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    Zines

    Used Records and Tapes #4 by Chris Auman, Mike Dixon & friends $7

    Comp Book Companion (various issues) by Key Bridge It Daly $13

    Experimental Exercise by Robert Zant $15

    I Belong to Me (multiple issues) by Rachael Tyrell

    I Know About the Beaver 2nd edition $6

    Forever: A Photo Zine by Sunny $8

    Hi-Fi Anxiety, various issues

    In the Blink of an Eye #1 by Isaac Barnett (Gasoline Press) $15

    Comics

    Detours: Comics and Drawings by Eli Bishop $10

    Comics by Kieran Teare-Thomas: Initiative, multiple issues of Campfire

    I Love Women #3 $20

    Rate of Decay #4 $1

    Silent Command #5 by Mike Appelstein $5

    Graphic Novels

    So Long Sad Love by Mirion Malle (Drawn & Quarterly) $24.95

    Gleem: A Selection of Spectacular Short Stories by Freddy Carrasco (Drawn & Quarterly) $22.95

    Love and Rockets: The Sketchbooks by Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics) $75

    4/20 Dude

    Cooking with Weed: Get Baked with 35 Recipes by Margie Stone $14.99

    Art Books

    Wonderflux: A Decade of e-flux Journal edited by Julieta Aranda & friends $24

    Politics & Revolution Books

    The Sexist Microphysics of Power: The Alcàsser Case and the Construction of Sexual Terror by Nerea Barjola (AK Press) $23

    Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care edited by Mimi Kim, Cameron Rasmussen & Durrell M. Washington (Haymarket Books) $24.95

    Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice by Eddie Ahn $24.99

    Essay Books

    Juice: A History of Female Ejaculation by Stephanie Haerdle $19.95

    Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer $17

    Chipped: Writing from a Skateboarders Lens by Jose Vadi $26

    Fiction

    Ghost Years: Stories by Barry Gifford $16.95

    Stories From the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction editd by Jordan Elgrably (City Lights Books) $17.95

    The Missing by Ben Tanzer (7.13) $19.99

    Music Books

    Throbbing Gristle: An Endless Discontent by Ian Trowell $39.95

    Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present by JR Moores $18

    The Monkees: Made in Hollywood by Tom Kemper $16

    I Hate Old Music, Too: How Familiarity & Overuse Killed Our Favorite Music by Dave Thompson $27.95

    Toxic Shock Records: Assassin of Mediocrity – A Story of Love, Loss, and Loud Music by Bill Sassenberger $20

    A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999 by Tom Maxwell $30

    A Book of Days by Patti Smith $20

    Local Interest

    Beer Hiking Chicago and Beyond: The Tastiest Way to Discover the Windy City by Jessica Sedgwick and Dan Ochwat $24.95

    Chap Books

    The San Francisco Neo-Futurists Chapbook #8 2023 Selected Plays From the Infinite Wrench $10

    Lit Journals

    Sinister Wisdom #132 $14

    The First Line vol 26 #1 $6

    Moss Piglet April 2024 edited by John Bloner Jr. $12

    Just Keeping It Together, Barely

    A Field Guide to the Apocalypse: A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times by Athena Aktipis $17.99

  • Quimby’s April Newsletter Available Now

     

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    Zines

    Fixer Eraser #7 by Jonas $3

    The Hungover Gourmet #12 by Dan Taylor $5

    Malt Adult #28 by Sarah Schmidt $5

    X Kool Kids #7 Culture $5

    Cherry Bomb #2 by Emma and Mari $15

    Zines by Hali Kleinfeld: issues of Outfit Archive, Truth Serum #2 & more.

    Life Advice in a Tweet From @Katya $8

    Comics

    Huge shipment from kuš: mini kuš! New issues of š!

    My Body Unspooling by Leo Fox $9.99

    Woof by Maty G (Wiggle Bird Mailing Club) $6

    Myrodemus #3 Awakening by Finn Walker $8

    CCC1.1 Same but Different: A New Magazine of Comix Skool USA Notes $8

    Bogue #2 Winter Issue by Ruby Carter $6

    Graphic Novels

    Black Phoenix Comics and Illustrations vol 3 by Rich Tommaso (Floating World Comics) $14.95

    Atlas Comics Library vol 2 Venus Strange Stories of the Supernatural edited by Dr Michael J. Vassallo (Fantagraphics) $49.99

    Food School by Jade Armstrong (Conundrum Press) $15

    The 7th Voyage of Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Other Follies by Gilbert Shelton & Dave Sheridan (Fantagraphics) $22.99

    kuš graphic novels: Good Night and Sweet Dreams by Teddy Goldenberg (kuš) $14, Slikmiks by Mikkel Sommer and Mekl (kuš) $18 & more!

    Music Books

    Audio Erotica : Hi-Fi Brochures 1950s–1980s edited by Jonny Trunk & friends (FUEL) $34.95

    Politics & Revolution Books

    Unite and Win: The Workplace Organizer’s Handbook by Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) & Daphna Thier (Haymarket Books) $10

    Constructing Worlds Otherwise: Societies in Movement and Anticolonial Paths in Latin America by Raul Zibechi (AK Press) $18

    Essay Books

    Manifesto : Three Classic Essays on How to Change the World by Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels, Ernesto Che Guevara (Seven Stories Press) $15.95

    All We Have Is the Story: Selected Interviews 1973-2022 by James Kelman (PM Press) $24.95

    Hello We Were Talking about Hudson edited by Steve Lafreniere (Soberscove Press) $24

    DIY Books

    Healing Plants: From Elizabeth Blackwell’s Curious Herbal, edited by Marta McDowell $12.95

    Fiction Books

    Rachel Condition by Nicholas Rombes $17.95

    Snow Woman and Other Yokai Stories from Japan by Noboru Wada, illustrated by Haruna Wada $15.99

    Magazines

    Uppercase #61 $24

    Chap Books

    Ornamental Theology by P.T. Orbizol $5

  • Zine Club Chicago Online: Return of Zine Bingo Edition, April 23rd

    Zine Club Chicago Online: Return of Zine Bingo Edition
    7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, April 23 on Zoom
    Free!

    This month, Zine Club Chicago is bringing back Zine Bingo! Our twist on the classic game will give everyone an opportunity to go on a scavenger hunt through your own zine collections.

    Check out our bingo card, grab your zines, BYOS(nacks) and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Return of Zine Bingo Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

    Here’s how our version of Zine Bingo will work: We’ve created a zinecentric bingo card that you can find in this post and at quimbys.com. (We’ll all be using the same card for the game; feel free to print it out or download it). Each box on the card represents a category of zines that you might have in your collection; for example, a how-to zine or a zine about cats.

    Before we meet, search your collection and find one zine that corresponds to a category in one box from each vertical row on the card. The rows are marked with the letters Z-I-N-E-S. Each box also has a number in the corner. (Y’all are welcome to bring zines that correspond to more or fewer than one box per row, or to not bring zines at all and join us just to hang out.)

    During our event, we’ll randomly pull bingo balls marked with the letter and number of each box on the bingo card. Folks with a zine that fits the category in the box we’ve called will then tell us about the zine they brought. We’ll keep going until we get a collective bingo! (Everyone is a winner at Zine Club Chicago.)

    ** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 5 p.m. CT Monday, April 22 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT Tuesday, April 23.

    -> Please note that we’ve changed the RSVP cutoff to 5 P.M. CT on the evening before our online event! <-

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers and created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/

    More info at the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

    Facebook event link is here.

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    A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with an image of a round wire receptacle filled with bingo balls, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Return of Zine Bingo Edition; Online! Free!; Zoom info + bingo card on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, April 23, 2024”

    A handmade Zine Bingo board with a description of a different category of zine in each square.

  • Off-Site: Zine Club Chicago: Zinemaking Hangout on Marz, April 30th

    Zine Club Chicago: Zinemaking Hangout on Marz
    Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown
    7 – 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 30
    Free!

    Local zine friends, Zine Club Chicago is thrilled to announce that we’re launching a new in-person meetup for folks who want to get together and make zines! We’re teaming up with Life on Marz Community Club, a brewery taproom and café space that we love, for an evening of zinemaking and camaraderie every other month, beginning in April.

    Please join us for our first Zine Club Chicago: Zinemaking Hangout on Marz, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 at Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown. Free!

    Zine Club Chicago will provide the zinemaking supplies! Just bring your creativity. Life on Marz Community Club offers awesome alcoholic, CBD, and non-alcoholic beverages from Marz Brewery and more, plus some very fun snacks, for purchase.

    Life on Marz also hosts a Drink & Draw with resident comic illustrator Matt Salazar every Tuesday evening starting at 5 p.m., so feel free to arrive early or stay late to check that out, too!

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers and created our logo.

    More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

    Facebook event link is here.

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    A flyer featuring a background image of the red surface of the planet Mars and this text: “Zine Club Chicago: Zinemaking Hangout on Marz; 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 30; Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave; Free; Info: quimbys.com”

  • April Window Artist-In-Residence Bianca Xunise!

    Calling all punk city rats! Check out these amazing banners in our window by our April artist-in-residence, Chicago-based cartoonist Bianca Xunise! We could not love them more! Bianca will be here to celebrate the release of their book Punk Rock Karaoke on Saturday, April 27th at 3:30pm when they’ll be in in conversation by director, producer and author Jessica Hopper and on Independent Bookstore Day nonetheless!



    Bianca Xunise’s work primarily focuses on the plight, joy, and daily struggles of misfits within the black community. In 2017 Xunise earned an Ignatz for Promising New Talent for their comic Say Her Name, an autobiographical story of police brutality and social justice. In 2020 Xunise earned their second Ignatz for their contribution to Be Gay, Do Comics published by IDW. Xunise has collaborated with Vogue, The Washington Post, The Nib, and Believer Magazine. They are also a contributor to the book How We Fight Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance along with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tarana Burk, and Harry Belafonte. Bianca became the first nationally syndicated non-binary cartoonist when they joined the comic strip Six Chix in 2020 as their first black creator. More info at https://linktr.ee/biancaxunise

    Poster for event by Casoline Cash.

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    Zines

    In Loving Memory of Spring Hill Mall October 1st, 1980-March 22nd, 2024 by Bee Ebben $2

    Zip Codes by Jason Valenzuela $10

    Zines by Juelule, $1 each: Vagabunda y Bandolera #3 It’s Not Your Room That’s a Prison It’s Yourself, Vagabunda y Bandolera #2 and If You Missed a Day There Was Always the Next

    Ars Moriendi by Joe Donlevy $6

    Mounds by Andrew Conti $10

    Zines from Happy Tapir Press, $5 each: No Fairy Queen: A Coloring Poem by GM Palmer, Beasts: Poetry and Prose by Kate O’Brien Wooddell

    Sunflowers by Keezy Young (Silver Sprocket) $7.99

    Comics

    Frogs and Their Friends by Oona Taper $5

    Beefy Mag #1 by Finn $12

    San Expedito by Raul Higuera (Silver Sprocket) $14.99

    Everything Sucks Noahs Millions by Michael Sweater (Silver Sprocket) $7.99

    Nose Bleed #1 by Derick Jones $10

    Desert Rats #1 by Nick Bunch $10

    New titles from Davidt Dunlop: Small $1, Baphometta Coincidental Fish $6.40, Crumpled: A Self Anthology Comic Full of Bits and Bobs $8

    Graphic Novels

    Barking by Lucy Sullivan (Avery Hill) $22.99

    A Brief History of Feminism by Patu & Antje Schrupp (MIT Press) $16.95

    Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne & Travis Dandro (Drawn & Quarterly) $29.95

    Pure Trance by Junko Mizuno (Last Gasp) $19.95

    Won’t Back Down: An Anthology of Pro-Choice Comics by Trina Robbins (Last Gasp) $25

    Influenca by Jade LFT Peters (Silver Sprocket) $16.99

    Adversary by Blue Delliquanti (Silver Sprocket) $15.99

    Viscera Objectica by Yugo Limbo (Silver Sprocket) $14.99

    When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll (Silver Sprocket) $16.99

    Mayhem & Outer Limits Books

    Divination: Elements of Wisdom by Jewels Rocka $8.95

    Essay Books

    Theres Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib $32

    Secret Life vol 2 1925-1940 by Salvador Dali (Deicide Press) $19.95

    Film Books

    Naked Theater and Uncensored Horror: A Memoir by Stuart Gordon (Fab Press) $27.95

    Fiction

    I Love You So Much It’s Killing Us Both: A Novel by Mariah Stovall $28

    Books from House of Vlad Productions, $15.95 each: Violent Candy Stories by Tex Gresham, Farsickness a Novel by Joshua Mohr, People Scare Me Poems by Cash Compson, Hobbies You Enjoy a Novelty by Brian Alan Ellis & more.

    Magazines

    Tape Op #160 $5.99

    RFD #197 $11.95

    Lit Journals & Poetry

    Overtime Hour 67 the Line Keeps Turning by Thomas Nicholson $2

    Fruitless: A Poetic Story by Daniel, to music by Ogi, with illustrations by Tanate $15

    After Hours #47 $12

    McSweeney’s #73 Manifesto: A Collection of Manifestos $28

    79 Nonets by Caleb Bouchard (Suburban Drunk Press) $8

    Ant Dodger: Poems by Bill Knott and Drawings by Dash Shaw $2

    Books from selva oscura press $15-$18 each: Daykeeping by Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Shekhinah Speaks by Joy Ladin, Mood Indigo by Jeanne Heuving & more.

  • Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl, Independent Bookstore Day, April 27th

    Independent Bookstore Day – Saturday, April 27, 2024

    Quimby’s is celebrating Independent Bookstore Day this year in 2 great ways! We’re a stop on the annual IBD Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl, and we’re also featuring an in-store event with Bianca Xunise in discussion with Jessica Hopper to celebrate the release of PUNK ROCK KARAOKE.

    About the 2024 Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl

    Yet again, Chicagoland proves itself to be the dream destination for book lovers and readers of all ages! More than 40 independent bookstores in the greater Chicago area—from Lake Forest to Beverly, and Naperville to the Loop—are collaborating on our annual Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl, which encourages book lovers to indulge in bookstore tourism by visiting 10 or more stores in a single day.

    The annual challenge is being held again on Independent Bookstore Day (IBD), which is a one-day national party celebrating indie book stores on the last Saturday in April. Each store creates its own unique events—including guest authors, special kids’ story times, readings, contests, giveaways, and special sales.

    How to Participate…
    Select your first bookstore and receive a passport and your first stamp.

    Now check out the map—which lists all the participating stores—and start planning your route!

    Additional bookstores you visit throughout the day will provide you with a stamp with no purchase required! (However, showing them some love today, too, would of course be a very cool thing to do.)

    And to remind you of the goals:

    • Visit TEN stores in one day and get 10% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!

    • Visit FIFTEEN stores in one day and get 15% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!

    After visiting 10 or 15 participating bookstores, on your last bookstore visit show your passport and receive a limited edition pin!

    Readers are encouraged to post a snapshot of themselves and their Independent Bookstore Day haul on social media with the hashtag #TEAMINDIE and #ChiLoveBooks.

    See chilovebooks.com for more info about IBD in Chicago, including info about tickets for 3 bus routes to different stores.

    Stay posted for more #IBD24 surprises!

     

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    Zines

    On a Stroll with Dan Gleason $3

    Concessions: A Break Up Zine by Tin Diaz Rodriguez $2

    Past Present #4 $15

    Stacks #7 by Lennon McCrea $6.66

    Wild Payphones of North America by P. Hofstad, N. Hardy and G. Lovera $9

    The Anarchist Review of Books #7 $6

    Comics

    Scorpio Venus Rising #1 by Corinne Halbert $8

    The Plot #6 Home by Neil Brideau (Radiator) $8

    Bubbles #19 An Independent Fanzine About Comics and Manga editd by Brian Baynes $8

    Dear You Written and Drawn by Giles Crawford $10

    Rimki Comix #1 Land of the Dead by Rimki $4

    Cat Gang Comix #1 by Ellen Chao $12

    Graphic Novels

    Light It Shoot It by Graham Chaffee (Fantagraphics) $24.99

    Merriment by Joe Steinhardt and Marissa Paternoster (Don Giovanni Records) $24.95

    Isle of Elsi vol 2 the Egalliv Examiner by Alec Longstreth (Phase 7 Comics) $24.95

    Igaguri: Young Judo Master by Fukui Eiichi (Bubbles Publication) $21.99

    Art Books

    Vivienne Westwood: The Story Behind the Style, Unofficial and Unauthorised by Jessica Bumpus $19.99

    FOLK PORN: Anonymous 1940s Sex Drawings by Anonymous edited by Alison M. Gingeras $20

    Politics & Revolution Books

    City Is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis by Gregory Royal Pratt $28.99

    How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons From the Movement Against Imprisonment by Rachel Herzing and Justin Piche (Haymarket) $18.95

    The Black Antifascist Tradition: Fighting Back From Anti-Lynching to Abolition by Jeanelle K. Hope & Bill V. Mullen (Haymarket) $24.95

    Music, Film & TV Books

    Neue Deutsche Welle (33 1/3 Genre Series) by Claudia Lonkin $19.95

    Math Rock (33 1/3 Genre Series) by Jeff Gomez $19.95

    Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino $21

    Companions of Doctor Who edited by David Bushman and Ken Deep $19.99

    Weird Music That Goes on Forever: A Punk’s Guide to Loving Jazz by Bob Suren, illustrated by Brian Walsby (Microcosm) $16.99

    Live: Why We Go Out by Robert Elms (Unbound) $26.95

    Mayhem & Outer Limits

    Queens of the Underworld: A Journey into the Lives of Female Crooks by Caitlin Davies $21.99

    Encyclopedia of Rootical Folklore: Plant Tales From Africa and the Diaspora by Natty Mark Samuels (Scorched Earth Press) $24.95

    Fiction

    Stitches: Short Stories by Hirokatsu Kihara, art by Junji Ito $18

    Rainbow Black: A Novel by Maggie Thrash $18.99

    The Snow Ghost and Other Tales: Classic Japanese Ghost Stories edited by Lafcadio Hearn, Yei Theodora Ozaki and Richard Gordon Smith $29.99

    More books in The British Library series:
    Flaw In the Crystal and Other Uncanny Stories edited by May Sinclair $16.99
    Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny edited by Fiona Snailham $16.99
    Penny Bloods Gothic Tales of Dangerous Women edited by Nicole C. Dittmer $24.99

    Bikes, the Universe, and Everything: Feminist, Fantastical Tales of Bikes and Books by Elly Blue (Microcosm) $12.95

    Bloodline: A Novel by Jenn Alexander $18.95

    DIY Books

    Unfuck Your Business Workbook: Using Math and Brain Science to Run a Successful Business by Joe Biel and Dr. Faith G. Harper (Microcosm) $14.99

    Essay Books

    No Judgment: Essays by Lauren Oyler $28.99

    Like Love: Essays and Conversations by Maggie Nelson $32

    Christian Atheism: How to Be a Real Materialist by Slavoj Zizek $19.95

    Chap Books

    Micropoetry for Microplanets by Brian U Garrison and Gowri Savoor $6

  • Rob Drew Celebrates Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable, June 22nd

    Rob Drew Celebrates
    Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable,
    In Conversation with Liz Mason
    at Quimby’s Bookstore
    1854 W. North Ave
    Saturday, June 22nd, 3pm

    Quimby’s welcomes Rob Drew to celebrate the release of his book Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable on Saturday, June 22nd at 3pm, in conversation with Quimby’s manager Liz Mason.

    Join us to hear Dr. Rob Drew trace the history of the cassette tape, a cheap, low-fidelity music medium that fans grew to love. Rob will discuss how cassettes upended the music industry, inspired independent musicians, and initiated rituals of music sharing through mix tapes.

     

    Well into the new millennium, the analog cassette tape continues to claw its way back from obsolescence. New cassette labels emerge from hipster enclaves while the cassette’s likeness pops up on T-shirts, coffee mugs, belt buckles, and cell phone cases. In Unspooled, Rob Drew traces how a lowly, hissy format that began life in office dictation machines and cheap portable players came to be regarded as a token of intimate expression through music and a source of cultural capital. Drawing on sources ranging from obscure music zines to transcripts of Congressional hearings, Drew examines a moment in the early 1980s when music industry representatives argued that the cassette encouraged piracy. At the same time, 1980s indie rock culture used the cassette as a symbol to define itself as an outsider community. Indie’s love affair with the cassette culminated in the mixtape, which advanced indie’s image as a gift economy. By telling the cassette’s long and winding history, Drew demonstrates that sharing cassettes became an acceptable and meaningful mode of communication that initiated rituals of independent music recording, re-recording, and gifting.

    “Offering a comprehensive history of the cassette from its origins in post-World War II taping technologies to the recent revival of the music cassette as a hipster artifact, Unspooled is the first book to give an extended account of the various ways that cassettes have transformed musical culture. This wonderfully engaging, clear, and witty book will appeal to a wide audience of music fans and critics interested in mixtapes, cassettes, and cassette culture and will become a classic in many fields.” -Will Straw, Professor of Urban Media Studies, McGill University

    “Rob Drew is one of my favorite writers on music, and I wish more people knew about his work. This is the definitive cultural history of indie music’s tangled but fascinating love affair with the audiocassette.” -David Hesmondhalgh, author of Why Music Matters

    “Any readers who have ever received or created a mixtape will appreciate this narrative. A solid blend of history and nostalgia about cassette tapes that’s perfect for Gen Xers.” -Tina Panik, Library Journal

    “The story of the cassette tape Drew and Masters tell is compelling: how a lo-fi, accident- and deterioration-prone, and more-or-less parasitic audio technology not only achieved market dominance but captured a permanent place in the imaginations and practices of music-makers, labels, distributors, and fans the world over. Unspooled and High Bias show readers that the peculiar technology of the cassette tape exemplifies the inherent contradictions of popular music perhaps better than any other medium.” — David Pike, Popmatters

    “Divided into six sharp chapters, Unspooled walks readers through the rich history of music nerds who used cassettes in ever-evolving ways. By following the chronology, Drew provides a detailed exploration of the cassette in terms of format, medium, and artifact.” — Adam P. Newton, Treble Zine (Read the full review here.)

    Rob Drew is Professor of Communication at Saginaw Valley State University and author of Karaoke Nights: An Ethnographic Rhapsody. Follow him at @slobster48602

    Liz Mason is the manager of Quimby’s Bookstore, a zine publisher, a mix tape aficionado and a karaoke enthusiast. Follow her at @caboosezine

    Want the Facebook event invite for this? Here ya go!

    Watch Rob on the “Cassette Books Mixtape” panel with Marc Masters (High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape), Jerry Kranitz (Cassette Culture: Homemade Music and the Creative Spirit in the Pre-Internet Age), moderated by Tom McCourt.