Sean Yseult from White Zombie Reads From I’m In The Band 4/4

Published on March 9, 2011 0 Comments
Apr ’11
4
7:00 pm

Art rock? Noise rock? Punk-metal? Alternative? White Zombie may have been unclassifiable, but it didn’t stop them from carving out a place for themselves in music history. The band became a multi-platinum, two-time Grammy nominee with the release of their 1992 album, La Sexorcisto. But while most people will remember their bizarre look and macabre lyrics, what many failed to realize was that their lanky, high-octane bass player was a woman.

I’m in the Band charts White Zombie’s rise from the gritty music scene of New York’s Lower East Side in the eighties to arena headliners during the nineties alternative-explosion that followed in Nirvana’s wake, while sharing the unlikely story of a female musician who won the respect and adoration of male metal musicians and fans. From 1985 to 1996, Sean Yseult was the sole woman not only in White Zombie, but in the entire metal scene: bands, roadies, managers, you name it—with the exception of girlfriends and groupies, Yseult was in a world by herself.

With I’m in the Band, Yseult combines eleven years of tour diaries, flyers, and personal photos and ephemera—many featuring rock icons such as Lemmy Kilmister, Iggy Pop, Joey Ramone, and Lux Interior—into a striking visual memoir. She offers fans a unique vantage on the life of a mega-band during rock’s last golden age.

Sean Yseult played bass and wrote music for White Zombie from its inception in 1985 through its breakup over a decade later. Since then she’s played with Famous Monsters, Rock City Morgue, and The Cramps; exhibited her photography in galleries across the country; and formed the design company Yseult Designs. She divides her time between New Orleans and New York City.

“This book has more good stories than a salty old sailor:  tattoos, evil deeds and alcohol breath included!”
-CJ Ramone, The Ramones

For more info: seanyseult.com

Monday, April 4th, 7pm

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Tuesday, April 5th, 9pm

And then the next night, April 5th, we’ll be selling books at Delilah’s where Sean will  be guest DJing!

Metal Shop at Delilahs, Chicago’s longest-running metal DJ event, is excited to announce that on Tuesday April 5th, former WHITE ZOMBIE bassist SEAN YSEULT will guest DJ! Sean Yseult and DJ Platz will also have rare White Zombie items to giveaway, along with 5 hours of the best in new and classic metal and hard rock!

Delilahs
2771 N. Lincoln Avenue. Chicago
773-472-2771

Metal Shop is from 9pm-2am, the first Tuesday of each month. As always, NO COVER.

For more information:
delilahschicago.com
seanyseult.com


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Weekly Top 10

Published on March 8, 2011 0 Comments

Poster artist Keith Herzik stopped by with his dog Herzog.

1. Cometbus #54 In China With Green Day by Aaron Cometbus $4.00

2. Boys Club #4 by Matt Furie (Pigeon Press) $6.00 – More boners, more pizza, more roommates, more stoney-baloney plus also some barfing. I’m not going to tell you twice: zit’s awesome. -EF

3. Thai Comic Horrors vol 1, by Khun So and Krit, ed. by Logan $3.00 – Esteemed Quimby’s alumni/expat Logan sent us this double-header of Thai pulp comics translated to English for the first time! This issue is comprised of two stories, “The Ghost That Comes to Steal Your Heart” and “Hunt For the Hell Drugs”. Hell yes, those titles are great- and would you believe the actual comics are EVEN BETTER? They are! Classic carnage with visual flair, packed full of jungle ghouls, beautiful babes and poor moral judgement. -EF

4. Proximity #8 Education As Art $12.00 – Writing the book on learning as art and the art of learning: Proximity #8 comes from all angles, focuses, builds, supports. Weighing in at 232 pages, this volume does an exceptional job with a wide variety of profiles, interviews and portfolios and essays, staying both solidly local and vitally connected, you’d be hard pressed to find a smarter art magazine.

5. Quimby’s Exclusive: Is It THE FUTURE Yet? by Corinne Mucha $3.00 – What does the future hold for you? Well, I predict you will fall madly in love with Corinne’s amazing new mini-comic, Is It the Future Yet?, which she made ‘specially for Quimby’s! I see you laughing out loud at the fresh psychic hijinx and time-travel schemes that grace every delightful page. I can see your love for this comic growing rich, deep, and strong and you will find it brings you much good luck and happiness as years go by…Yes, my friend, the future looks very bright indeed!

6. Revolution: The Year I Fell In Love And Went To Join The War by Deb Olin Unferth (Holt) $24.00

7. Anarchist Bicycle Rally Confidential – Mad Libs Critical Mass by Joe Biel (Micorcosm) $4.50 – “It’s the second issue of the Expozine Award Winning Bipedal, By Pedal. Last time around we got a social history and tactics lesson about the Critical Mass bicycle activist movement. For this issue BPBP2 editor-dude Joe Biel collected legal documents pertaining to the Portland Police Department’s nefarious, illegal crackdown campaign on the local Critical Mass movement. Obtained by Freedom of Information Requests, Biel shows through once-secret police and court documents that Portland Critical Mass did not in fact die out, it was brutally torn down by the cops in an organized campaign of intimidation and spy work. The Portland Police broke the law and Critical Mass was the causality. Portland is, of course, one of the best North American cities for cycling and Critical Mass is gone. This zine is a rally call for bike activists. Don’t let this happen in your hometown! If that isn’t interesting enough, the documents are redone as Mad Libs. This is a companion piece to Biel’s upcoming documentary, Aftermass: A Post Critical Mass Portland.”

8. New Character Parade by Johnny Ryan (Pigeon Press) $12.00 – Oh Gross.

9. Henry and Glenn Forever Perfect Bound Deluxe New Edition by Igloo Tornado (Micorcosm) $6.00 – The gay love of Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig? I’d get in that van.-EF

10. Neighbourhood Sacrifice $2.00 – Drawings of altars, egos, and dimensional portals to comics hell by Michael DeForge, Jesjit Gill and Steph Davidson. Basically all the news thats fit to print. -EF

New Stuff This Week

Published on March 5, 2011 0 Comments

Only a few weeks until Chicago Zine Fest! Neil shows off a first peek at CZF buttons and t-shirts.

ZINES & ZINE-RELATED BOOKS!
No Better Than Apples #7 $3.00
When the Crash Meets Something Solid #5 – Things to Embarass Mother by Gabrielle Congrave $3.00
Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out 2010 by Jenna Freedman $2.00
Ninja Punks vol 1 $2.00 – Compiles the first 3 issues.
Jail HIV Stalking Threats and Vanna – $10.00
Dear God, I Hate Myself – Special Edition Box Set by J. Morrison and Jamie Stewart $40.00 – Fancy pantsy. In conjunction with Xiu Xiu’s “Dear God, I Hate Myself” album, Brooklyn artist J. Morrison and Xiu Xiu lead singer, Jamie Stewart collaborated on a limited edition box set. Morrison created twelve new drawings to correspond with the twelve songs on the album, and in turn Stewart wrote twelve new unpublished haikus to accompany them. They come unpackaged in a glossy black jewelry box with handwritten gold ink covers.
Your 100 Percent You’re 100 Percent B by Sveta $1.00
So Me and You Are Reading This Zine And Youre All Like Whoa This Is Great…#5 Mar 11 by Justin Michael Valmassoi $3.00
Fuck Would I Say What For #1 Mar 11 by Justin Michael Valmassoi $4.00
Good Fine Okay #1 by Marissa F $2.00

COMICS & MINI COMIX!
160 Page Package by Steve Ditko (Sparkplug) $12.00
Oh No Not Again – Odds and Ends Ditko by Steve Ditko (Sparkplug) $4.00
Dig Yourself Out by Tony Rabit $1.00
Ugle People #1 by Zack Empire – Zackery Jackson $3.00
Underpanting by Matt Wiegle (Sparkplug) $1.00
Nine Gallons #1 by Susie Cagle (Sparkplug) $5.00
Nurse Nurse #3 by Katie Skelly (Sparkplug) $3.00
Social Discipline #1 by Ian Sundahl (Sparkplug) $4.00

ART & DESIGN BOOKS!
Power Up Female Pop Art (DuMont) $45.00
Chen Ke: Hard Boiled Wonderland at the End of the World by Ke Chen (Timezone 8) $30.00
Compendium of Secrets by Trevor Paglen (Kerber) $37.50
Cult Ure Ideas Can Be Dangerous by Rian Hughes (Fiell) $45.00
Custom Lettering of the 40s and 50s by Rian Hughes (Fiell) $45.00
Everything Is Going To Be OK (Chronicle) $12.95 – This pocket-sized volume is filled with artwork bearing mottos of encouragement and affirmation. Featuring work from a diverse roster of indie artists, designers, and crafters—including beloved figures such as Mike Perry, Marian Bantjes, Marc Johns, Enormous Champion, and Yee-Haw Industries, as well as a host of emerging new talents.
Graffiti Art Coloring Book by Aye Jay (Chronicle) $9.95
Graphic USA: An Alternative Guide to 25 U.S. Cities ed. by Edited Ziggy Hanaor (Cicada) $30.00
Krampus: The Devil of Christmas ed. by Monte Beauchamp (Last Gasp) $18.95

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS!
Mome vol 21 Win 11 (Fantagraphics) $14.99 – Sara Edward-Corbett cover & story, plus Weissman, Ponchione, Simmons, Bak, Van Gieson, Mahler, Shaw, Kaczynski, Wolfgang, Adams, Carré, and newcomer Nick Thorburn.
Freeway by Mark Kalesniko (Skyhorse) $28.99
Krazy and Ignatz 1919-1921 by George Herriman (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Popeye vol 5 Whas a Jeep HC by EC Segar (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Popeye: The Great Comic Book by Bud Sagendorf (IDW/Yoe) $29.99
Jack of Fables vol 7 New Adventures of Jack and Jack by Bill Willingham etc. (Vertigo) $14.99

DIY
Ultimate Guide to Homesteading: An Encyclopedia of Independent Living (Skyhorse) $14.95
WorldChanging: A Users Guide For the 21st Century (Revised and Updated) by var. (Abrams) $24.95

FICTION!
The Art of Asking Your Boss For a Raise by Georges Perec (Verso) $16.95
The Ask by Sam Lipsyte (Picador) $15.00 – Now in soft cover.

MAGAZINES!
Bitch #50 $5.95
True Crime Feb 11 $8.99
Murder Most Foul #79 $9.99
Meatpaper #14 $7.95
Fader #72 Feb Mar 11 $5.99
Z Magazine Mar 11 $4.95
Tattoo Society #26 $7.99

LITERARY JOURNALS, CHAP BOOKS & POETRY!
Believer #79 Mar Apr 11 2011 Film Issue $10.00
Mojo #209 Apr 11 $9.99
Deadline Annualis #1 $17.00
Ninth Letter vol 7 #2 $14.95

MUCKRACKING, MEMOIRS, MAYHEM, MISCREANTS & MISCELLENOUSNESSESESNESS!
Art That Kills: A Panoramic Portrait of Aesthetic Terrorism 1984-2001 ed. by George Petros (Creation) $26.95 – Art That Kills examines the point where art meets crime. The book documents a diabolical era, 1984-2001. It chronicles the evolution of a new aesthetic movement, a terrifying fringe of Underground Art where enlightenment and depravity combined. Murder, rape, torture, pedophilia, cannibalism, drugs, sedition, racism and blasphemy mixed with literature, history, politics, news, movies, TV, punk rock, philosophy and science. The book profiles a pantheon of dissidents and deviants, presents excerpts from their work, re-lives their crimes, and attempts to analyze an elusive era. The scene described herein is essentially the “second generation” of American Underground Art (the “first generation” ran from ’66 through the 70s). All varieties of taboos and criminal advocacy found confluence, beyond “confrontation” or “shock.” Pure sadism drove it. Sexual psychosis flavored it. Frustration with politics, big business and mass entertainment fueled it. GG Allin, Jim Goad, Lydia Lunch, Adam Parfrey, Genesis P-Orridge, Anton Lavey and all manner of usual suspects.
The Cynic’s Guide to a Rich and Full Life by Mario DiGiorgio (Last Gasp) $11.95
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder In the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker (Norton) $25.95
Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast In Fact Fiction and Folklore by Benjamin Radford (U of NM Press) $24.95
Stretch – Coming of Age in Post War Germany by Gunter Nitsch $10.00
Aerotropolis: The Way Well Live Next by John D. Kasarda and Greg Lindsay (FSG) $30.00

MUSIC BOOKS!
Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture by Alice Echols (Norton) $17.95 – No in soft cover.
Hüsker Dü – The Story of the Noise Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock by Andrew Earles (Voyageur) $24.00 – Biographical portraits of band members, stuff about their early days, nonstop touring, and defiant embrace of the DIY ethic, all in thoughtful criticism of their work.

SEX & SEXY & SEX CULTURE!
Seth by Christopher Schulz $10.00 – Does Seth Rogan know he posed for this sexy zine, featuring his naked form delictely drawn in various sexy poses?
RFD #145 Spr 11 $9.95
Housewives At Play – Do As You’re Told by Rebecca (Eros) $9.99
Bunnyhead Porn A Flip Fuck Book by J. Morrison $25.00

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Cleveland Confidential Book Tour at Quimby’s 4/2

Published on March 4, 2011 0 Comments
Apr ’11
2
7:00 pm

Smog Veil Records announces the Cleveland Confidential Book Tour returns to the road in April, with a stop at Quimby’s in Chicago on April 2.  The tour features three author-musicians also from Cleveland, Ohio including Cheetah Chrome (Rocket From The Tombs, Dead Boys, Batusis), Mike Hudson (The Pagans) and Bob Pfeifer (Human Switchboard, Tabby Chinos, former Senior Vice President A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records). Each will read excerpts from their book, answer questions from the audience and discuss their books and careers with each other. Authors will be available to sign books at each appearance.

Cheetah Chrome – A Dead Boy’s Tale From The Front Lines Of Punk Rock is the no-holds-barred autobiography of Cheetah Chrome, lead guitarist of the Dead Boys, one of the greatest punk bands ever. It’s a tale of success and excess—amazing music, legendary antics, epic drug use, and eventual resurrection—that only a true rock and roller could deliver. As a songwriter Chrome’s work has been covered by artists such as Guns n Roses, Pearl Jam and the Beastie Boys. He still performs and records with Rocket From The Tombs and Batusis (with Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls). He lives in Nashville with his wife and son.

Mike Hudson will read from Jetsam and Diary of a Punk. The 32 short pieces that make up Jetsam were written and published between 1977 and 2009. His lean and unsentimental prose style is apparent in even the earliest entries here. Diary of A Punk is Hudson’s autobiography. He is the founder of the seminal American punk rock group, the Pagans, formed in 1977. His work has appeared in Hustler, the Associated Press, Master Detective, Field & Stream and many other publications here and abroad. He is currently the founding editor and CEO of the Niagara Falls Reporter, a New York tabloid specializing in politics and organized crime.

University of Strangers is Bob Pfeifer’s first novel. In a sensational case that made headlines all over the globe, the American student Amanda Knox was convicted of the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher, in what Italian authorities described as a sadistic sexual encounter. Pfeifer’s novel details the efforts of a secret society, comprised of famous contemporary figures from the worlds of literature, show business and politics, to clear the girl’s name. A unique blend of fact and fiction the book is a spellbinding account of the violence, corruption and celebrity worship that characterize much of 21st century life. Pfeifer was Senior Vice President A&R/Epic/Sony Records and President of Hollywood Records. Artists he’s worked with include Alice Cooper, Ornette Coleman, The Screaming Trees, also soundtracks like the Crow: City of Angels and Lion King. He is a founding member/songwriter of Human Switchboard and Tabby Chinos. He lives in Los Angeles with his son.

Saturday, April 2nd, 7pm

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Josh Alan Friedman Celebrates Black Cracker 3/29

Published on March 4, 2011 0 Comments
Mar ’11
29
7:00 pm

Celebrate “Black Tuesday” with Josh Alan Friedman and his autobiographical novel Black Cracker, about his childhood at New York’s last segregated school in the early 1960s. In first grade, your friends are your friends and all that really matters is who can come up with the best doo-doo jokes. But as the lone white boy at the local “colored school,” young Josh is in for some hard — and often hilarious — lessons in readin’, writin’, ’rithmetic and race.

With its child’s-eye view of controversial subjects, turbulent times and all-too-human frailties, Black Cracker is hard-hitting, heartbreakingly honest and hysterically funny — often all at once.

Writer-musician Josh Alan Friedman’s eight books include Tales of Times Square and Tell the Truth Until They Bleed; his recordings include Blacks ’n’ Jews and Famous & Poor. Quimby’s welcomes Josh Alan to Chicago for Black Tuesday, an unforgettable evening featuring readings from Black Cracker and a live set of Friedman’s music on atomic acoustic guitar.

“Friedman splits sides, breaks hearts and always remains ruthlessly honest about the real world, a place that doesn’t conform to the politically correct wishes of liberals or conservatives.”
— Michael Simmons, L.A. Weekly

For more info: BlackCrackerOnline.com

Tuesday, March 29th, 7 pm

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