. People who have been crushed; people who have no dreams, no aspirations, no beliefs, no hope. People whose only solace can be found in a bottle. People who are alone because...
I start to see what his intention was ...
Thanks, Art, for deciphering this metaphor for me! anaesdoc
Dear anaesdoc Art gave just brilliant response....
all I can add is that dirty realism is what Hank was best at and considered godfather of it ....and of course not the genre for everyone I like this definition: "Dirty realism is the fiction of a new generation of American authors. They write about the be...
Loneliness...
... so few exist that this one is considered sort of a symbol of loneliness....? HAGWE! Ken ...
Nice Ken...........
That is one piece of loneliness that I would happily accept :) HAGWE
Hmmm what have we here...WOTW winner???
I'm sure here's another great on loneliness “there are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often when you do it's too late and there's nothing worse than too late” ― Charles Bukowski and I suppose one is never...
Its mid winter here . Cold and lonely...No Bukowski theme here sorry
Just me and my old friend ...
Oh but yes there is.......
“Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.” C.Bukowski Great piece nice shot Regards Damjan
Nothing to be sorry for
“what matters most is how well you walk through the fire” ― Charles Bukowski :) Hagwe Patrice Damjan
Your awesome shots are so appropriate for.....
following citation “Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.” ― Charles Bukowski Best Damjan
Pictures to bring the poet out in us.
We can start with a title. Ode to the Crown Scratch that - how about Ode to the Big Crown. Ahh may be to explicit. "The Crown" A good start. HAGWE Bill ...
I think about becoming one with .....
The ocean. So vast so mysterious so unexplored. Bill
Bukowski lived in San Pedro towards the end of his life . . .
. . . and while I don't know where this photo was taken, it might be in Los Angeles Harbor, near San Pedro. ...
I will, I will...
I just need to figure out how to do it in a way that my bosses and my wife (that was repetitive, I know)...that my Bosses don`t find out that I have stopped by in Paris "unnecesarily"... :)
I'm so lonely I could ...
eat snail pellets with my whiskey or, drink whiskey with my breakfast of snail pellets while holding hands with a garden fork that I'll soon use to rip the flesh from my ... (am I catching the mood correctly here?) Cazalea ...
That's the spirit Mike
;) All the best from very hot & sunny Croatia Yours Damjan “she was consumed by 3 simple things: drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more: youth and beauty” ― Charles Bukowski , The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Interesting life he led...
..one through hardship, great relationship with women, found inspiration in drinking, the place he live in, became a legend like a cult figure. Interesting. Was he like Hunter S. Thompson? ...
Hunter Thompson is an apt reference, and so is . . .
. . . Raymond Chandler, the other noted LA writer who lived in an alcoholic haze. Jack Kerouac, too . . .
Sorry but for me Hank
was playing in different league if we talk about substance abusment than again different league Cheers D
Wanton chaos...
and destruction certainly describes my day. No Bukowski reference except in spirit. ...
Here's the reference
“Pain is strange. A cat killing a bird, a car accident, a fire.... Pain arrives, BANG, and there it is, it sits on you. It's real. And to anybody watching, you look foolish. Like you've suddenly become an idiot. There's no cure for it unless you know some...
Not quite Bukowski ...
But a man who I am sure knew loneliness , solitude & despair in his immeasurable way .... To a great man whose life's struggles are etched so timelessly in his face .... ...
Second shot!
Static photo winner for me this week Great flamenco Cheers Damjan “You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.” ― Charles Bukowski , Women
Thanks
But credit goes to Mandela! The man is so photogenic :) Not sure if u saw the full set, since I posted the photos on the first try.
I saw
3 JLC/Mandela pics under is also small Zenith "Kennedy" 2x photos is there something else? Damjan P.S. That Zenith is my favorite square watch along with TAG Monaco
this is my watch that is lonely in the crowd.
why? , because its the only watch in my collection to use a battery. i'll add a brooding, dark picture to try to get into the theme. it was actually taken in bright sunlight and fiddled with a bit. i've done enough solitude that i wont be reading and of C...
Aaah, Graham, you are not the only one to own a Bulova Accutron!
This is such a great watch! Enjoy Life, my friend. Best, Nicolas.
Dear Graham
Reading Charles will make you positive and bright Trust me. Don't go with his poems go for novels and short stories you'll not regret it Start with Women....please... I mean novel women ... :) from Bukowski Cheers D “Things get bad for all of us, almost c...
maybe i will if i...
maybe i will if i get fed up with Terry Pratchett :) G On 22 Jun 2013 19:23, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* Ares501 (registered) on June 22nd, 2013 - 11:23 > > *Title: Dear Graham > * > > *
King Eddy Saloon, Skid Row . . .
. . . downtown Los Angeles, corner of 5th and S Los Angeles. Charles Bukowski drank here. And, for a brief moment this afternoon, so did I. ...
Daylight on Skid Row isn't so bad . . .
. . . but at least until very recently, you wouldn't want to be here after sundown. On two occasions, I've gotten lost in Downtown late at night, and wound up in this nightmarish neighborhood before finding my way out. That's why I came to the King Eddy, ...
The entrance . . .
. . . with steel grated door and windows is what you'd expect for a bar in this neighborhood. I was allowed in before opening time, but the door remained closed until after security arrived, maybe five minutes after the posted 3:00 PM business hour. ...
The manager allowed me in early . . .
. . . to take photos. Not sure who this is supposed to be . . . . . . but this artwork represents . . . . . . a regular customer. Like, every day of the week for as long as anyone can remember. ...
Geez, Nicolas, it's not even 6:30 AM in your . . .
. . . neck of the woods! Up early this Sunday morning . . .
Ok, but only on a weekend . . .
. . . and during daylight. A weekend so that we can find parking, and daylight so there's a good chance we get out alive. :-)
Well, no need for protection...
As Blue Oyster Cult would sing, tell them... " Fear The Ripper ". ;)
Ah, finally figured it out, Nico . . .
. . . you meant, "Don't . . . . . . Fear the Reaper" . . .
in that case you need...
in that case you need Judas Priest for 'the Ripper'. On 23 Jun 2013 08:41, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* amanico (registered) on June 23rd, 2013 - 00:41 > > *Title: I prefer the Ripper... That is the Vlad's touch. :))) >...
i still have the original...
i still have the original vinyl. G On 24 Jun 2013 07:05, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* amanico (registered) on June 23rd, 2013 - 23:05 > > *Title: Bravo, Graham! you know your Classics! > * > > *
I think . . .
. . . this is Bill Roller, seated in front of Casey, the bartender. I would've talked to him, but the mantra for the King Eddy . . . . . . induced my respect for the patrons' privacy. ...
It's long been my dream to own a bar . . .
. . . and Plan B is for Bill to own one ;-) . . .
Wow Art now you start to play
hard ball... well what to say if you own bar... I'll move to LA :)
How can you tell a . . .
. . . real dive bar from a pretender? Real dive bars serve cans, not bottles ;-) . . . ...
Of course, they have . . .
. . . draft beer, too . . . . . . and a fair selection . . . . . . of the hard stuff. And no, I didn't try the moonshine! :-) ...
The view from just inside the entrance . . .
. . . and the front of the bar. Notice the vintage console radios . . . . . . on a shelf above the bar; they belonged to a collector and are now part of the decor. Très cool ! ...
My grandmother used to have one
from Philips sadly it got destroyed but some uncivilized members of my family just half a dozen years ago It still hurts me
Damjan's . . .
. . . Terra Santa . . . . . . the table where Bukowski drank and wrote. ...
Well, Damjan, I may not have read any of Bukowski's works . . .
. . . but I have sipped beer at his watering hole. I hope you make it to So Cal someday; a trip to the shrine will be on the list of things to do. Cordially, Art ...
Art you got me at ....
The Entrance.... ;) Well what to say reading and replying this hot Sunday morning to your post just makes sense Your truly Damjan “you've got to burn straight up and down and then maybe sidewise for a while and have your guts scrambled by a bully and the ...
If there is justice..
in this world (hey Nicolas is it????) :) we'll break some serious moonshine together there Art ;) Yours
You can 'break' the moonshine, Damjan . . .
. . . I'll break . . . . . . at 3-ball ;-) . . .
They say that picture speak thousand words
Then this one speaks millions I can taste it.... Most cordially Damjan
The Loneliness of old documents and watches....
until they are viewed and the memories and recollections of times past floods back, of significant world history that is about to unfold. Reveals old systems used that looks archaic now. Iconic Brands that have disappeared in a new world order. I was prep...
Thank You Nico. ..
you are full of encouragement. I just wanted to participate. Cheers,dreamer
If only I could find my BOAC logbook! . . .
. . . circa 1964, filled with notes from pilots flying us all around the world. One of my earliest flights was on the then brand-spanking new VC-10; BOAC gave children log books to record their flight information. Thanks for sharing, dreamer . . .
Please show your BOAC log book when you find it.
It would be very interesting to many of us here. On the subject of flying, long ago prior to new safety rules etc., my wife and I and our 3.5 years old daughter was allowed into the cockpit of a commercial jet flying from Brisbane to Melbourne. The pilot ...
Baron, you are not looking in good shape, my friend.
You need a good trip in Paris, to get better! ;) Best, Nicolas
PS: Bring the watch with you....
I will tade it for a virgin or two... some fresh blood is good for health. ;)
