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Tainted Reality presents J-Rock bands GPKISM and Seileen Signing
Put on your goth-loli duds, pop open your Vivienne Westwood parasol, and meet the Japanese rock (J-Rock) bands GPKISM and Seileen, who will be signing their merch here at Quimby’s. No, they’re not playing any sets here. They’re just signing stuff. Only their stuff you buy here. Later that day, they’ll be J-rockin’ out at the Subterranean, down the street from Quimby’s.
GPKISM (see above) is the gothic/industrial group consisting of Gothique Prince Ken and Kiwamu (former guitarist of BLOOD). GPKISM is the manifestation of baroque essence fused with electro/industrial sound, creating a unique world both decadent and sublime. GPK’s (Gothique Prince Ken) operatic vocals, and Kiwamu’s gothic guitar come together to create a dramatic sound, which combines baroque and EBM styles. Their current music is themed around the “Bloody Lady of Cachtice”, Countess Elizabeth Báthory. Visit www.myspace.com/gpkism
Seileen (see below) is the goth/industrial dance group started by Selia and SiSeN in 2005. The group’s sound puts a mystic emphasis on Selia serene, mysterious vocals set to SiSeN’s dark electro DJ styling. Half of the band is DJ SiSeN, a professional model who showcases for Japanese clothing designer, Takuya Angel. His unique fashion sense and blazing DJ style have made him a world-renowned icon of the Japanese cyber goth and club scenes. Visit myspace.com/sisen and myspace.com/seliasisen
Bands play at 7pm down the street at Subterranean, 2011 West North Avenue. Opening band: Buranden, and DJ set before the show by DJ SiSeN.
Tainted Reality is the premiere source of J-Rock entertainment in the U.S., which hosts an internet radio network dedicated to Japanese musical programming, organizes tours, and produces a variety of media. Visit www.taintedreality.net.
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Twitter Updates for 2010-01-20
- The Tattooed Lady at Quimby's 2/19. More info: http://quimbys.com/blog/news/amelia-klem-osterud/ #
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Amelia Klem Osterud Reads From The Tattooed Lady: A History
Amelia Klem Osterud is an academic librari¬an from Milwaukee who is working diligently on becoming heavily tattooed. Osterud has a master’s degree in history from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and writes and lectures on the subject of tattooing. She is the author of “A Life of Her Own Choosing: Artoria Gibbons’ Fifty Years as a Tattooed Lady,” published in the Wisconsin Magazine of History. This is her first book.
“Tattooed ladies were a part of forgotten American history, often dismissed in print as second-rate circus freaks or as monstrous, yet sexy anomalies,” explains author Amelia Klem Osterud.
There is shockingly little documentation recounting the women (and men) who launched the cultural movement of tattooing. Publicity photos show up in general tattooing books, but the real stories behind these sideshow marvels remain a mystery, until now.The first book of its kind, The Tattooed Lady explores the duality of life on- and offstage for these gutsy women. Through photographs, interviews, work histories, and newspaper articles, women such as Artoria Gibbons, Nora Hildebrandt, and Irene Woodward are fully fleshed out, allowing us a greater understanding of why they got tattooed, the rewards and regrets that came along with that career path, and the women behind their onstage, larger-than-life persona.
Visit Amelia Klem Osterud’s author blog at www.tattooedladyhistory.vox.com . For more info: www.fulcrumbooks.com
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Twitter Updates for 2010-01-19
- Quimby's Top Sellers Last Week http://quimbys.com/blog/bestsellers/top-10-this-week-5/ #
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Troy Taylor Presents The Murder & Mayhem in Chicago Series
From the North Side to the South, and from Downtown to the outer edge of the West Side, every Chicago neighborhood has at some point been home to violence, gang influence, and corruption. Local Author Troy Taylor airs all of Chicago’s dirty laundry in this five-part series, chronicling the infamous destruction of the Great Chicago Fire, the most shocking crimes of the 1800s and the rise of the mafia during Prohibition leading to Al Capone’s eventual domination in the Windy City’s underworld. Discover the notorious capers, cons and killings that terrorized a city, and unearth the brutes, bank robbers and burlesque dancers that history could never forget as the Murder & Mayhem in Chicago series exposes the Second City’s darkest sins and dirtiest secrets.
Troy Taylor is the author of more than sixty books on history, crime, mystery and the supernatural in America. He was born and raised in Illinois and currently resides in Chicago.
For more info, go to www.historypress.net
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Top 10 This Week
1. Loop Distro Grab Bag $3.00
3. Rainbow Connection: Richard Hunt, Gay Muppeteer by Jessica Max Stein $7.00
4. People Who Are In Love Will Read This Book Differently by Cindy St. John $5.00
5. Pinstriped Bloodbath, ed. by Jeff Zwirek $8.00
6. Cometbus #53 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00
7. Juxtapoz #109 Feb 10 $5.99
8. Hi Fructose #14 Feb 2010 $6.95
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Twitter Updates for 2010-01-17
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New Stuff This Week
But first! The original Quimby’s owner, Steven Svymbersky was recently here to say hello before he went back to Amsterdam. Here he is with his kids, who were so cute and sweet!
And now, for the new stuff.
Big News Items!
The Baffler vol 2 #1 $12.00 – Yes! It’s true! A new issue!
Loop Distro Zine Grab Bag $3.00 – Billy is moving on from zine distro-ing and has made some supercool grab bags of awesomeness of some of the stuff that he still has that needs good homes to go to. Perhaps you might adopt these little pups.
Zines & Chap Books
Mae West Defense by Julie Strand $5.00
People Who Are In Love Will Read This Book Differently by Cindy St. John $5.00
Wiggansnatch #21 by Laughing Otter $2.00
Laughter Zine by Eden Batki $5.00
Think Tank for Human Beings in General by Jordan Castro $3.00
Long Walk Back to Myself by Jessica Max Stein $3.00
Mags
Tape Op #75 $4.95
Juxtapoz #109 Feb 10 $5.99
High Times Mar 10 $5.99
ArtForum Jan 10 $10.00
Scootering #283 $7.99
Elephant #1 Win 09 10 $19.99
Comix/Comics/Graphic Novels
Voids Parts 1-3 by Marchese Shayna $2.00 each
Ultimatum Premiere Edition HC by Jeph Loeb and David Finch (Marvel) $24.99
Oishinbo a La Carte Izakaya Pub Food by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaski (Viz) $12.99
You Can Do A Graphic Novel by Barbara Slate (Penguin) $19.95
Covered In Confusion by Will Dinski $5.00
Music Books
Born to Use Mics by Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai (Basic Civitas) $15.95
Political, Muckraking, and Essay Books
Beyond the Echo Chamber by Jessica Clark and Tracy Van Slyke (New Press) $19.95
Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person From Harpers Magazine, ed. by Bill Wasik (New Press) $17.95
Freefall America: Free Markets and the Sinking of the World Economy by Joseph Stiglitz (W.W. Norton) $27.95
Art Books
Hairy by Robert Greene (PowerHouse) $45.00 – Pictures of hairy guys and hairy dogs. Released in conjunction with an exhibition at Robert Miller Gallery in New York City.
Jackson 500 vol 4 by Tim Biskup (Dark Horse) $14.95
Textura Valencia Street Art by Luz Martin (MBP) $34.95
Sexy Sexy
What Color Is Your Hankerchief A Lesbian SM Sexuality Reader by Samois $5.00
Fiction
Everything Ravaged Everything Burned by Wells Tower (FSG) $24.00
Book of Heroes by Miyuki Miyabe (trans. by A. Smith) (Haika) $23.99
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin (Delacorte) $25.00
Salmonella Men on Planet Porno by Yasutaka Tsutsui (Vintage) $15.95
Sum Forty Tales From the Afterlives by David Eagleman (Vintage) $13.00
Sleepless by Charlie Huston (Ballantine) $25.00
ETA Estimated Time of Arrest by Delphine Pontvieux $18.95
Quirk
Jetpack Dreams One Mans Up and Down Search for the Greatest Invention that Never Was by Mac Montandon (Da Capo) $16.95
Bubble Gum and Hula Hoops the Origins of Objects in Our Everyday Lives by Harry Oliver (Perigree) $12.95
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Twitter Updates for 2010-01-14
- New issue of The Baffler here! We're the only store in Chicago that has it! https://www.quimbys.com/product_info.php?products_id=23247 #
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New Issue of The Baffler Here!
We’re told that we’re the ony store in Chicago right now to have this!
This issue is The Baffler vol 2 #1, and you can get it here on the web or here in the store!
It features essays by Michael Lind on the emerging American oligarchy; Yves Smith on the mountainous self-regard of the American finance industry; Chris Lehmann on libertarianism’s willful failure to understand the economic crisis; Naomi Klein’s reflections on “branding” in American politics 10 years after her magnum opus, No Logo; Matt Taibbi on the howler of a memoir just published by a certain doltish Midwestern governor; plus ruminations on the ruination of Detroit, a very funny fantasy about rumbling with the personnages of the Western literary canon, and a clever story by Paul Maliszewski.