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Quimby's Top 10 Selling Titles for August 19th-26th 2007
Not to be confused with the Top 10 Valedictorians…
1. Butt #20 Fantastic Magazine for Homosexuals $9.90
2. No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July $23.00 (Scribner)
3. Punk Planet #80 $4.95
4. Crap Hound #6 $12.00
5. Abolish Restaurants $5.00
6. XXX Scumbag Party vol II of the Collected Angry Youth Comix by Johnny Ryan $18.95 (Fantagraphics)
7. The Baffler #17 $10.50
8. Sin in the Second City: Madams Ministers Playboys and the Battler for Americas Soul by Karen Abbott $25.95 (Random House)
9. Beautiful Decay issue T $5.95
10. Believer #46 $8.00
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RAGAD Event
RAGAD presents INTERSECTIONS: A READING FROM THE STREETS. Join local authors for a night of readings, both fictive and non, based on Chicago street intersections and locales. Come listen and see how the roads you travel inspire other. This event doubles as a release party for RAGAD # 4, which features a short called “The Landing” by Paul Silverman. This event is free. Copies of RAGAD’s new issue as well as back issues will be available. With readings by Pete Coco (editor of Please Don’t), Scott Stealy (editor of Please Don’t), Ben Tanzer (author of Lucky Man), CT Ballentine, and RAGAD editor Nick Ostdick. Fun for all!
Ben Tanzer’s debut novel Lucky Man was published by Manx Media this past spring – www.manxmedia.com/luckyman.htm. You can check out his blog “This Blog Will Change Your Life”
Pete Coco’s writing has appeared in The Madison Review, The 2ndhand, Econoculture, American Book Review, as a Featherproof Mini-Book and is forthcoming in Barrelhouse and Other Voices. He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is a founding editor of the forthcoming literary website, Please Don’t.
Scott Stealey has a mini-book out from Featherproof Books and is co-editor of the upcoming webzine Please Don’t, at please-dont.com .
CT Ballentine lives and writes in Chicago. He is the audio editor at www.the2ndhand.com
Nick Ostdick is the editor/publisher of RAGAD. His writing has appeared in Word Riot, THE2NDHAND, VerbSap, Identity Theory, Wandering Army, and others, and is forthcoming in Letter X. Visit him online at www.inthenickoftime.wordpress.com
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Wizard World Without Us!
Wow for the first time in a long time, Quimby’s is siting out Wizard World. I’m not sure where people will buy their Housewives at Play or Jack Chick Tracts…our big sellers each year, but it was time for us to move on. So if anybody out then in inter-web land makes it, get us some good shots of people in costumes and make sure to say hi to Lou and Virgil, and Bobby the Brain for us!
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New Stuff 7/28/07
Wicker Park Fest is in full effect. Crocs, ball caps and baggy tees. I think Jimmy Buffet was just in here looking at porn. Crazy! What more to say another week of new stuff. Looks like the summer lull is subsiding and hot books are starting to trickle out.
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New Stuff 7/21/07
Sorry folks, no Harry Potter for us this week? It’s a muggle house in here. When I get done I’ll tell you who dies. Guess if I had to pick a fictional character to be down with I’d take wizards over anarchists any day.
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July Events!!!
There is still a mild information hangover within our newly switched over systems, so to make up for any possible data holes here is a handy post with every event for the month. There is everything from poetry to Crimethinc coming up, so don’t miss out.
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New Stuff 7/7/7!!!!!
Wow, its been awhile. Well here is the update to all the stuff that you may have missed since our last update. Luckly with summer holidays kicking in too full gear, the mail has been a bit slower. Perfect time for us to catch our breath, fix up our servers and plan any last minute summer conquesting that needs to get done. Next weekend is Pitchfork-fest so I suspect some of our far away readers might be poping in the store pre or post concert. Hope you do. Happy Summer Time!!!
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A Quick Note to Urban Bikers!
Well the weather is warm and people have been hitting the streets hard on two pedal powered wheels; But I have to say I have seen some of the worst bike ridding imaginable so lets take a minute and lay some ground rules for you wet behind the ears bikers out there. This is more than calling you out on some annoying shit, this is the kind of stuff that can save your life.
5 things to consider before you bike…..after the jump!
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Quimby's, one of Chicago's 10 best bookstores
An article in Friday’s Chicago Tribune calls Quimby’s one of of Chicago’s 10 best bookstores, but please folks, don’t hold it against us. Kidding. I kid! Between Greg Kot, Metromix and the Red Eye, the Chicago Tribune is a regular wild and crazy guy. Anyway, it’s a nice piece that focuses on independently-owned, neighborhood bookstores, such as Quimby’s, Women and Children First, Seminary Co-op and others. Link (bound to expire.)
In other news, New City‘s biannual “Lit 50” list of Chicago’s literary pimps and players puts Quimby’s very own Col. McCormick, Eric Kirsammer, at number 40. It’s a full two spot improvement from their 2005 list! Lookout, Oprah!
