Before the internet any town I visited I would comb used record stores looking for songs, albums, or artists I had read about but never heard.
I would also comb used bookstores. Around 42nd in NYC there were huge used magazine stores. One could go looking for Jan. 7th 1954 Life magazine and find it. That was the early 90’s and I miss it.
I obviously went through a book ephemera collecting phase. Just getting to the point at looking at all the things I came across I once thought were important.
Information used to be hard to find and small magazines always developed around subcultures.
I'm surprised how ancient magazines in box have more intrigue and accessibility than archive.org's search box. Archive.org represents a much broader reach and depth of information.
I wonder what I would have done if I wasn't actively physically searching for something.
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Before the internet any town I visited I would comb used record stores looking for songs, albums, or artists I had read about but never heard.
I would also comb used bookstores. Around 42nd in NYC there were huge used magazine stores. One could go looking for Jan. 7th 1954 Life magazine and find it. That was the early 90’s and I miss it.
There’s an entire universe of small press books and magazines that it is even hard to find evidence existed - let alone a copy of them.
I know of a few from personal connections and there’s some really good stuff in them!
I obviously went through a book ephemera collecting phase. Just getting to the point at looking at all the things I came across I once thought were important.
Information used to be hard to find and small magazines always developed around subcultures.
I'm surprised how ancient magazines in box have more intrigue and accessibility than archive.org's search box. Archive.org represents a much broader reach and depth of information.
I wonder what I would have done if I wasn't actively physically searching for something.
I look forward to cataloging it.