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There's this great little bookstore in my neighborhood. ISSUES opened in June off Piedmont Avenue, and today they had a little party, sort of a gallery opening for some art by a local artist, Xopher Davidson.
They have lots of magazines, especially art and music, and an odd collection of books and used vinyl records and CDs.
And, it's really small.
But, it's definitely worth a visit, if just to talk to Joe and Noella, who run it. It reminded Victoria and me of all the little bookstores we knew in the 60's.
And you never know what you'll find there.
For instance, this book:
In 1999 Victoria and I were in New York City and I had to take a cab crosstown for some reason. The cab driver started talking to me after I noticed the camera on his seat. Turns out he was already famous as the cab driver photographer due to a NY Times article earlier that year. He showed me some of his pictures, while managing to dance thru the crosstown traffic. He said he was working with someone in Europe to put them out as a book. I was fascinated, both by the NY Times story, and even more so to be sitting in his cab looking at his pictures. I wished him luck.
Well, the book was published, in 2005 by Könemann in Germany. It's gritty and real. Almost 500 pages of Bradford's black and white New York as seen from a passing cab.
And, I got it at ISSUES, my new little bookstore in Oakland.
Issues is at 20 Glen, off Piedmont Ave, down the street from Peet's.
