Comments on: Ransom & Mitchell's phantasmagoric photo narratives, San Francisco show

By: Sarah Wulfeck

Sarah Wulfeck — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:24:00 +0000

I am SO very very excited about this exhibit!

By: B E Pratt

B E Pratt — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:02:00 +0000

reply to Antonious: Didn’t have a pentatgram at that age, but did understand exorcism. My favorite book was ‘The Black Arts’ by Richard Cavendish. It is still in print and is the most level-headed book you’ll find on the subject.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 07:09:00 +0000

I may have been the only fifth-grader in the US in 1967 who wore a pentagram to school and knew how to do an exorcism.

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:33:00 +0000

That came later. And even then, I didn’t understand what I was reading. But damn I loved the illustrations.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:22:00 +0000

That’s the difference between us. You were at the local magic shop and I was under the covers with a flashlight reading demonology texts.

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:35:00 +0000

That’s a great idea! Sadly, this one has been closed for many years. Curiously, it was a display counter and shelf that the proprietor rented in a corner of an independent drug/variety store (when independent drug/variety stores still existed).

By: Joseph Francis

Joseph Francis — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:23:00 +0000

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:18:00 +0000

Is the magic shop still open? A visit would make a great BB post. Loved Steve Martin’s reminiscence about his time in one in Born Standing Up. I’ve always wanted to do a book collecting photographs of shops and the ones that still remain.

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Only if it says:
“As a child, Pesco spent too much time watching ‘In Search of…’ and ‘The Twilight Zone’ when not hanging out at the local magic shop.”

By: Rob Beschizza

Rob Beschizza — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:18:00 +0000

That is so going on your entry on the About Us page.