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Zachary S: “I have never felt more square in a bookstore before. Old dude reading in the corner looked at me like I was wearing pleated khaki pants and boat shoes with a cardigan tied about my neck and a gold watch.. Jesus. I think I woke him up, and he lurched to stand officially behind the counter and resumed reading there. Seriously radical stuff in here. Edgy. Political. Shit I will never read. But they have a little section of used books, and things that normal people read, people aren't the radical offspring of Noam Chomsky and Emma Goldman, some egg headed monocle wearing, Molotov cocktail throwing freak of nature. Having said that, you should go! Really. Bring your parents.” Kevin M: “Found myself wandering around the west bank bored and sauntered into this place. It was filled with people having some meeting and I felt like I had just walked into a women's restroom with my dick out. I just left with my tail between my legs, not a word was spoken, but scary looks were exchanged. I will come back with a companion or two in order to combat the awkwardness of having to walk through a meeting of pudgy Karl Marx juniors in order to look at books I will never actually buy. This place scares me, yet continues to intrigue me. I'm going to give it a three, since I can't really pass judgment yet. Emme B: “Um, Zachary made me laugh--because it's exactly the look we got when we walked in, but we interrupted some shit going down at their "conference room" in the middle of the book store. We're talking like some action planning...maybe a protest. It got very quiet when we walked in, but since we're a mixed race couple I thought there might be a section of books for us, as in, score, we're in. The bookstore is actually quite good--a super interesting selection, a super hip crowd (we weren't tattooed enough) but man did we have a good time. I laughed out loud maybe five times. “ Anna C:. I definitely did not have an experience similar to the other two reviews, which far from a complaint - I feel it makes this bookstore even more interesting! When I went in last Thursday it was filled with old Vietnam vet looking dudes. Two were sitting at a table talking with a younger guy about government protests in the 80's. I admit I didn't look around much when I stepped in the room to get a feel for exactly who was in there...trying not to look too out of place I guess...but I did some browsing, picked up a book and magazine, and sauntered up to the elderly gentleman at the counter who proceeded to look all over the BUST magazine cover trying to find the price. He was similar looking to my grandfather so I got a little embarrassed with my feminist rag, but then I realized I was standing in a radical bookstore and I'm sure he's cool with whatever, which helped me to relax and help him figured it out. He tallied my total on a legal pad and an ancient calculator, I paid (cash only!), and walked out with some good reading and a great experience. See more reviews on YELP from Sara H, Mahad M, Bobo J and “Firstname L.” |
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