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Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of July 13th, 2008 – July 19th, 2008

1.    Believer #55 Music Issue $10.00
2.    Rough Guide To Bicycle Maintenance $2.00
3.    Bigfoot I Not Dead by Graham Roumieu (Plume) $15.00
4.    Bust Aug/Sep 08 $4.99
5.    Heeb #17 $5.99
6.    N Plus 1 Pamphlet Series #2 $9.00
7.    Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein (Picador) $16.00
8.    Found #4 $5.00
9.    When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Little Brown & Co.) $25.99
10.  Save My Life by Cody Hudson (Upper Playground) $19.95

Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers Week of July 6th, 2008 – July 12th, 2008

1.    Butt #23 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90
2.    Watchmen TPB by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (Vertigo) $19.99
3.    Giant Robot #54 $4.99
4.    No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July (Scribner) $14.00
5.    Proximity #1 Chicago Issue $10.00
6.    Do It Yourself Screenprinting How to Turn Your Home into a T-shirt Factory by John Isaacson (Microcosm)
7.    Doris #25 $2.00
8.    Believer #55 Music Issue $10.00
9.    Crap Hound #7 Church and State Part One
10. The Match #106 $3.00

New Summer Window Display

Summer 2008 windows by Zachary Huelsing

In the neighborhood? Spend some time basking the glory of our new window display by artist Zachary Huelsing (of Eyerocket Books). With a cast of characters including a nun, a rapper, a baseball catcher, a calculator, a leather daddy, some dogs in love, and a rainbow, it’s kind of like a technicolor rebus for the forces of good.

Quimby’s Top Five Best Sellers For the Week of July 1st, 2008 – July 6th, 2008

1.    Giant Robot #54 $4.99
2.    Dwelling Portably 1980 – 89 by Bert Davis (Microcosm) $8.00
3.    Aubade #4 Virginia Stories $2.00
4.    Stop Smiling #35 $5.95
5.    Juxtapoz #90 July 08  $4.99

Louder Than Your Mom Karaoke Tournament Fundraiser

Our friends at Co-op Image Youth are holding a Karaoke Tournament Fundraiser at Ronny’s. If you’re in Chicago this Friday (June 27th) you should come, even if you’re not singing; karaoke singers need an audience! Here’s their details:

Be the Karaoke King/Queen you always knew you could be! Or just be mercilessly entertained! On Friday, June 27th Ronny’s (210. Suggested donation of $51 N. California Ave) will host Chicago’s first, one and only, Karaoke Tournament: LOUDER THAN YOUR MOM! at the door, contestants get in for free. Karaoke power-couple Joe and Liz Mason will MC the event as the First Round begins at 9 o’clock. There will be four rounds of competition. This event is held to benefit Cooperative Image Group.

Here’s how it will work: Karaoke contestants will compete in the contest, much like a marathon. They will be required to have a minimum of three sponsors who can donate up to four songs (depending on how far they expect their contestant to go) at $10 a song. A panel of audience judges will be rating the performances on a scale of 1- 10. Four finalists will receive a prize and trophy designed by Co-op Image Youth. The winner will receive a prize, trophy, and cash.

Incorporated in 2003, Cooperative Image Group is an interdisciplinary arts education and social entrepreneurship organization that facilitates programs with youth ages 6-21. Located in Humboldt Park, Co-op Image works with over 700 youth per year out of its Corner Art Center and approximately 400 additional community members through a number of outreach satellite projects. The programs Co-op Image creates include the production of a cooking show aired on CAN-TV, a screen-printing and design business, an audio/visual recording studio, mural painting, glass sculpting, documentary film-making and more. Co-op Image seeks funding through several channels, including a number of creative fundraisers and benefits, earned income, individual donors, and foundation and government grants. Benefits like LOUDER THAN YOUR MOM! account for approximately 30% of Co-op Image’s annual budget.

Check us out at: www.coopimage.org and to view our videos check us out at: http://www.youtube.com/user/coopimage.