Re: That Old Poster Guy Down on Columbus (was Brakhage expert needed)

From: Flick Harrison (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Mar 30 2009 - 18:31:03 PDT


Would it count as trivial to say that this response is a pointed
reminder of our earlier debate about the value of trivia on an
experimental-film discussion list?

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On 30-Mar-09, at 6:01 PM, Fred Davidson wrote:

>>
>> I remember at the same time, that old poster guy down on Columbus
>> opened up a tiny gallery because he wanted to sell out all the 60's
>> stuff he had in his warehouse...unbelievably, little of it sold,
>> even at $5 and $10.
>
> I bought stuff from that old guy on Columbus. I bought six
> posters. I think in the eighties. I think around 1984 or 1985. What
> I picked out, from a distance, was all early stuff, vintage 1966 or
> 1967. When he tried to sell me a Grateful Dead poster and found he
> absolutely could not he gave me a free postcard with the Grateful
> Dead mentioned on it, along with The Who, Creedence Clearwater, Cold
> Blood, Spooky Tooth, and Quicksilver. Ben Friedman was his name. His
> shop was at 401 Columbus on the west side of the street. That's just
> a little bit north of Broadway. From what I understand, it's an
> Italian restaurant now called Trattoria Pinocchio. How's the food
> there Jim? Do you have any idea?
>

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