John
At 07:08 PM 8/10/2004 +0100, you wrote:
Glad to hear Blaster Al is doing well and finding an audience in Baltimore. The mail art fraternity lost a unique voice when he upped- sticks and moved from san antonio in the early 90's? I have fond memeories of his "tacky little pamphlets" and terrificly scary and deranged collages and tapes he used to send out in the 80's along with Dave Zack, Nunzio 6 Finger , Snowwhite Jung, etc. The mail art world seems alot tamer and safer now they have all shuffled off to whereveer they went!
Michael
--- "John M. Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Blaster works at Normal's and sometimes hides out in > a dark corner in the > back... > > At 05:14 PM 8/10/2004 +0000, you wrote: > > >>doesn't Blaster Al Ackerman work in a bookstore in > Baltimore? > > normals bookstore. producers of the Shattered > Wigs nights. check the > > site (link sent by bennett), visit, observe or > even perform. > > > > > >> > >>BG > >> > > >> > From: "John M. Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Date: 2004/08/10 Tue AM 11:12:24 EDT > >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > Subject: RE: FLUXLIST: Baltimore > Fluxlist/Museum you see em experiences > >> > > >> > And there's also the first rate bookstore known > as > >> > > >> > Normal's > >> > 425 E 31st St. > >> > Balto 21218 > >> > > >> > and at http://www.normals.com/ > >> > > >> > John > >> > > >> > At 09:37 AM 8/10/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > >There sure seem to be so many fluxlist people > in Baltimore!--I have been > >> > >forwarding the mails to friends in > Baltimore--(non-Fluxus though one very > >> > >involved in Mail Art, visual poetry, poetry > and painting)-- > >> > > > >> > >Baltimore has the only sports team named for a > poetry figure--The Ravens, > >> > >from Poe!--with their superstar accused > formerly of murder Ray Lewis-- > >> > > > >> > >A few days ago a friend forwarded a piece in > the Washinton papers--re > >> zines-- > >> > > > >> > >again!--in Baltimore!-- > >> > > > >> > >a bookstore and site highly recommended for > finding lot of zines: > >> > > > >> > >atomic books their site > <http://www.atomicbooks.com>www.atomicbooks.com > >> > > > >> > >also mentioned > <http://www.zinebooks.com>www.zinebooks.com > >> > > > >> > >maybe we all live in Baltimore and just don't > know it! > >> > > > >> > >i spent once a very happy afternoon with John > Waters--was to be an > >> > >interview--having tea--we decided to go walk > about so i cd show him some > >> > >alleys and so forth--(this was in Cambridge, > MA)--talked about crazy > >> > >vintage, junk and antique stores in baltimore, > all the characters in that > >> > >scene--(my mom long involved with that in > Vermont so he wanted to hear of > >> > >the people there)-- > >> > > > >> > >last week a friend took myself and another > fella to see immense egyptian > >> > >exhibit at the Milwaukee Public > Museum--spectacular exhiit here for many > >> > >months--the final stage of the journey is to > be inside a huge multi > >> somber > >> > >hued tomb-coverd with hieroglyphs--mainly > texts form THE BOOK OF THE > >> DEAD-- > >> > > > >> > >exiting this, you > >> > > > >> > >move along a slwoly sloping corridor--and > emerge--into the giftshop! > >> > > > >> > >so this was the journey of the soul into the > afterlife! > >> > > > >> > >immortality for sale!souvenirs!--postcards! > >> > >keychains!--statuettes--pens--cds--an explosin > of light and > >> glitter!--what > >> > >a relief-- that long journey through > darkness-and here we are!--in the > >> > >gift shop of immortality-- > >> > > > >> > >in a way i suppose this is also a Visionary > Museum Experience-- > >> > > > >> > >the Art Museum here is free on Mondays and > Saturdays--before noon > >> > >entrances--if you live in the County--wander > among the excellent American > >> > >Folk Art rooms, the rooms of Haitian > paintings- > >> > > > >> > >and inspiring indeed to me with these is the > Papua New Guinea diorama at > >> > >Public Museum--free all day on Mondays--the > beings in > >> > >it--seem--uncannily--to be whom i am part of i > some way!--i want to move > >> > >in!--and there are no gifts stores among the > Head Hunters!--those heads > >> > >are not for sale!-- > >> > > > >> > >art for the people!--though some heads ARE for > sale-- Paco, Puerto Rican > >> > >street person alcoholic friend of mine--had > emerged form among > >> > >alleys--needed some cash--and produced for me > a head looking like King > >> > >Kong'!--carved out of a cocont--with great > carvings for nose mouth eyes, > >> > >painted, the teeth immense rows gleaming > white--the hair made of cocunut > >> > >strands-- > >> > > > >> > >my duagher and i had just been speaking of > coconuts--her name is covay so > >> > >sometimes called "coconut"--so of course, i > had to bring her a cocout > >> head! > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >---------- > >> > ><http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2752??PS=47575>FREE > pop-up blocking with the > >> > >new MSN Toolbar - get it now! > >> > > >> > __________________________________________ > >> > Dr. John M. 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