doesn't Blaster Al Ackerman work in a bookstore in Baltimore? Or am I halucinating again.... (bother!)
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. Bennett > Curator, Avant Writing Collection > Rare Books & Manuscripts Library > The Ohio State University Libraries > 1858 Neil Av Mall > Columbus, OH 43210 USA > > (614) 292-3029 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.johnmbennett.net > ___________________________________________ >
