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| Nov ’13 |
| 22 |
| 7:00 pm |
David Novak’s new book Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation (Duke University Press) describes how Noise, an underground music made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, became a global phenomenon. Noise first emerged as a genre in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe, and North America. With its cultivated obscurity, ear-shattering sound, and over-the-top performances, Noise captured the imagination of a small but passionate transnational audience. But does Noise really belong to Japan? Is it even music at all? Novak draws on more than a decade of fieldwork to trace the “cultural feedback” that generated Noise in circulation between Japan and the United States, illustrating his talk with rare videos of Noise performances.
Novak’s presentation at Quimby’s will also be supported by electronic music performances featuring Roth Mobot, the circuit bent hybrid performance/teaching duo of Tommy Stephenson and Patrick McCarthy (www.RothMobot.com) and Peter Speer, a Chicago artist working with improvised electronic sound (www.diode-ring.com).
“David Novak goes inside the Noise scene and presents an astounding perspective: historically astute, inspired, and completely shell-shocked.”
—Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth
David Novak is Associate Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of essays in Public Culture, Cultural Anthropology, and The Wire, and his research has recently been featured on podcasts by MIT and MoMA. Novak is also a radio host, sound engineer, and musician who has performed in the groups Habit Trail, Maestros, the Anthony Braxton Ensemble and Dymaxion.
For more info: www.japanoise.com
For the Facebook event invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/204576466391960/
Friday, November 22, 7pm – Free Event
The Hic and Hoc Illustrated Journal of Humor vol 1 United States ed. by Lauren Barnett & Nathan Bulmer. Featuring funny comics by Ian Andersen, Lauren Barnett, Bort, Box Brown, Nathan Bulmer, Nikki Burch, Anne Emond, Madéleine Flores, Zac Gorman, KC Green, Dustin Harbin, Sam Henderson, Martha Keavney, Patt Kelley, Jeff Lok, Jane Mai, Phil McAndrew, Dakota McFadzean, Maré Odomo, Liz and Jimmy Reed, Noah Van Sciver, Alex Schubert, Sam Sharpe, Grant Snider, Sam Spina, Nathan Stapley, Julia Wertz, and Matt Weigle.
Lucky Peach #7 Travel $12.00 – McSweeney’s popular food mag. ANTHONY BOURDAIN talks Deliverance, Apocalypse Now, and Southern Comfort. Punk rock touring with BROOKS HEADLEY. Travel tips from AZIZ ANSARI. The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world. Chicken tamales at a gay cantina in Mérida. The history of curry. And much, much more.
Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks
Mere by CF $19.95 – In 2012 C.F. began to produce a series of more than a dozen mini-comics, which he distributed via Twitter. Each mini-comic offered a take on, and expansion upon, a classic comic strip genre-from crime and sci-fi to punk and sex-all of them infused throughout by C.F.’s absurdist humor and loose improvisatory drawing. Those comics, along with unpublished art and photos, are collected here. Introduction by Nicole Rudick.
Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends: A Collection of Unsolved Mysteries ed. by Emi Gennis (Hic and Hoc) $12.00 – Contains over 30 non-fiction unsolved mysteries by relative newcomers and small press comics legends alike, including J.T. Yost, Julia Gfrorer, Noah Van Sciver, Simon Moreton, and Sam Spina. Previews below from pieces by Nikki DeSautelle, Sam Alden, and Graham Kahler. Featuring tales of slaughtered hikers, vanishing prime ministers, suicide forests, and meat falling from the sky.
Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust (Fantagraphics) $35.00
Oswalds Mound by Ben East $6.00
Good Dog by Graham Chaffee (Fantagraphics) $16.99
The Watchmen Deluxe Edition by Alan Moore $35.99
Batman Noir Deluxe Edition by Eduardo Risso and Brian Azzarello $24.99
Comics & Comix
Lose #5 by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press) $8.00 – “Hit list, top of the pops” says Edie. Don’t miss DeForge here with Lisa Hanawalt & Patrick Kyle on 6/14, followed by Ezra Claytan Daniels’ Comic Art Battle, as part of CAKE festivities!
Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever & Ever #2 by Igloo Tornado {Josh Bayer, Tom Neely, Mark Rudolph} (Microcosm Publishing) $5.00 – In the latest installment of the greatest love story ever told, Glenn’s mother, freshly unearthed from beneath the bricks, moves in with him and Henry. Without giving too much away, Glenn’s mommy issues come to the surface as she critiques his art, replaces his wardrobe, scrubs their dungeon, and recalls his childhood. Glenn tries to sell his signature to a UPS driver, takes a punch, and has some daydreaming adventures with a plunger. Henry, “a loud guy with a good work ethic,” shows his darker side and indifference to a fan as he drinks black coffee and bonds with Glenn over their distaste for their own bands; two men who suffer best alone together. Additional pin up art by Andy Belanger, Katie Skelly, and Tom Scioli. Darkest and best issue yet. Plus! We have more H&D sticker sets for 5 bucks too. Lucky you.
Radiator by Jon Marchione $7.00
Bots is Bots #2 by Gregg K. $1.00
Dumpling King #2 by Alex Kim $1.00
Word and Voice #5 by Aaron Cockle (Oily) $1.00
Lou #13 by Melissa Mendes (Oily) $1.00
Jo Dery In Conversation With Melissa Mendes (Oily) $1.00 – This is a 12 page interview zine with cartoonist/animator Jo Dery. Jo talks with Melissa Mendes about being an artist, identity, and how they are affected by their environment.
Home Ache by Marta Chudolinska $5.00
Gay Heart Throbs 3 $4.95
Me And Jana on Valentine’s Day by JR Milmoe et al. $5.00
Red by Bryn Adams $1.00
Heavy by Krystal DiFronzo $5.00
Grand Gestures by Simon Moreton (Retrofit) $6.00
Zines
Peops #8 by Fly $5.00
Evan Mecham Eco-Terrorist International Conspiracy by Leslie James Pickering $5.00
Taking the Lane vol 10 Bikes in Space a Feminist Science Fiction Anthology by Elly Blue $6.00
Frontier #1 Uno Morales, Youth In Decline $8.00
Art & Design
Oversize Mega Art and Installations by Victionary $39.95
Spinfluence: The Hardcore Propaganda Manual for Controlling the Masses by Nick McFarlane (Carpet Bombing Culture) $19.95 – Spinfluence will appeal to crooked politicians, media manipulators and corporate big-wigs alike, in fact anyone interested in how to exploit people for profit or power. Covering fun techniques and tactics such as emotional hijacking, brainwashing and hysteria harnessing – Spinfluence is a glorious and insightful read about how to bend the truth and subvert the will of the herd. Wolf&Co. are a propaganda agency who are proud to say they’re in the business of “making people happy”. Nick McFarlane was commissioned to distil the secrets of propaganda into an agency induction manual – issued to everyone required to learn the black art.
Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Wilderness: Essays and Art by Rennie Sparks $14.98 – By the lyricist from The Handsome Family. This book is a companion release to the album of the same name. Expands on themes such as the meticulously researched and little-known enigmas of the natural world: immortal jellyfish, woodpecker tongues, dancing octopi, fly royalty, the secret language of crows, and mysterious ant spirals.
True Crime: Real-life Stories of Grave-robbing, Identity Theft, Abduction, Addiction, Obsession, Murder, and More ed. by Lee Gutkind (InFact) $15.95
Politics & Revolution
Atheist In the Foxhole: A Liberal’s Eight Year Odyssey Inside the Heart of the Right Wing Media $26.95
DIY
Marijuana Smoker’s Guidebook: The Easy Way to Identify and Enjoy Marijuana Strains by Matt Mernagh (Green Candy Press) $15.00
Fireweed 2 A Zine of Grassroots Radical Herbalism and Wild Foods Connecting with Kids & Family Life $4.00
Fiction
Insufferable Gaucho SC by Roberto Bolano $14.95
Sex & Sexy
Nudity Today: Revealing Work By Emerging Photographers ed. by Jesse Pearson (Picturebox) $34.95 – Work Tim Barber, Jordan Bennett, Sandy Kim, Sasha Kurmaz, Maggie Lee, Nicole Lesser, and more.
Wild Girl’s Wild Nights: True Lesbian Sex Stories by Sacchi Green (Cleis) $15.95
Beach Bums: Gay Erotic Fiction by Neil Plakcy (Cleis) $15.95
Billy Miller stopped by and restocked us on past Straight to Hell issues and other sexy zine-y stuff. Come and check it out.
Magazines
Decibel #105 Jul 13 $4.95
Mojo #235 Jul 13 $9.99
Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
People Portraits #2 Palmistry by Alex Cohen $5.00
Journal of Ordinary Thought Win 13 $10.00
Kids Stuff
Lost Sloth by J. Otto Seibold (McSweeney’s) $16.95
Other Stuff
More Moleskine planners, both 2014 and 2013. The 2013 ones start in July 2013 and go through the end of 2014. Perfect for folks who don’t get it together for a planner the first half of the year.
| Jun ’13 |
| 27 |
| 5:00 pm |
Quimby’s Bookstore (and our sister store, Chicago Comics) are proud to be a sponsor of the Ladydrawers Comics Collective exhibition entitled SEX. MONEY. RACE. GENDER, curated by Anne Elizabeth Moore, at Columbia College Chicago’s A+D Gallery, opening June 27th. S.M.R.G. will also feature a series of workshops that explores hot button topics with everything from site-specific murals to performance to empirical conversations to yes, comics.
Beginning with the opening night spectacle, the gallery (Columbia’s A+D Gallery, not Quimby’s) will be activated through fun, radicalthinking, and art making, a space to observe and reflect on ideas of SEX, MONEY, RACE, and GENDER. Instead of creating a catalog for the show, Quimby’s is proud to co-sponsor a comics anthology including work by Robyn Chapman, Danielle Chenette, Clay Harris, Lyra Hill, MariNaomi, Corinne Mucha, Laura Szumowski, Lauren Weinstein.
SEX. MONEY. RACE. GENDER. The Ladydrawers (of Chicago, IL)
Exhibition & Workshop Schedule
Opening Reception: June 27, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Exhibit closes on July 27th
Curated by Anne Elizabeth Moore
S.M.R.G OPENING NIGHT EXTRAVAGANZA!
Featuring comedy, art making, readings, performance, and much more. Come explore issues of SEX, MONEY, RACE, and GENDER with a sprinkling of humor and pathos through stand up comedy, femcore anthems, live mural making, and interpretations of texts, personal readings (in the bathroom!), and even hula hooping. Join us, won’t you?
Opening Night Performers
Sarah Bell, Blizzard Babies, Gretchen Hasse, Lyra Hill, Elliott Junkyard, Francis Kang, Ever Mainard, Carolina Mayorga, Katie McVay, Yasmin Nair, Polly Yates
Exhibition Participants
Nicole Boyett, Jacinta Bunnel, Danielle Chenette, Gretchen Hasse, Elliott Junkyard, Francis Kang, Carolina Mayorga, Melissa Gira Grant, Lyra Hill, Franny Howes, Nia King, Viet Le, Nicole Marroquin, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Sarah Morton, Liz Rush, Rachel Swanson, Laura Szumowski, Bonsovathary Uoeung, Lauren Weinstein, Sarah Welch, Elizabeth White, Mara Williams, Polly Yates
S.M.R.G Workshops
These workshops are collaborative and exploratory projects lead by outstanding cultural producers and thinkers—all amazing, smart people that you will like very much.
Radical Noticing: Riot Grrrl Press and Contemporary Comics
May Summer Farnsworth and Jamie Davida Lee
Saturday, June 29, 2013 2:00-4:00 p.m.
May Summer Farnsworth will discuss her experiences working on the formation of Riot Grrrl Press in 1993. Cartoonist Jamie Davida Lee will simultaneously lead a silent workshop on making comics and zines.
Lexicon of Sexicana
Esther Pearl Watson and Terri Kapsalis
Thursday, July 11, 2013, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Speech balloons! Giant boons! Big muscles! The hundred-year-old lexicon of comics was developed by its most prominent practitioners, mostly straight white dudes. It’s time to re-think the language of comics. Esther Pearl Watson and Terri Kapsalis will create a work exploring sexual health based on Mort Walker’s satirical look at comics devices for cartoonists, The Lexicon of Comicana.
Life and Labor
Delia Jean Hickey and Sarah Jaffe
Thursday, July 18, 2013, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
We all know what it means to work, but what extra effort do certain forms of labor extract from us? This workshop explores what it takes to make an honest living, with a particular focus on the service industry.
Boi Band Poser Poster Workshop
Viet Le and Morgan Claire
Thursday, July 25, 2013, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
This workshop challenges identities and identifications through pop and props. Thinking through gender, race, and (inner and outer) space, participants will form and “perform” their own pop bands and solo acts. Fun FOBulous times!
