In 1970 Charles Bukowski flew from L.A. to the state of Washington to read his poetry before a bunch of students at Bellevue Community College. It was one of his first readings in front of an audience. Students videotaped the event but the footage never went public until the late 80s when it began circulating among Bukowski’s fans. Titled “Bukowski At Bellevue”, the video is crudely shot and the tape itself damaged and battered with age. But Bukowski’s style - the sardonic humor, wiseass growl and diamond-hard imagery - cuts thru the technical shitstorm and provides us with an intimate glimpse of Buk before he became an international literary superstar.
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