Beyond Heaven: Chicago House Party Flyers by Brandon Johnson (Almighty & Insane Books) $20 – Flyers (aka as “pluggers”) and other house music related ephemera from 1983-1989, from the collection of Mario “Liv It Up” Luna, a Pilsen DJ. Highlights from Chicago’s emerging house scene: first generation “kings of house” alongside the WBMX Hot Mix 5 and other DJs, promoters, record stores, labels, party crews and dance groups from Chicago’s house music scene.
Zines
Critical Theory Cocktails #4 by Aggie Toppins $10 – Powerful drinks that will make you think differently.
Meanwhile #6 Bad Decisions ed. by Megan Kirby & Jan-Henry Gray $5
Color Me A to Z $12
Chicago by Sam Paakkonen $15
Soul Meat by Dan Kelly $2
Comics & Minis
Various issues of Quietly by Yumi Yamaguchi & friends, $2-$5
Christina Tran minis $5-$10: Aging, Things I Cannot Say, It’s Okay That It’s Not Okay Chapter One, Release, Dear Daughter
Dust and Whiskey by Shoshannah Cohen $6
True Stories #4 by Derf $5.99
Blammo #10 by Noah Van Sciver $8
I Feel Weird #1-#3 by Haleigh Buck $5 each
Dipso Facto #1 by Mosher $10
Defenders – Stories From Armenia’s Border Villages by Cristina Araxie Cass $3
Minnows by Seamus O. Hames $5
Graphic Novels
Chlorine Garden by Keiler Roberts (Koyama Press) $12 – Don’t miss Keiler Roberts here with Jessica Roberts (XTC69) on Oct 5th!
Art Comic by Matthew Thurber (D&Q) $29.95 – Don’t miss Matthew Thurber here to present this raucous skewering of the art world on October 11th!
Space Academy 123 by Mickey Zacchilli (Koyama Press) $18 – Classroom crushes, school plays, gym class, all-knowing Grandfather Computer, maintenance guy scouring planets for resources, you know, typical school stuff.
Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution by Youssef Daoudi $24.99
The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth by Ken Krimstein $28
Dementia 21 by Shintaro Kago (Fantagraphics) $24.99 – Disturbingly funny manga about plucky home aide tasked with caring for a series of bizarre patients, from one of Japan’s most twisted cartoonists.
Be Your Own Backing Band COLOR EDITION by Liz Prince (Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club) $12
Robert Crumb: Sketchbook 1982-1989, edited by Dian Hanson (Taschen) $40
Politics & Revolution
Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women by Silvia Federici (PM Press) $14
Health Care Revolt: How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy — All At the Same Time by Michael Fine (PM Press) $15.95
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore $39.99
Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies by Dick Gregory $15.99
Art Books
Russian Criminal Tattoos and Playing Cards, edited by Damon Murray & Stephen Sorrell, text by Arkady Bronnikov (Fuel) $32.50 – Pictures of the handmade decks constructed under the radar of prison authorities and used to command respect, punishment and live by a secret prison dictate.
Pop Art by Flavia Frigeri $16.95 – A helpful guide to Warhol, Lichtenstein & the like.
Essay
Afterglow: A Dog Memoir by Eileen Myles (Grove Press) $16
Gender Studies
Claiming the B in LGBT: Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative, editor Jacq Applebee $24.95
Fiction & Literature
Jerusalem by Alan Moore $24.95 – Eternity loiters between housing projects. Fiends, tunnels, slums, holy cities. Everything you expect from Alan Moore! Now in soft cover.
The Milk Bowl of Feathers: Essential Surrealist Writings, edited by Mary Ann Caws $13.95
Gone Tomorrow by Gary Indiana $16.95 – Things awry on the art film set in Colombia.
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu $9.99 – Riot grrrl revolution: Viv makes a zine to challenge gender inequality at school.
Music, TV & Performance Books
Lemon Jail: On the Road With the Replacements by Bill Sullivan $22.95 – From the roadie’s POV.
Let the Good Times Roll: My Life in Small Faces, Faces, and the Who by Kenney Jones $29.99 – A memoir by the legendary rock-and-roll drummer discuses his East End childhood, battle with dyslexia, witness to the deaths of longtime friends and creative work with several bands, including The Who after the passing of Keith Moon.
27: The Legend and Mythology of the 27 Club by Gene Simmons $27
Rap Dad: A Story of Family and the Subculture That Shaped a Generation by Juan Vidal $26
Feuding Fan Dancers: Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl by Leslie Zemeckis $26
Fame: The Hijacking of Reality by Justine Bateman (Akashic) $26.95
Magazines
Tape Op #127 $5.95
Wire #415 $10.99
Put a Egg On It #15 $12
Fortean Times #370 $12.40
Mojo #299 $11.25
Kinfolk #29 $18
Offscreen #20 $20
Lit Journals
Wolfman New Life Quarterly #3 $12
N+1 Fall 2018 $14.95
The Paris Review #226 $20
The Believer #121 $12
Parody vol 6 #2 $5
