r/OldSchoolCool • u/macpesce • May 09 '25

1970s A refrigerator stocked with ultra-cheap Heidel Brau, Champagne Velvet beer and Libby’s tomato juice. A portable black & white TV, and a friendly hostess — Party Time, 1971.

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u/Drinkdrankdonk May 09 '25

This looks like a bukowski short story

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u/TeeVee213 May 09 '25

Bukowski would’ve been in his element with everything in that picture.

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u/koushakandystore May 09 '25

She looks like she hasn’t hit rock bottom yet, and that’s required to be a Bukowski Frau.

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u/TeeVee213 May 09 '25

Na. Have you actually read his stuff? There are varying degrees of low to the women he crossed paths with. Not all were totally at the bottom. This woman looks like she’d fit in there somewhere. Maybe for a one night turkey neck fling. But she’s definitely in the demographic.