Monthly Archive for September, 2010

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J.Thomas Tucker reads from The Datemaker Chronicles

Nov ’10
13
7:00 pm

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J. Thomas Tucker hails from Central Iowa. The area is not exactly a melting pot of liberals, but he was drawn into the Woodstock culture of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Tucker bought into “Hippiedom” and experimented with more than his share of illegal substances. His understanding of this world and the mind of the addict led him to write this story. The Datemaker Chronicles is an embellished true story. Tucker’s journeys across the United States were documented by handwritten notes following the “heroine” Elizabeth Jones (Not her real name) and were transcripted into print over a seven-year period. Tucker’s influences are J.D. Salinger, Cormac McCarthy, The Beatles, and the First Amendment.

No one ever grows up dreaming of becoming a junkie, yet there are plenty of addicts in the world. Elizabeth Jones is one of them. Liz is one smart cookie; just ask her. She has the world in the palm of her hand, but when her reckless ways put her on a one-way street heading to the darkest back alleys of the ghetto, she won’t return and never attempts to make a comeback. Life on the streets is like that. In her case, it swallowed her whole. Yet, for Elizabeth, it was not always like that. She had been married once. She wore fine clothes and attended exclusive soirees, but four years into a nasty habit of smoking crack changed her style—and her fancy. A gluttonous, insatiable addict, her sexual proclivities allow her to support her drug use by selling her body without much ado. With a daughter in the fray, this unabashedly scandalous and loosely biographical account of drug addiction is truly eye opening. If you are a user or know someone who is, this book paints a realistic picture of what life is like for a strung-out, middle-aged junkie. In it, Tucker examines addiction and the fall of a woman who was a willing accomplice to her own demise and paid dearly to live life in the fast lane.

For more info: http://www.jthomastucker.com

Weekly Top 10

Tao Lin Endorses Jeffrey Brown's Clumsy

Tao Lin Endorses Jeffrey Brown's Clumsy

1. Richard Yates by Tao Lin (Melville) $14.95

2. Friends Make the Best Medicine by The Icarus Project $2.50

3. Juxtapoz #117 Oct 10 $5.99

4. Big Questions #14 Title and Deed by Anders Nilsen (D+Q) $7.95

5. Cabinet #38 Islands $12.00 – No man is an island, but this issue of Cabinet may be.

6. List #14 Fine For Now by Ramsey $4.00 – Reasons to love the new issue of List: *The drawings just keep getting better,*Highly logical, yet intimately personal *Good times, good foods, good dogs *Stories broken down and organized into compelling, must-read-more formats *Dreams, plans and schemes plotted in charming detail *Homemade geography and chronology charts all woven gracefully into list-making *Heartmending *Listy, yet non-hierarchical *Best one yet.

7. Proximity #7 A Catalog of Strategies $12.00 – An Art Communi-que on the Communit-tay- Chicago-centric yet limitless in scope, this issue is a Catalog of Strategies, split nicely between a recource/contact directory and focus articles pertaining to group and interventionist art. Useful on all fronts, and tremendously engaging too. -EF

8. Prison Pit Book 2 by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics) $12.99

9. If Youre Feeling Sinister by Scott Plagenhoef (Continuum) $12.95 – If You’re Feeling Sinister includes interviews with band members, producers, management, and a range of fans, and provides perspective on how Belle & Sebastian transformed themselves, over the space of a decade, from an underground, slightly shambolic cult secret into a polished, highly entertaining, mainstream pop group.

10. Maximumrocknroll #330 Fall 10 $4.00

New Stuff This Week

We have almost 100 new items this week, and this is only a sampling! But first, we found this sad little gummi bear right outside of the store, just laying there, all sad and lonely. Won’t you come say hi?

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ZINES!
Meat #1 by Adrian Lourie $20.00
Attitude Dancer – An Advanced Coloring Book by REAS (Iconoclast) $6.00
Gold Friend by Misaki Kawai (Iconoclast) $16.00
Architecture of a Nameless World by Matt Leines (Nieves) $10.00
Mystery & Adventure Series Review #43 by Fred Woodworth $3.00
Abort #23 Summer 2010 121 Gigawatts $3.00
Dirt Palace 10 Year Anniversary Zine – Bienvenue $10.00
Prison for Bitches by Ryan Sands and Michael Deforge $10.00
– A zine dedicated to Lady Gaga, with contributions from such artsty folks as Kupperman, Johnny Ryan, Lisa Hanawalt and more. A true fanzine made by Gaga monsters!

COMICS & MINICOMICS!
Feedback #8 $2.00

So Buttons #3 Presents So Horrorble $5.00 – A collection featuring all sorts of artists, ed. by Jonathan Michael Baylis. And! Some sinister sea lions!!!
Boobs by Sam Sharpe $3.00 – Right to the point.
Neely Covers Comics To Give You The Creeps Collectors Edition by Tom Neely $6.00
Buzzpop #4 Jun 10 by Matt Chicorel (Night Light Comics) $4.00
Dinosaur Time Okay #1 Sep 10 by Matt Chic (Night Light Comics) $2.00

CBGB #3 (Boom) $3.99

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Prison Pit Book 2 by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics) $12.99
– Just as grody as ever. And you will like it.
Love and Rockets New Stories vol 3 by the Hernandez Brothers (Fantagraphics) $14.99
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence by Geoffrey Canada and Jamar Nicholas (Beacon) $14.00
Bound and Gagged #1 (I Will Destroy You) $10.00
– Featuring lots of alternative comics superstars like Deitch, Espy, Kaz, Nilsen, Porcellino, Reklaw and more!
Girl Genius vol 9 Heirs of the Storm by Phil and Kaja Foglio (Airship) $22.95
Too Soon Famous Infamous Faces 1995-2010 by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography by Jacobson and Colon (HW) $16.95

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Street Art Doodle Book Outside the Lines by Dave the Chimp (Laurence) $19.95
Modern Patterns of Japan Sweet and Nostalgic Paper Kimono and Old Clothing by Yonagadou (PIE Books) $19.95
– Seals with beach balls! Pudgy gnomes! Pointy cute things! I heart rags. -LM
Threadless: Ten Years on TShirts from the Worlds Most Inspiring Online Design Community by Jake Nickell (Abrams) $22.50
Creative Characters: The Myfonts Interviews vol 1 ed. by Jan Middendorp (Bis) $32.00 – Featuring the first two years of Myfonts’ popular series of monthly type designer interviews.
I Am Plastic Too: The Next Generation of Designer Toys ed. by Budnitz and Kidrobot (Abrams) $45.00
Picture Book Mini Edition Contemporary Illustration by Angus Hyland (Laurence) $16.95
Nobodys Fool by Yoshitomo Nara (Abrams) $60.00
– Remember all those fun shirts and ashtrays a few years ago with white doggies and little girls with big eyes? There might have been some swears too. That guy. People LOVE him. But! This book is a little spendy for us, so that means that we only have ONE copy. Come and get it!
Adios III ed. by Konsta Ojala $35.00

FICTION!
Diary of an Innocent by Tony Duvert (Semiotext(e)) $17.95

DIY & CONSUMPTION (Um, Consumption As In Food and Drugs)
Natural Kitchen: Your Guide to the Sustainable Food Revolution by Eden Deborah Tull (Process) $17.95
Drinkology: The Art and Science of the Coctail by var. (STC) $22.50 – Revised and updated.

MAGAZINES!
Juxtapoz #117 Oct 10 $5.99

Maximumrocknroll #330 Fall 10 $4.99
Wire #319 Sep 10 $10.99
A bunch of tattoo mags!
Extra vol 23 #9 Sep 10 $4.95
Radical Philosophy #163 $13.00
XLR8R #135 $4.99
Ready Made #49 Oct Nov 10 $4.99

Laphams Quarterly vol 3 #4 Fall 10 $15.00
Skunk vol 6 #4 $5.99
Cemetery Dance #64 $5.00
True Crime Sep 10 $8.99
Dwell Oct 10 $5.99
IdN vol 17 #4 $17.50
Wallpaper Oct 10 $9.50

LITERARY JOURNALS & CHAP BOOKS
Avery Anthology #6 $10.00
Brothers Love by Ronald Merritt $15.00

MAYHEM & OUTER LIMITS!
Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingley (Princeton) $24.95

MUSIC BOOKS!
Toy Instruments: Design Nostalgia Music by Eric Schneider and DJ Spooky (MB) $19.95
– Eye candy for you circuit benders.

POLITICS & REVOLUTION!
Anti American Manifesto by Ted Rall (Seven Stories) $15.95
Last Genet: A Writer in Revolt by Hadrien Laroche (Arsenal) $22.95

SEX & SEXY!
OP Original Plumbing #4 Trans Male Quarterly The Workin Stiff Issue $8.00
Alt #2 $9.95
Sweets Magazine vol 3 #14 $5.99
Von Gutenberg #3 $19.99
Teens At Play: Naughty Naughty by Rebecca (Eros) $9.95
Love Selection TPB by Kisaragi Gunma (Dark Horse) $18.99
International Homosexual Conspiracy by Larry Bob Roberts (Manic D) $14.95
– From the creator of Holy Titclamps.

Love In the Photobooth

These nice photographers from Colombia, Juan Felipe and Valeria got arty with our photobooth, and we just couldn’t resist posting their pictures on our blog!

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And then these nice folks came in to take pictures for their wedding invites but the machine ate ’em up and never spit ’em out! But here they are. And now we can’t find their contact info! So, nice people, here are your photos! Do you know these people? Pass on the info that their pics are here!

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Active Transportation Experts Jason Rothstein and John Greenfield

Oct ’10
14
7:00 pm

Two of Chicago’s experts on “active transportation” adventure come together to discuss the joys of exploring your environment without stinking up the environment. Jason Rothstein and John Greenfield read from their books celebrating car-free travel, Carless in Chicago and Bars Across America.

Carless In Chicago: Survive and Thrive Car-Free In the Windy City by Jason Rothstein

carlessImagine living in Chicago with more money in your pocket, a smaller bulge around your middle, and less stress about getting from point A to B. Whether you’re an autoholic or a motorphobic, carless by choice or carless by circumstance, a savvy native or adventurous visitor, Carless in Chicago is the indispensable reference and guide to enjoying the city without that money-eating, gas-guzzling, smog-emiting two-ton monkey on your back.

Carless in Chicago is the most comprehensive guide to getting around Chicago I’ve ever seen, covering every aspect of travel. It’s an invaluable resource.” – Andrew Huff, Gapers Block

For more info: http://www.lakeclaremont.com/

BarsAcrossAmLoResBars Across America: Drinking and Biking From Coast To Coast by John Greenfield

In Bars Across America, longtime Chicago green transportation advocate John Greenfield tells of his 5,000-mile bicycle journey from Astoria, OR, to Portland, ME, stopping to check out 48 taverns along the way. Part travelogue, part guidebook, part ode to the vanishing community tap, Bars Across America is the story of one man’s two-wheeled trek in search of the perfect pint.

“As John spins his yarn across the U.S. via roads, paths and pubs, you’ll wish at some point you’d gone along.” – Dave “Mr. Bike” Glowacz, author of Urban Bikers’ Tips and Tricks

For more info: http://pintsizepress.info