Monthly Archive for July, 2010

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Weekly Top 10 Bestsellers

1. Touch and Go The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine 79-83 ed. by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson (Bazillion Points) $29.95Touch and Go binds together all 22 issues and peppers it with essays a bit of commentary and notation. Tesco Vee and Steve Miller were at Quimby’s this past weekend signing copies of this collected edition. Tesco’s charmingly tattooed son came, and while here Tesco fielded a phone call from his daughter who had just in a fist fight. Ah, the next generation makes itself known.

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2. Pizza Time by Joe Vermilyea (Koyama Press) $5.00 – This amazing atomic ninja turtle meltdown with extra cheese includes a breakdown of Krang’s perverse relationship with his android body and putty portraits of Bebop and Rocksteady. Turdle Power! -EF

3. Al Burian Goes To Hell by Al Burian (Migraine) $6.00 – We just learned that this periodical is actually an unauthorized bootleg of one of Al’s college assignments from many years ago and have opted not to sell it anymore. For more information, see Al’s blog.

4. Role Models by John Waters (FSG) $25.00 – Essays on admiration from my favorite catty bachelor. John Waters, I love you. -EF

5. Why Be Something That You’re Not Detroit Hardcore 1979 to 1985 by Tony Rettman (Revelation) $16.00 – chronicles the first wave of Detroit hardcore from its origins in the late seventies to its demise in the mid-eighties.

6. Tales Designed to Thrizzle #6 by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics) $4.95

7. Stories vol 3: Catch Me If You Can by Martin Cendreda $3.00 – Eloquently drawn Giving-Tree-esque twists and turns of children growing and parents giving. -EF
8. The First Line vol 12 #2 $3.00

9. Core of Caligula Episodes 1 through 4 by CF (Picturebox)$2.00 – Cinematically paced and mostly outside the Darger-ian territories of Powr Mastrs, CF’s Core of Caligula slips in and out keeping its tape player close and its psychic mis-steps closer.-EF

10. Limbs of the Megalith by Eamon Espey (Sparkplug)$2.00 – Fraught focus on the myth-adventures of humanity and its xenophobic whims- Espey’s packed pages time travel from the city to the country, the beast to the chair, death to the rabbit hole and back again with a fluid language of modern hyroglyphics. -EF

New Stuff This Week

Zines
Dan Gleason’s Big Book of Short Stories and Dogs by Dan Gleason $2.00 – Life is better with more Dan Gleason, one of our fave local weirdos.
Your Secretary #2 Heaven Street Split by var. $2.00
Coming Envelope #1 Sum 10 ed. by  $7.00 – by Malcolm Sutton, Sheila Heti and more.
Show Me The Money #32 $2.50
Truckface #13 by LB $3.00 – Trials and tribulations of a local high school teacher. Recommended for teachers, students and those who just want a good read.
CK Mazigine #1: Groovy Colorful Cloth Patches by Corrine Kennedy $1.00
Nuthing Sacred #8 $6.00
Matter #2 Mar 10 $6.00
Stalwarts of Despondence by Ryan Lowry $4.00
Serial Killers Unite #2 $2.00

Comics/Comix/Mini Comics
Al Burian Goes To Hell by Al Burian (Migraine) $6.00 – Burian braves the nine circles (propelled forth mostly by a primal desire for free snacks) in a vision of hell that looks not-so-vaguely like his favorite foil: the North Amerikkkan Shitscape.-EF

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Core of Caligula Episodes 1 through 4 by CF (Picturebox) $2.00
Cold Heat Special #4 by Jim Rugg (Picturebox) $3.00
Breathers Book 0 and Breathers Book 5 by Justin Madson, $2.00 and $6.00 respectively.
Pood #1 $4.00 – A wonderous newsprint collection of mini comix.
Candy or Medicine vol 10 $1.00
Various mini comix titles from Josh Blair!
Freddy More Stories by Melissa Mendes $5.00
Stories vol 3 Catch Me If You Can by Martin Cendreda $3.00 – Too cute!
B One 3 Pack Comics for Broken Hearts by Bobgar Ornelas $5.00

Graphic Novels/Trade Paperbacks
Ganzfeld #7 by Ben Jones and Dan Nadel (Picturebox) $30.00
Catalog No 439: Burlesque Paraphernalia And Side Degree Specialties and Costumes, ed. by David Copperfield (Fantagraphics) $22.99
Fractured Fables HC (Image) $29.99
Playwright by Eddie Campbell and Daren White (Top Shelf) $14.95
One Man Show by Don Wood $10.00

Art Books
Xylor Jane (Picturebox) $20.00
Three Ladies Beside the Sea by Rhoda Levine and Edward Gorey (NYRB) $14.95
Don’t Hold Your Breath: Nothing New From Brian Ewing (Dark Horse) $22.99 – Gig posters from the popular lowbrow artist.
David Choe (Chronicle) $45.00 – Art monograph from this popular lowbrow and graphic novel artist.

Fiction/Poetry Books
Alternative Hero by Tim Thornton (Vintage) $15.95 – A failed fanzine writer stalks his favorite rock star long after his star has faded.
One Bloody Thing After Another by Joey Comeau (ECW) $14.95
1925 Whitley Notes from Hollywood 1989-2009 by Jay Sosnicki $12.00

Steampunk/Speculative Fiction
Steamed: A Steampunk Romance by Katie MacAlister (Signet) $7.99 – Brass-goggled, bodice-ripping and everything in-between.
Thomas Riley by Nick Valentino (Quake) $13.99

Outer Limits/Mayhem Books
There Were Giants Upon the Earth – Gods, Demigods, and Human Ancestry: The Evidence of Alien DNA by Zecharia Sitchin (Bear & Co.) $24.00
Straight From the Fridge Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang by Max Decharne (No Exit) $24.95 – More Entries! More Pictures! More Juice! More Jive! Hotter Than a Two Dollar Pistol! This Baby Will Fry Your Wig!

Magazines/Literary Journals
Meatpaper #12 Sum 10 $7.95 – Meat art and culture.
Print Aug 10 $15.95 – Print is not dead.
XLR8R #134 $4.99
Inventory vol 1 #2 – As requested by Quimby’s customers. Culture, craft and commentary.
My Sex – Gender Sexuality Identity $.50
Concisely Magazine of Short Prose #3 by Daniel Copulsky $3.00
Fifth Estate vol 45 #2 #383 Sum 10 $4.00
Wallpaper Aug 10 $9.50
True Crime Jul 10 $8.99
Wire Jul 10 #317 $10.99
Scootering #289 $8.99
Fortean Times #264 Aug 10 $11.99

Music Books
Talking To Girls About Duran: One Mans Quest For True Love and a Cooler Haircut by Rob Sheffield (Dutton) $25.99 – Memoir as told through the author’s experience with popular music. From the author of Love Is a Mix Tape.
Independence Days: The Story of UK Independent Record Labels by Alex Ogg (Cherry Red) $24.95
Death to Trad Rock by John Robb (Cherry Red) $24.95
You’re Wondering Now The Specials From Conception to Reunion by Paul Williams (Cherry Red) $24.95
On The Many Deaths of Amanda Palmer by Rohan Kriwaczek (Overlook) $24.95

Also!
Beaufort Diaries by T. Cooper and Alex Petrowsky (Melville) $15.95
Not For Toursits Guide to Chicago 2010
Word Plaques by Proceeds Donated In Memory of Chicago Artist Flo McGarrell to Haiti $2.00 – A Chicago art teacher worked with his students to screenprint words like Change, Love, Pride, and Liberty to raise money for Haiti victims.
Whats Your Poo Telling You? Activity Book: A Poopourri of Activities (Chronicle) $9.95 – Still milking the shit out of this one. Er, uh, yeah.

And for sale on Tuesday, July 20th!: Scott Pilgrims vol 6 Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni) $11.99!

New to our website this week!:
Anti-Matter Anthology: A 1990s Post Punk and Hardcore Reader by Norman Brannon (Revelation) $15.00

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Barefoot and in the Kitchen #4 Vegan Recipes $3.00 – Vegan Recipes! Vegan Recipes! Vegan Recipes! In handy zine format! Eat Up!!!!

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Bottlenecks by Jesse Harold $6.00 – Raggertagger misfit youth scraping knees and scrapping school, weaseling through a world of crabgrassyhiding spots and crumblng parentals. Subtle build, nice release. -EF

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Dialogue Regarding the Genesis of the Zinewich

Actual transcript as pasted in from the Quimby’s e-mail:

From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:37:38 -0600

To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>

Subject: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot

Quimbys,

Soon enough, I will have a new issue (#15) of my zine Black Carrot.  A zine

I have long enjoyed selling at Quimbys.  This issue of Black Carrot, will

come with a sandwich.  I am not kidding.  Would this affect in any way

selling it at Quimbys?  I mean you can keep the sandwiches in a cooler,

and eat a few if you wanted.. Anyways, share with me your thoughts.

xo,

dave

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com> wrote:

Hi Dave,

Liz Mason here. A sandwich! You are insane. Can I post your e-mail on our

blog?

Child, tell me more about your crazy sandwich zine. Specifically, what would

be on this sandwich? I like this idea more and more by the second.

Specifically, I like the idea of the zine being the meat, sandwhiched

in-between 2 slices of bread.

Liz

Quimby’s Bookstore

> From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>

> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:54:40 -0600

> To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>

> Subject: Re: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot

>

> Liz,

> Feel free to post that anywhere.  Build up a bit of hype for Black Carrot

> #15?  It is hard to explain with email, but I guess I will stop into Quimbys

> this week and just show you what I am talking about? It is quite possibly

> the best idea I have had this week.  Zinewich!

> -dave

Dave,

This is insanity. I eagerly anticipate your arrival of the zinewich! I’m starving.

Liz

Quimby’s Bookstore

Actual transcript as pasted in from the Quimby’s e-mail:
From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:37:38 -0600
To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>
Subject: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot
Quimbys,
Soon enough, I will have a new issue (#15) of my zine Black Carrot.  A zine
I have long enjoyed selling at Quimbys.  This issue of Black Carrot, will
come with a sandwich.  I am not kidding.  Would this affect in any way
selling it at Quimbys?  I mean you can keep the sandwiches in a cooler,
and eat a few if you wanted.. Anyways, share with me your thoughts.
xo,
dave
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com> wrote:
Hi Dave,
Liz Mason here. A sandwich! You are insane. Can I post your e-mail on our
blog?
Child, tell me more about your crazy sandwich zine. Specifically, what would
be on this sandwich? I like this idea more and more by the second.
Specifically, I like the idea of the zine being the meat, sandwhiched
in-between 2 slices of bread.
Liz
Quimby’s Bookstore
> From: dave <tacolove@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:54:40 -0600
> To: Quimby’s Bookstore <info@quimbys.com>
> Subject: Re: A question about the new issue of Black Carrot
>
> Liz,
> Feel free to post that anywhere.  Build up a bit of hype for Black Carrot
> #15?  It is hard to explain with email, but I guess I will stop into Quimbys
> this week and just show you what I am talking about? It is quite possibly
> the best idea I have had this week.  Zinewich!
> -dave
Dave,
This is insanity. I eagerly anticipate your arrival of the zinewich! I’m starving.
Liz
Quimby’s Bookstor

Weekly Top 10 Bestsellers

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1. The Believer #73 2010 Music Issue $12.00

2. Touch and Go The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine 79-83 by var. $29.95 (Bazillion Points) – If ever you needed a collected volume of zines, this may be it. Rough and wild midwest punk rock reporting and tons of tons of record reviews, Touch and Go the zine was opinionated, irreverent, and balls-to-the-walls funny. Bazillion Points has really gone berzerker lately too, churning out some of the sickest most creative and in-depth volumes of hardcore, punk and metal scene archiving I’ve ever seen. Touch and Go binds together all 22 issues and peppers it with essays a bit of commentary and notation. Bawdy and engaging, I can’t take my eyes off it, but it’s so jam-packed I have no doubt it’ll take me a year or two to read everything. -EF

3. Bike Snob: Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling by Bike Snob NYC (Chronicle) $16.95 – A lush little volume of cheeky bike-ography coming into reality from the blogosphere.

4. Down and Derby – The Insiders Guide to Roller Derby by var. (Soft Skull) $14.95 – This insider’s derby guide is an intro, a love letter and a cheeky, dishy guide to the fierce world of rollin’. It almost makes me want to kiss my teeth goodbye and strap a pair on. -EF

5. Craphound #4 Clowns Devils and Bait $12.00 – Holy Shit, the Craphound #4 reprint landed and it makes me smile like Ren and dance like Stimpy! Tejaratchi’s obsessive hi-con picture pages are brimming with the sauciest devils, the juciest bait and the most ambiguously legal clowns. Thrilling, terrifying, mind-blowing, hands down one of the world’s greatest zines! – EF

6. End of the City – A Book of Afterwards by Oso Arcilla $4.00 – Nice, poignant poetry, like a tidy apartment or a freshly baked good, touching on a little of everything.  An especilly good one is about chilly pumpkin guts and another treat weaves about the rough edges of a drunken romancing, full of fine moments, pauses, twists. -EF

7. Crap Hound #7 Church and State Part One $12.00

8. Is It the Future Yet by Corrine Mucha $3.00 – AVAILABLE ONLY AT QUIMBY’S!

9. Hot Damn and Hell Yeah: Recipes for Hungry Banditos, Dirty South Cook Book by Ryan Splint $7.00

10. Jimmy Corrigan – The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Pantheon) $19.95

Also! Join us tonight at the Holiday Club at 7pm as Quimby’s co-sponsors Dating For Nerds Singles Trivia Night! 4000 North Sheridan Road. For more info: http://nerdsatheart.com

New Stuff This Week

The well-dressed Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV stopped by Quimby’s to promote CLOCKWORK VAUDEVILLE IV – The Summer Spectacular at EXIT NIGHTCLUB – 1315 W. North Ave, on Saturday, July 17, 10pm. Quimby’s will be there with a cigertte girl-style collection of absinthe-flavered items, and the word on the street is that there will be DJs, a magician, and a hypnotist. Well, I do say! For more info, see www.steampunkchicago.com/
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Zines
Jacmel Working Group: Stories from Haiti After the Jan 2010 Earthquake by Jeanne Ivy $2.00 – This zine is an extrordinary record of two months of life and work after the earthquake wrecked havoc. Made in the memory of two amazing activist-powerhouses who died during the quake: Magalie Marcelin and Flo McGarrell, the zine celebrates to their lives and projects while also reporting on rebuilding efforts based in Jacmel. Ivy Jeanne, Jerry Gildea and Waffle bring us firsthand accounts of Haitian organizing and activism, the under-reported 3-day weekend of remembrance that the nation observed a month after the disaster, and a lot of ways to connect to and assist Haiti’s recovery efforts. This zine is powerful and empowering, resourceful and eye-opening. Click on the cover below for a physical record of the Jacmel Working Group blog.

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Inner Swine vol 16 #1 and #2 by Jeff Somers $2.00
Stitching Together by Ed Choy Moorman $3.00
Brilliant Mistake #1 by Carrie $1.00 – Wonderful first zine from a Chicago local. Recommended.
Whaddafug #5 by Anthony Abelaye $2.00
Wanna Play A Game #1 by Crew Games $1.00 – Is the title stolen from “War Games”? Just askin’.
Bones I Saw Something This Morning by Sean Hernandez $3.00

Comics/Comix/Mini Comics
Adventrues in Service, Featuring Hobbeson and Chives Crimefighting Butlers in Love – Thrilling Morsels Snatched from the Jaws of Drama by Matt Fagan $2.00 – From local comics and Meniscus zine superstar. Always entertaining.
Philip K Dicks Electric Ant #4 by PKD, etc. (Marvel) $3.99
Mass #3 by Nevada Hill $5.00
Coordinates by Beth Hetland $8.00

Graphic Novels/Trade Paperbacks
Skin Horse vol 1
by var. $13.99
Parade of Pleasure by Geoffrey Wagner (Pure Imagination) $25.00
BB Wolf and the Three LPs by JD Arnold and Richard Koslowski (Top Shelf) $12.95
Stick Figure Hamlet by Dan Carroll $18.00 – Yes, for real. Infinitely more entertaining than using Cliff Notes.


DIY, How-to & Food

Growing Stuff: An Alternative Guide to Gardening by var. (Black Dog) $24.95
Make These Toys by Heather Swain (Perigree) $13.95
Bricks: For Young Adults, Cancer Awareness and Resource Guide $5.00

Fiction/Poetry Books
Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr (Scribner) $24.00 – In multiple O. Henry Prize–winner Doerr’s book of short stories, the presence and persistence of memory thematically binds stories set apart by vast distances of time and space. The title story finds a South African woman at the end of her life, taking part in a procedure that records her memories on cassettes; meanwhile, a pair of thieves rifles through the recordings, hoping to discover a secret her husband took to his grave.
Shiny Shiny by Michael O’Flaherty $16.95

Steampunk/Speculative Fiction
Android Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy and Ben Winters (Quirk) $12.95 – Are we done with this mashy uppy Victorian literature mixed with monsters and robots business? Apparently not. The guy behind Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is back with Android Karenina, the love story set in a dystopian world of robots, cyborgs, and interstellar space travel.

Outer Limits/Mayhem Books
Hidden Realms, Lost Civilizations and Beings From Other Worlds
by Jerome Clark (Visible Ink) $24.95
Circus and Carnival Ballyhoo: Sideshow Freaks Jaggers and Blade Box Queens by AW Stencell (ECW) $22.95

Magazines/Literary Journals
Believer #73 2010: Music Issue
$12.00
High Times Sep 10 $5.99
Mojo #201 Aug 10 $9.99
Bizarre #164 Jul 10 $10.50
Dumbo Feather #23 Fall 10 Pass It On $19.99
Kaiserin #8: Magazine for boys with problems $22.99
Monocle vol 4 #35 Jul Aug 10 $10.00
Apartamento #5 $19.95

Chap Books
Hornet Homily
by Patrick Culliton $8.00
Toucan #7 by Liz Baudler and Laura Rynberg $3.00

Music Books
KrautRock: Cosmic Rock and Its Legacy
by Nikos Kotsopoulos (Black Dog) $29.95

Sexy Stuff
Pornsaints Catalog www.pornsaints.org
by F. DIsa $4.00
Filament vol 2 #1 issue #5 $12.50

Essays/Criticism/Cultural Commentary
We the Dreamers: Young Authors Explore the American Dream
by The John O’Connell High School and Daniel Alarcon (826 Books) $18.00
Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson by Anita Thompson and Christopher Hitchens (Da Capo) $18.00
I’m Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand Up Comedys Golden Era by William Knoedelseder (Public Affairs) $14.95
The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture by Nathan Rabin (Scribner) $15.00 – From one of the writers of The Onion. Now in soft cover.


Also! Stuff That Can/Can’t Be Fit In Any Categorey Exactly But Are Awesome:
Silly Stickers
by Koyama Press $10.00
All My Friends Are Dead by var. (Chronicle) $9.95 – Hilarious. And sad. So sad. But hilarious!
365 Sketches: A Comedy Sketch A Day For One Year by Joe Jones $40.00 – Don’t miss his event here at Quimby’s on Saturday, August 21st at 7pm featuring the author and some of Chicago’s finest comedic actors performing monologues from 365. What’s this all about? On January 19, 2009, Chicago teacher and playwright Joe Janes decided to write a comedy sketch a day for a year. He did that. When he was done, Don Hall of the WNEP Theater Foundation decided to produce them. All of them. In June of 2010, Don and Joe gathered together over 200 Chicago actors and directors and over eleven nights presented 26 shows each featuring two weeks worth of sketches (although one has 15 scenes). Yep. Crazy. All 365 comedy sketches are collected in this book along with a complete list of directors and actors from the Strawdog shows. Joe teaches comedy writing at The Second City and Columbia College. For more info: 365sketchesbyjoejanes.blogspot.com/

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Bear in Underwear by Todd Doodler (Blue Apple) $12.99 – We don’t order a lot of kids books. This one was irresistable. And you will think so too, no matter how old you are.