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5.0 out of 5 stars
It's Called "AT Terror Street And Agony Way" for a REASON!, February 19, 2000
This review is from: At Terror Street & Agony Way (Audio CD)
Bukowski has never sounded eerier than in "At Terror Street and Agony Way". This 2 CD set sets you up, and then knocks you over with the scariness of the clarity of his voice as it comes over the speaker. This recording has been lovingly preserved by Britisher Barry Miles, who went to Buk's house back in January of 1969 with an Ampex 3000 tape recorder and an idea. Why not record some of your stuff? I remember reading about someone, and maybe it was Barry, visiting Buk about this time, planning to record all the great Beat poets living on the west coast. Well, Buk was not Beat. He was special, and you can hear it in the two plus hours of recordings presented here. His deadpan style, his honesty, and even his beer drinking is all captured here, so clear and real. I HIGHLY recommend this CD to anybody who needs the essential sounds of Buk at the very center of his hurricane. Still living in a three room kitchenette, still working for the post office, still broke and still working on some of the poems that would eventually end up as classics that we all know. Pick this up, and you'll be shocked and glad you did!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
go ahead, July 5, 2000
This review is from: At Terror Street & Agony Way (Audio CD)
This is, in spite of being recorded 1969, the best sounding CD you can buy about Bukowski. It has everything: laughter, tears and agony, as it says in the title. You're not going to be sorry when having bought this CD. Get it while its out there. It surely the best homerecording you'll find from Buk.
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