by Murderously Philly… “Hi, my name is Ted” I say to everybody, “and I’m a serial killer.” “Hi, Ted,” says everybody. Everybody always says Hi. Welcome to Serial Killers Anonymous, a twelve-step program for rippers, rapers, stabbers, stranglers, axe murderers, chainsaw enthusiasts, and just about every type person who ever murdered over and over again,…
Nobody burst onto the scene more explosively than Chuck Palahniuk back in 1996 with his breakthrough novel, Fight Club. And the 1999 movie directed by David Fincher wasn’t too shabby, either. If you’re one of the few people who hasn’t read Fight Club–or you’re like me and you just can’t get enough–here’s a little taste.…
TIME MAGAZINE asked HUNTER S. THOMPSON, a former copy boy here who went on to an even more exciting career as a gonzo journalist, to report from the set of the movie being made of his 1971 book, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, in which Johnny Depp plays Thompson and the author appears in…
The Euphio Question by Kurt Vonnegut. A short story from “The Monkey House”, (1968) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN of the Federal Communications Commission, I appreciate this opportunity to testify on the subject before you. I’m sorry—or maybe “heartsick” is the word—that news has leaked out about it. But now that word is getting around and coming…
All in all it was a pretty exciting Christmas, what with the relatives and the presents and the fun and the cops and Aunt Hazel’s dog blowing up in our living room. Mom and my Aunt Martha wanted to have one of those fun old-fashioned Christmases that people on TV have, where everybody wears ties…
We normally don’t post videos, but when it comes to Buk, we make an exception. Released in 1995 and directed by Richard Sears, An Evil Town was a big winner both at Cannes and the New York Underground Film Festival. The short film is based on the story of the same name by Charles Bukowski.…
A Radio With Guts is one of Bukowski’s best and most obscure poems … it was on the 2nd floor on Coronado Street I used to get drunk and throw the radio through the window while it was playing, and, of course, it would break the glass in the window and the radio would sit…
It just seems fitting that Robert Crumb and Charles Bukowski would find themselves working together at some point. In the 1980s, they joined forces in the two Bukowski books, Bring Me Your Love and There’s No Business. Crumbs most famous works include his Keep On Truckin’ strip, and strips featuring characters such as the bohemian…
In Life in a Texas Whorehouse by Charles Bukowski, the author opens with, “I got off the bus in this place in Texas and it was cold and I was constipated.” Eventually, in just a few days, he manages a bowel movement: “I went back to the hotel, got hold of a pint of whiskey and…
Ever hear of Oscar “Zeta” Acosta? Maybe you know him better as Dr. Gonzo in Hunter S. Thompson’s 1971 book, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. In life, Acosta was a Mexican-American attorney, author and activist in the Chicano Movement in Southern California. Acosta wrote somewhat semi-autobiographical novels about himself, as well as appearing with…
