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seemslikeadream » Fri Oct 14, 2016 12:53 pm wrote:there was a wonderful small bookstore in my town..been there forever...then a few years back both Borders and Barns and Nobel came to the next town over and beat my lovely bookstore out of business ....now Borders and Barns have closed and we have no bookstore at all
stillrobertpaulsen » Mon Oct 17, 2016 12:14 pm wrote:Thanks for those links, PufPuf93. That is a great list of stores! I am also a big fan of City Lights in North Beach, I've been there several times over the years.
I used to live in Ashland, Oregon during the 90's. Shakespeare and Company was a fantastic used book store there, I'm not sure if it was affiliated with the Berkeley store you mentioned, but that has now closed. But Bloomsbury Books and Soundpeace are still open and thriving. Soundpeace is more focused on New Age-oriented material, but it's still a cool place. Bloomsbury was actually much larger in the 90s, they used to have an upstairs coffeehouse that was a great hang-out spot back when I was going to college. But it's still a great place with a large book selection.
PufPuf93 » Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:07 pm wrote:
It could well be Bloomsbury Books is the book store in Ashland whose name also slips my mind. Is it possible that they had the major location and a 2nd small location that specialized in collectibles? When I made the post above I checked to see the current online presence of my memories.
I do not believe that the Shakespeare named book sellers in Ashland and Berkeley were related in any sense.
I used to travel a lot for work when in Portland and always searched out local bookstores and made regular stops at favorites such as Elliot Bay and The Strand.
82_28 » Thu Oct 20, 2016 7:20 pm wrote:I used to travel a lot for work when in Portland and always searched out local bookstores and made regular stops at favorites such as Elliot Bay and The Strand.
Elliot Bay is in Seattle not Portland. Sorry to be a dick or nag or whatever you wanna call me, which I am not being. But still exists, though it has moved. It is in Capitol Hill now.
stillrobertpaulsen » Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:34 pm wrote:PufPuf93 » Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:07 pm wrote:
It could well be Bloomsbury Books is the book store in Ashland whose name also slips my mind. Is it possible that they had the major location and a 2nd small location that specialized in collectibles? When I made the post above I checked to see the current online presence of my memories.
I do not believe that the Shakespeare named book sellers in Ashland and Berkeley were related in any sense.
You know, that does sound familiar. I think Bloomsbury did have a smaller second location in Ashland at one point. It's possible Shakespeare may have even been it. But it's gone and I'm not certain.
After we went to The Last Bookstore, we tried to get lunch at Grand Central Market. Damn, was that a surprising experience!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vF8haBj_ns
PufPuf93 » Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:05 am wrote:Another fine video. What is the sound track? Reminds me of trying to play Hollywood tourist with my 80 year old Dad circa 1990. He found on a street map and wanted to go and we went to the Farmer's Market expecting to see a "Farmer's Market".
I discovered the name of the Ashland Bookstore previously mentioned but not named; Blue Dragon Bookshop, located just across Main Street from Shakespeare's. I have a pristine with dustcover in plastic 1st American Ed / facsimile of 1st Ed pub. Causeway Books (1970) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin - translated by MacGregor-Mathers and there is a store bookmark still inside. There was also a small comic book store on a 2nd floor on Main. I bought a full set of the Freak Brothers Comix there, pristine in plastic and also the Crumb Religious Experiences of Philip K Dick Weird comic there. A fast glance at the internet does not confirm whether either still exist.
I made many trips to Ashland over the years for Shakespeare or other theatre or as a good stopping point on longer drives. I used to go to different production's of A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest by habit. Midsummer's was what I saw on that high school field trip and also once saw in Stratford-on-Avon and have seen maybe 12 to 14 different productions (ACT in San Francisco, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, several high school productions, Los Gatos Old Town, Shasta College, 4X Ashland, etc.). I almost moved to Ashland but moved to Corvallis instead for a job in 1994. Haven't been to Ashland since 2003.
82_28 » Thu Oct 27, 2016 1:35 am wrote:Oh they tore it down there in LA? I am thinking of the right place right? The one next to CBS if I remember correctly? I loved that place as a kid.
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