Hope it'll turn into a sex blob... - another random post

"I suggest a Clark-Nova Portable. It has mystic resonance."

- a Mugwump; from the film Naked Lunch (1991)

I heard of Beat author William S. Burroughs mentioned about what tools use for writing.

He was quite fond of using a typewriter.

Just as long as he doesn't use long-hand.

Somehow this film adaptation of his definite novel got to me - not just the twisted storylines or Peter "RoboCop" Weller - but also of director David Cronenberg's love for the writing machines and blessed to display an array of typewriters on screen.

Which made me want to have a typewriter (although I have one in my studio but I had to stamp down keys forcefully only with my fore fingers, to which both always dislocate every time - thanks very much Enzo!)

I am surprised - on an unexpected sunny day - to stumble on a great antique store and actually bought one; a 1948 "Clipper" Smith-Corona Portable (*photo above).


The antique store is called RÉTRO VILLE, owned solely by the sweetest lady around the Centre-Ville area.

RÉTRO VILLE
2652 rue Notre-Dame Ouest (metro Lionel-Groulx)
Montréal, QC
H3J 1N7
Telephone: (514)939-2007

...and now, I'm back to typewriting again!

Re-post: Check out two sites devoted to classic typewriters:

www.machinesoflovinggrace.com

www.mytypewriter.com

-Willy the Bum