{"product_id":"reads-his-poetry-limited-edition-ashtray-vinyl-lp","title":"Reads His Poetry: Limited Edition \"Ashtray\" Vinyl LP { vinyl }","description":"\u003cb\u003e\nPlease note the packshot is a mock up based on the description from the distributor, the actual vinyl colour may vary\n\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“This is Charles Bukowski. Well, let me just\nsit here and drink beer.” Thus begins the\nSeptember 14, 1972 poetry reading\nfrom which this 1980 release on John\nFahey’s Takoma label is drawn. This is\nquintessential Bukowski, from the rude\n‘n’ crude drawing that adorns the front\ncover to the belches that punctuate the\npoems. As for the work itself, it’s not\nreally what you’d commonly conceive\nof as poetry, but rather observations\nand vignettes drawn from life’s darker\nside, focusing on perversions, poverty, drunkenness,\ngambling, and bodily functions. But Bukowski’s bemused air and self-deprecating\nhumor blunt the shock value of the words and emphasize the universality of the\nthemes. “I want you to hate me,” he says to the audience, but it’s hopeless—he is\none of us.\nNow, Real Gone is bringing Bukowski to vinyl in a clear with black swirl “Ashtray”\nedition that’s sure to go as fast as the author would polish off your cigarette\nbutt. EXPLICIT MATERIAL.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Bukowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57432433459531,"sku":"RLGM13101PMI","price":3.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/6169\/9915\/files\/SharedImage-120473.png?v=1779705936","url":"https:\/\/vinylvintage.shop\/products\/reads-his-poetry-limited-edition-ashtray-vinyl-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}