Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?
PUT ALL YOUR MONEY INTO IT
Watch as your money disappears.
It is not that e-books have displaced "real' books
Nor that people are reading less
Markets are polarized between big Mall bookstores
like Barnes &Noble -and little Independent Bookstores
And there are no guarantees-BORDERS closed down!
While HALF PRICE BOOKS has become one of our largest book purveyors
Austin has been blessed with RESISTENCIA(moved three times)
BOOK WOMAN(moved twice)and a plethora of tiny bookstores
bursting with readings,signings and events.BOOKS LIVE!
Outlets are struggling.Perhaps we need our BRAVE NEW BOOKS,
our RECYCLED READS/every possible book sharer,seller,buyer,giver of
books
(like the INSIDE BOOKS PROJECT)-to keep both literacy and community
ALIVE in Austin!
The Final Chapter for Another Bookstore
After three decades in the Westside neighborhood of Mar Vista, Sam: Johnson’s Bookshop will close by the end of the month. Its rent jumped this year to $4,000, and the owner put the building on the market. Its story is not unfamiliar. “The shuttering of a bookstore is like a recurring couplet — Caravan Book Store in downtown Los Angeles closed last year; Circus of Books in West Hollywood, in February,” writes Jeffrey Fleishman in the latest Column One feature. “But each has its own peculiarities and enchantments.”
After three decades in the Westside neighborhood of Mar Vista, Sam: Johnson’s Bookshop will close by the end of the month. Its rent jumped this year to $4,000, and the owner put the building on the market. Its story is not unfamiliar. “The shuttering of a bookstore is like a recurring couplet — Caravan Book Store in downtown Los Angeles closed last year; Circus of Books in West Hollywood, in February,” writes Jeffrey Fleishman in the latest Column One feature. “But each has its own peculiarities and enchantments.”
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