(red stodalsky- owner of barque books- circa 1975 thru 1994. this is now antebellum gallery!)
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(this is an excerpt from the article.. the full article is~ LAALTERNATIVE-
( http://www.laalternative.com/index.php/2006/07/14/blank-verse-generation)
“I then read everything I could get my hands on that had to do with the Beats. Got turned on to Leonard Cohen the poet-had no idea at the time that he wrote music-but I read all his work. At the same time, people started turning me on to Charles Bukowski. See, in terms of literature, the only thing up until then I’d studied was the classics, nothing contemporary. So that triumvirate of people-Leonard Cohen, Bukowski and the Beats. I never hung out with Bukowski,” qualifies Griffin. “My influence was Red Stodalsky of Baroque Books in Hollywood.” (this is now- ANTEBELLUM GALLERY).
Red Stodolsky had been committed to paper by Bukowski in the poem “Red” (Septugenarian Stew) and in the novel Pulp. The small bookstore was at 1643 Las Palmas Avenue, (now antebellum!) near Musso & Frank’s. “I met Red in 1981 or ‘82, because nobody else sold Charles Bukowski or the Beats. Charles Bukowski was one of Red’s best friends. But I don’t really drink, and I don’t really gamble, and I wasn’t gonna sit there and talk to him about poetry, so Red would go ‘Hey kid, we’re gonna be over at Musso’s for lunch. Come on by.’ I went, ‘Yeah sure, Red, sure.’ And I just blew him off.”
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The Text and Subtext of a Joker
By Colleen Sell, for Biblio.
the life of John Larroquette.
(this is an excerpt from the article.. the full article is~ http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_larroquette.html )
Larroquette credits "Red" Stodolsky, of Baroque Books in Los Angeles, with being his "Yoda" of collecting. "I wandered into this tiny hole of a bookstore in 1983 and was greeted with, 'Waddya want?' 'Um, this is a bookstore, isn't it?' 'Yeah. What kinda books you looking for?' 'I'd like to buy some Bukowski.' 'I only have first editions; they're expensive.' 'Well, can I see them?' I bought the books. In fact, I bought a lot of books from Red in the early days, and slowly but surely, he taught me how to collect."
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to see an image of a bronze of Charles Bukowski displayed at Baroque Books, (now Antebellum gallery, note the glass case.. this is still at the gallery), go to this link, look for page 151~
http://books.google.com/books?id=UQblo3lNZp4C&dq=red+stodolsky
the article notes that Red Stodolsky, (owner of Baroque Books) was the inspiration for the character of Red in Bukowski's novel~ PLUP.
"I'm curious about people's memories of "Red" Stodolsky. I met him in the early 90's, his shop in Hollywood had quite an impressive selection of books by Bukowski. Books I had not seen before (wedding, heatwave, etc...). I remember his eyesight was failing and he was very trusting about leaving you in the shop alone. I also remember his patience was 'thin', but so is mine, so I'm not criticizing! It was a great little bookstore."
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BUKOWSKI, Charles. Vintage Original Christmas Card Signed
F Soft cover Signed by Author(s) ("Fondly, Linda & Hank") in black ink on Christmas card with a bigpig with Christmas ribbon and holly around his neck. 5 1/8" x 7 3/4"; Christmas card designed by Ching, The Evergreen Press, Pleasant Hill, California, printed in the USA. Together with the original mailing envelope, stamped and postmarked Long Beach, CA, Dec. 18, 1989. To Reds & Mina Stodolsky 5758 1/2 4th Street Los Angeles, Ca. 90036 Christmas card Signed and inscribed by Linda Beighle and signed by Bukowski: " "Fondly, Linda & Hank And A Big 1990!" (with self drawings of Linda and Bukowski) Provenance: from the estate of Sholom "Red" Stodolsky, proprietor of the famed Baroque Bookstore of Hollywood and close friend and associate of Charles Bukowski. Stodolsky championed Bukowski's work long before it was fashionable to do so, and in doing so earned the devotion and lifetime friendship of the writer. Bukowski (1920-1994), born August 16, 1920, Andernach, Germany; died March 9, 1994, Los Angeles, California; German-born American writer and poet; his poems, short stories and novels often chronicled the low-life and his hard-bitten alcoholic youth; poet laureate of Los Angeles.
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Bukowski's Birthday Bus Party
August 16 would have been Charles Bukowski's 87th birthday, and devotees can celebrate by taking Esotouric's Haunts of a Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's LA tour with a special night-time tour that ends at Musso and Frank's, when toasts will be made thanks to Bukowski's favorite bartender, Ruben.
Kim Cooper also offers a rare after hours tour by the restaurant's fourth generation owner, as well as a chat with director John Dullaghan, (Bukowski: Born Into This),about the making of his film and stories about Hollywood's Bukowski-centric Baroque Bookstore and its late, cantankerous owner Red Stodolsky.
note- i feel that antebellum is still haunted, (in a good way) by RED STODOLSKY. he loved this space on las palmas ave and never wanted to leave, in fact his last wishes were to have his ashes scattered on the front sidewalk.
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(the moment zine- circa 1989)
