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"Beginning in the 1970s, with the popularity of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series, a variety of independent bookstores specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres (often mystery, comics, games, and/or collectibles), began opening. Among the first were Bakka-Phoenix Bookstore in Toronto and A Change of Hobbit in Southern California, both established in 1972. As independent bookstores suffered during the business shifts of the late 20th and early 21st century, many of these closed.Lisa Pickoff-White, "Borderlands Helps Make the Bay Area a Sci-Fi Bookstore Haven", SF Weekly, April 2, 2008. During their heyday, however, they were a key part of science fiction fandom, facilitating not just publishing, distribution, and promotion of books, but public events, social events, and community-building. List of bookstores This list is meant to include past and present "brick- and-mortar" bookstores. Bookstores that were once "brick-and-mortar", but have moved online, should be included. Bookstores that have only ever been solely online vendors should be listed separately. = United States = California * A Change of Hobbit, 1972-1991, in Southern CaliforniaDuke Helfand, "For Science Fiction Fans, Old Habit Dies Hard : Change of Hobbit Devotees Are Already Mourning Bookstore Demise", Los Angeles Times, Feb. 10, 1991.Sherry Gottlieb, "Escape Velocity: A History of A Change of Hobbit Bookstore". * The Other Change of Hobbit, established 1974 in Berkeley, later in El Cerrito (now mail-order only) * Cobblestone Books, Sacramento, CA (by appointment only) * Dark Delicacies, Burbank, CA * Dark Carnival, Berkeley, California * The Future Fantasy Bookstore, Palo Alto, a pioneer in online sales (now closed).http://public.wsu.edu/~jsv/Mgt580/Cases/Eleccomm/commerce.html * Mysterious Galaxy,http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ San Diego, CA (established 1993) and a second Redondo Beach location (opened in 2011Charlie Jane Anders, "One of the country's best science fiction bookstores expands to a second location", io9.com, Feb. 25, 2011.Elizabeth Knapp, "Mysterious Galaxy to Open Second Location", American Booksellers Association.) * Mystery and Imagination,http://www.mysteryandimagination.com/ Glendale (Los Angeles-area), CA (now closed) * Barry Levin Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, Santa Monica, California * Borderlands Books, San Francisco, California, established 1998 (one of the most recently established SF bookstores in the country); considering closing as of 2015 West * Future Dreams Books,http://www.futuredreamstore.com Portland, Oregon * Escape While There's Still Time Books. Eugene, OR (closed) * The Book Station. Eugene, OR (closed) Midwest * Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction Bookstore, Minneapolis, Minnesota * DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota (est. 1977Our Store History, last visited Dec. 29, 2015. * 20th Century Books, Madison, Wisconsin * The Stars Our Destination, Chicago (closed); eventually moved online as DreamHaven Books and Comics * Griffon Bookstore, South Bend, Indiana * Robots and Rogues,http://www.robotsandroguesbooks.com Lafayette, Indiana Northeast * Flights of Fantasy,http://www.fof.net/ Albany, NY * GenreInk, Keene, NH * Pandemonium Books and Games, Cambridge, MA (founded 1989) * Seek Books, West Roxbury (Boston), MA (2009-2014) * Eyes of the Owl, Wolfeboro, NH (established 1978; 1999 first online;WayBack Machine, untitled page archive from Oct. 2, 1999, Jan. 13, 2015. 2015 seasonal and online) * Forbidden Planet, New York City (two locations at one point, downtown store still exists and is in its third location as of 2015) * Science Fiction, Mysteries and More, New York City (opened 1992, closed in 1998) * Singularity and Co.,http://singularityand.co/ Brooklyn, New York (established 2012 as a Kickstarter-funded SF bookstorePaul Miller, "New York's first sci-fi bookstore opens its doors, wants to save forgotten novels from cosmic oblivion", The Verge, Aug. 13, 2012.Gili Malinsky, "Preserving the Future from the Past", New York Times, Nov. 3, 2013. * The Science Fiction Shop, New York City, founded by Baird Searles in the 1970s (four locations thru 1990s, closed) South / Southwest * Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy, Austin, TX * Austin Books & Comics,http://www.austinbooks.com Austin, TX = Canada = * Bakka-Phoenix, Toronto, Ontario (established 1972) * Cold Drake Books, Winnipeg, Manitoba * Bookmarc Books, Victoria, British Columbia (open by appointment) * White Dwarf Books, Vancouver, British Columbia = Australia = * Galaxy Bookshop, Sydney, Australia * White Dwarf Books, Perth, Australia * Minotaur, Melbourne, Australia = England = * Another World SFF, Birmingham, England * Forbidden Planet, London = Germany = * OtherLand Buchhandlung für Science Fiction und Fantasy, Berlin, Berlin, Germany = Scotland = * Transreal Fiction, Edinburgh, Scotland (est. 1997) = Sweden = * Science Fiction Bokhandeln, Stockholm, Sweden; Göteborg; Malmö Notes External links * "Bookstores Specializing in Science Fiction", Biblio.com (last visited March 31, 2014) * Independent Genre Bookstores, Worlds Without End (last visited March 31, 2014) Category:Bookstores Category:Lists of bookstores "
"Spark Master Tape is the pseudonym of an anonymous rapper. He has released five mixtapes since 2012 with an announced sixth tape releasing sometime in the future. These albums have garnered interest from blogs and music websites such as Mass Appeal Magazine, passionweiss.com, The Daily Dot, Noisey.Vice, Complex, DJBooth, and The Fader. to name a few. All of his beats are produced by Paper Platoon, which is also the name of his unique collective that includes visual artists and musicians. Spark Master Tape’s second mixtape, 2013’s The #SWOUP Serengeti, was described by Mishka NYC as, “enough bump and 808s to satisfy y’all that think Juicy J is god and enough verbal dexterity to have everyone that misses the old days of rappity rapping.” Masking his voice by pitching it down and sampling everything from 2pac to rare soul, Spark Master Tape has been described as “a gimmick, a sonic choice, or something in- between.” In 2014, Spark Master Tape became unresponsive. His Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram had been abandoned. There was no information about Spark's whereabouts. The rest of the Paper Platoon collective were also gone. Rumors circulated that he may be in prison, but were never plausibly confirmed nor denied. No official word was given by anyone in Paper Platoon. On January 25, 2016, after about two years since his mysterious disappearance, Spark Master Tape tweeted "#SWOUP". This was the first communication from Spark since 2014. A week or so later, a video was posted to the official Spark Master Tape YouTube and Facebook, which showed a small group of people, filmed in black and white, wearing strange masks. At the end of this video, which was titled "SUNKKEN", words appear on the screen that say "Silhouette of a Sunkken City" and "March". This is in reference to his long-awaited third album, Silhouette of a Sunkken City. He then released his first song since his return, "Livin' Lavish", on February 19. The music video for "Livin' Lavish" was released on February 23. In an interview with The Fader explaining his new video and sudden return, Spark Master Tape said, “2016 the year of that sewage and garbage, we out here militant and ignorant. Schemin’ on everybody with a hoverboard and a dream. Shout out to DJ Charlie holdin' shit down like he back to baptizing. We out the ocean, ready. In the name of Spark, the Paper Platoon and the holy #SWOUP; we shall rise.” On March 29, after a short period of silence, fans received a brand new #SWOUP visual "Tenkkeys". In an interview with Complex, the Paper Platoon General said "It all started with some SWOUP and a hand grenade, five years later we swimmin' out the case like Polly Pocket lookin' for a place to park this 2106 Lada. We on that 3-6-5, cash grab with a chance of voluntary manslaughter. #SWOUP". On the same premiere, it was announced that Spark's third album would drop April 15. It was announced in October 2016 that Spark Master Tape would be opening for Run the Jewels on their Run the World Tour, though in January 2017 it was announced that they would have to pull out of the remaining tour dates due to unspecified "legalities" out of their control. In late 2017, Spark Master Tape introduced Flmmboiint Frdii, a new artist that is featured in his fifth EP "Seven Sekkonds of Silence". In mid 2018, Spark Master Tape tweeted about and released new songs that will be on his new upcoming EP. On February 14, 2020, Spark Master Tape was featured in two songs, Go Bananas and Gasoline Pt 2, on Baby Gravy 2, a collaborative album between rappers Yung Gravy and bbno$. Discography * Syrup Splash (2012) * The #SWOUP Serengeti (2013) * Silhouette of a Sunkken City (2016) * The Lost Grapes EP (2017) * Seven Sekkonds of Silence (2018) References Category:21st-century rappers Category:Unidentified people "
"Joseph Watson Rayment (25 September 1934 – 15 July 2019) was an English footballer who scored 49 goals from 260 appearances in the Football League playing as a right winger for Middlesbrough, Hartlepools United and Darlington in the 1950s and 1960s. Life and career Rayment was born in West Hartlepool, County Durham. His father, also called Joe, had played football for Hartlepools United in the 1920s. Rayment began his football career as a youngster with First Division club Middlesbrough, while doing an electrical engineering apprenticeship at a local company. Having spent the 1951–52 season in the fourth team, and beginning the 1952–53 in the third eleven, Rayment made his first-team debut on 20 September 1952, at the age of 17, in a 4–1 defeat away to Liverpool. Middlesbrough's manager suggested the club would be abandoning their policy of paying big transfer fees to concentrate instead on producing home-grown players, and wanted Rayment to commit to the club as a full-time player, but his reluctance to abandon his apprenticeship prevented him from so doing. By the start of the 1954–55 season, new manager Bob Dennison reportedly had "great hopes" of the club's youngsters, Rayment included, but his engineering employer sacked him for losing too much time to his football commitments. A company spokesman said that although staff participation in sport was encouraged, "there is a limit and he must make up his mind whether he wants to be one thing or another." Rayment himself said he had tried to do his best for both parties, but because the apprenticeship was important to him, he left Middlesbrough and joined Hartlepools United, where he was able to complete his final year with a local firm. His Hartlepools career was also interrupted by the requirement for National Service. Rayment served with a Royal Engineers bomb disposal squad based in Sussex, more than distant. He was able to appear for the club when military duties permitted. Over three years with Hartlepools, he scored 17 goals from 65 matches in League and FA Cup, and signed as a full-time professional for local rivals Darlington in 1958. In the inaugural season of the League Cup competition, Rayment made a significant contribution to Darlington reaching the third round, and coming close to taking First Division Bolton Wanderers to a replay. In the first round, Rayment scored the only goal of the first-round match against Crystal Palace after missing several chances. In the next round they beat First Division club West Ham United 3–2: Rayment scored the second and debutant Lance Robson, then a dental student, the winner. In front of a club record attendance of 21,023, Rayment opened the scoring after 16 minutes of the third round, against Bolton, with what the Guardian's reporter called "a terrific shot", but the First Division side, with England international Nat Lofthouse at centre forward, came back to win 2–1 in the last seconds of the match. Rayment remained with Darlington for seven seasons. He scored 28 goals from 173 league appearances, all in the Fourth Division. He finished his football career with a season at Gateshead, then playing in the North Regional League. He helped the club reach the second round proper of the 1965–66 FA Cup, in which they lost 4–0 at home to Hull City. After leaving football, Rayment spent eight years as an engineer in the Merchant Navy. He was married three times. He died in North Tees Hospital, Stockton, in July 2019 at the age of 84. References Category:1934 births Category:2019 deaths Category:People from West Hartlepool Category:English footballers Category:Association football wingers Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players Category:Hartlepool United F.C. players Category:Darlington F.C. players Category:Gateshead A.F.C. players Category:English Football League players "