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I picked up an autographed hardcover written by one of my favorite authors and printed by one of my favorite publishers:   Keith Atherton posted:I have a copy of “Rat Catching” by Crispin Glover that he signed for me on his book tour when it came out I think you posted these either earlier in this thread or in another thread, but I'm glad you posted them again because I wanted to ask if that North Korea book is for real, and if so, where the hell did you get it??!! I remember you posted some interior pages and they were amazing. Those Crispin Hellion Glover books are pretty cool, and are still available on his website: http://www.crispinglover.com/books.html I had a couple of them, but my ex-wife kept them when we split up out stuff. I might pick them up again, but I'm not sure yet.
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Oh, man, RE/Search. I guess I was just alive at the right time and place, because I remember there being this moment where their stuff was really easy to find - I even saw some of their publications in Barnes & Noble, of all places, when I worked there. It wasn't all to my taste, but it was always guaranteed to be interesting and show me stuff I hadn't seen before. Then I moved a bunch of times and gradually gave 'em all away and haven't even thought about them for years until now.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Oh, man, RE/Search. I guess I was just alive at the right time and place, because I remember there being this moment where their stuff was really easy to find - I even saw some of their publications in Barnes & Noble, of all places, when I worked there. It wasn't all to my taste, but it was always guaranteed to be interesting and show me stuff I hadn't seen before. Similar story on my end. A whole lot of RE/Search stuff isn't anything I'm typically interested in, but the books are always so good that I find them interesting no matter what the topic. (edit: Except for the one on Swing music. I was not a fan of that 90's swing revival that the RE/Search book helped bring about). I ordered a limited edition book of V. Vale's 70's punk photos a couple of weeks ago, but it hasn't arrived yet. I did, however, get these zines in the mail the other day:     Support them if you can. RE/Search is one of the best, and you can still visit V.Vale at their office/ apartment across the street from City Lights Books in San Francisco. Gutter Phoenix fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Jul 16, 2019 |
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Jul 16, 2019 22:28
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With the recent news that Mad Magazine has died, I've been doing one of my periodic revisits to something that had a massive impact on the evolution of my sense of humor and worldview. Here are a couple of cheapo books just got:   
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Jul 17, 2019 19:35
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Iron Crowned posted:Oh man, I really want to know what's in that Spaceballs book that isn't in the movie. I read it because it was somehow in my year 5 bookcase at school I had no concept for Mel Brooks films at all and when I finally got around to watching the film it was a weird experience
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Jul 18, 2019 03:06
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~Coxy posted:Yes! When I was little I had a copy of The World's Greatest Cranks and Crackpots which appears to be the source of the bulk of that wikipedia article. I'm currently on holiday in Malta and on impulse I walked into a thrift store and unexpectedly came across them. 
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Jul 19, 2019 21:16
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~Coxy posted:I'm currently on holiday in Malta and on impulse I walked into a thrift store and unexpectedly came across them. That first book on the left is going to need a whole volume just to catch up with everything that’s happened since it was published.
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Jul 19, 2019 22:32
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RUGBY JOKES how could you leave the shop without that one?!
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Jul 20, 2019 03:07
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 What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing than with a book about it from 1986? I wasn't able to do more than skim it before leaving for Russia (I took these pictures a month and a half ago), but what I saw had a good mix of insight, inanity, and the whole spectrum between – everything that makes old speculations about the future fun. I also like how they made it a coffee table book by just dumping in a pile of stock photos; there's no reason for it to be illustrated at all, but the presentation pushes the kitsch value through the roof today (and if you listen to The Flop House, the "Dan McCoy" credit on half of them is a treat in itself). Strongly recommended, with the caveat for Clarke fans that he had almost nothing to do with the book, which is apparently derived for the most part from contemporary Omni pieces. (I deeply regret leaving out the "Letter from a Lunar Inhabitant", one of the bits that he actually wrote; I took a picture but deleted it by mistake.) First person to recognize the spaceship in the third row wins                                    
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Jul 20, 2019 09:23
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Sham bam bamina! posted:
This is awesome. ~Coxy posted:I'm currently on holiday in Malta and on impulse I walked into a thrift store and unexpectedly came across them. So is this. SavageMessiah posted:RUGBY JOKES But yeah, seriously! I hope you bought the rugby jokes book so you can post some here.
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Jul 20, 2019 18:48
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i had an absolute treasure trove of old books from about the 40s to the 70s, acquired when i was like 10 and my school library was throwing all their old poo poo out in a huge pile in the hallway. i asked if i could bring them home, since nobody else was interested, and they let me. still very sad that i had to leave them all behind. they're just in a drat attic now...
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Jul 20, 2019 23:59
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Here are a few new books:  Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham was the first comic book I ever bought and/or read, way back when I was 8 years old. I have all 17 issues, but it's nice to finally have them compiled into a single book.   Finally, I just got this book as a gift for subscribing to Mad magazine (even though it was recently cancelled).  
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Jul 22, 2019 21:29
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Gutter Phoenix posted:Finally, I just got this book as a gift for subscribing to Mad magazine (even though it was recently cancelled).
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Jul 23, 2019 04:35
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Kinks targeted at miners? Must be a mod.
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Wow. I was gonna go back to sleep for a bit before work, but instead I tracked down and ordered a nice-looking very good used copy of this from 1950. Will report back when it arrives. Edit: I think I've mentioned before, I spent 7 years working in the on-site field office of a huge tunnel project, and miners are some of the surliest, saltiest, most creatively profane men I've ever been around. We got along pretty good. Gutter Phoenix fucked around with this message at 13:33 on Jul 23, 2019 |
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Jul 23, 2019 13:29
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Solice Kirsk posted:Kinks targeted at miners? Must be a mod.  
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Aug 1, 2019 19:59
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Daniel Cohen wrote a lot of books for a juvenile audience, many of which scared the loving socks off of me in the mid-1980s. I never saw this one, from 1973, in the wild, but it's a pretty heavy (albeit well-researched and respectfully written) trip for a children's library shelf.         
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Aug 2, 2019 11:33
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Bam!  I'll look through it this weekend and post anything good I find inside.
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Aug 2, 2019 21:49
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Pastry of the Year posted:Daniel Cohen wrote a lot of books for a juvenile audience, many of which scared the loving socks off of me in the mid-1980s. I never saw this one, from 1973, in the wild, but it's a pretty heavy (albeit well-researched and respectfully written) trip for a children's library shelf. That looks intense. I may have to check it out.
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I am excited about this new issue of RE/ Search, which just arrived in the mail. They don't come out very often, so it's taken V.Vale about 40 years to get to #19.   He included autographed prints of this picture of The Dils from 1977:  And John Waters from sometime in the 80's: 
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Aug 2, 2019 21:53
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Against my better judgment, I bought a lot of approximately 100 paperbacks for pretty cheap, mostly because it had a few books I REALLY wanted:      A few other stand-outs:     Honestly, every single book is worth posting, so I scanned them all at work before they come home with me tonight. I'll post them soon, but probably not today.
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man, old pulp book covers have a look to them you don't see much of anymore. i wish that would come back. i think it's the paintings
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So is Caitlyn Jenner or the Village People now the most prominant queer person on that cover?
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:man, old pulp book covers have a look to them you don't see much of anymore. i wish that would come back. i think it's the paintings Yeah, that's why Hard Case Crime books stand out so much these days. They modernize the painted cover pulp look perfectly.
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Arivia posted:So is Caitlyn Jenner or the Village People now the most prominant queer person on that cover? Caitlyn Jenner (Bruce at the time) replaced Erik Estrada for seven episodes of "CHiPs" fifth season (1981-1982), and did a commendable job. Therefore I will say that Jenner is the most prominent person on that cover, at least to me.  On the other hand, when I was in high school during the 90's, I used to drive around blasting the Village People's greatest hits cassette whenever I needed a break from thrash metal and punk rock. I distinctly remember that's what I was listening to when I was in the only car accident I've ever caused. Happily, it was very minor, and I was able to continue on rocking the Village People with minimal delay. On a side note, I read an interview with Steve Guttenberg a few years ago, and he said that he had no idea that Village People were gay until long after the movie was released.
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Aug 2, 2019 23:15
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A few more from the recent lot of paperbacks:              Many, many more to come...
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I have not forgotten about my previous promise to post all of my ridiculous Nightcat merch. I will get to it eventually. In the meantime, I happened upon this yesterday: 
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Aug 5, 2019 23:06
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            Peter Rabe has written some decent crime novels. I've never read this one, but it's now high on my to-read list.  
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Aug 5, 2019 23:10
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I love pre-internet fishing books.    Anyone need an av?
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A Pack of Kobolds posted:I love pre-internet fishing books. Niiice.
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I almost forgot, I still have another 40 pages of scanned books to post from that paperback lot. Here are a few more: Andre Norton wrote Beastmaster, although it isn't much like the movie.             Looks like I forgot to scan the backs of these three:   More soon.
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The Man from Avon sounds like something I'd actually pick up and read.
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i wanna know what coal is i want you to show me
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Krankenstyle posted:i wanna know what coal is I wanna know what coal is I know you can show me I want to feel it too I want to feel what coal is queserasera posted:The Man from Avon sounds like something I'd actually pick up and read. Yeah, that one does look pretty good.
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niiice
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