Brian’s tip top tap of 2007

Shout-outs to a few of the books and events which shaded my glassy eyes throughout 2007.
Novel of Roy Orbison In Cling-film, by Ulrich Haarbürste (Serapion Books)

I can totally see this book at home in some ruined castle in Lacoste.. Or Master Shake reading it in an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Either way, books such as Roy Orbison Wrapped In Cling-film are the reason why Quimby’s Bookstore is so great in the first place. Ja und was sonst?

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New Stuff Jan 12th

You know the drill. Looks like a lil winter slow down hit the new department this week.

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The Thinking Persons Learning and Resource Center Needs Your Help

Underdog Press
This nice gentleman contacted us about a resource center in the Philippines, and he’s looking for donations of your zines and what not. His name is Alter Picar, and he’s from the from Davao City, Philippines D.I.Y. Community. His collective is establishing a public/zine library and social center called “The Thinking Persons Learning and Resource Center” which will open in March. They hope to attract students, activists and people from DIY community. Alter is accepting donations of any kinds of zines, old books and pamphlets or whatever materials that would be helpful in this endeavor. Since they are living in an economically destitute country, this project will not be possible without outside help. If you’re interested in helping, e-mail him at thethinkingpersons@yahoo.com to get his complete address. For more info: http://www.myspace.com/underdog_press .

Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers for the Week of Dec 30th 2007 – Jan 6th, 2008

Top Doggies!

1. Slingshot 2008 Planner Large Size (Slingshot Collective) $12.00
2. Acme #18 by Chris Ware $17.95
3. Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 edited by Dave Eggers (Houghton) $14.00
4. Slingshot 2008 Organizer small (Slingshot Collective) $6.00
5. Venus Zine #34 Win 07 $4.50
6. Butt #21 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90
7. Stop Smiling #33 $5.95
8. Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi  (Pantheon) $24.95
9. Giant Robot #51 $4.99
10. Juxtapoz #84 Jan 08 $4.99

Best of 2007 by Logan

Well its the time of year when people post lists of important stuff from 2007. I decided the best way for me to write this list would be to look at books I actually spent money on this year. There were a lot of amazing titles that came out but what follows are the titles that made the cut, earned my cold hard cash and have permentaly moved to my book shelves.
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