May 3rd Newsletter
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Torn Light Records
1855 N Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60647
312.955.0614
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NEW ARRIVALS

  • Avant-Garde In The Eighties
    Avant-Garde In The Eighties
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Exhibition catalog exploring avant-garde and multimedia art of the 1980s. Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, 1987 Softcover edition. Cracking and general wear to spine. Chipping to bottom edge of [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas – Totality
    Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas – Totality
    $34.00 | , Add to cart

    Totality! It can only be good news. The second convergence of Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas, years removed from the first, misses no steps and posits low-key revolutions in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Gastr Del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife
    Gastr Del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife
    $38.00 | , Add to cart

    When placed next to each other, dueling concerns enrich each other and push the envelope into new, newer, and newest envelopes of a different color. Step inside this magnetic garden […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – The Natural Bridge
    Silver Jews – The Natural Bridge
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Includes everything that is in the script and nothing that is not in the script. A record made by Capricorns especially for Capricorns. Featuring the All-Marijuana Scarecrow. Released October 1, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – American Water
    Silver Jews – American Water
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    “The other night a snow storm left some suburban friends stranded at our place. With bourbons and beers in hand, we caught up and listened to records. It had probably […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • William Gaddis – JR
    William Gaddis – JR
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “At the center of J R is J R Vansant, a very average sixth grader from Long Island with torn sneakers, a runny nose, and a juvenile fascination with junk-mail […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Silver Jews – Bright Flight
    Silver Jews – Bright Flight
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    The first thing I remember about the recording of Bright Flight is that when we opened the door to Hum Depot’s roller rink of a basement studio, the console was […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Early Times
    Silver Jews – Early Times
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Well, “Salad Days” was taken and “Wild Turkey” sounds like an insult. These field recordings capture the birth of the Jews, from way back in the days of the Silver […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
    Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    David Berman and Co. tear through 10 more numbers, loving you to the max the whole time. Jews fans rejoice, your master is back. released October 18, 2005

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    David Berman comes in from the cold after ten long years. His new musical expression is a meltdown unparalleled in modern memory. He warns us that his findings might be […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
    The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    An exhibition catalogue of photos from the collection of Graham Nash The Nash Press, 1978 Softcover edition. Book is signed by Graham Nash. Noticeable amount of moisture damage and staining […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce)
    The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce)
    $45.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A facetious guide to emulating the look, speech patterns, thinking, and lifestyle of those who attend prep schools and are a part of high society” Workman Publishing, 1980 Softcover [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction

VINYL

  • Gastr Del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife
    Gastr Del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife
    $38.00 | , Add to cart

    When placed next to each other, dueling concerns enrich each other and push the envelope into new, newer, and newest envelopes of a different color. Step inside this magnetic garden […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas – Totality
    Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas – Totality
    $34.00 | , Add to cart

    Totality! It can only be good news. The second convergence of Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas, years removed from the first, misses no steps and posits low-key revolutions in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Silver Jews – The Natural Bridge
    Silver Jews – The Natural Bridge
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Includes everything that is in the script and nothing that is not in the script. A record made by Capricorns especially for Capricorns. Featuring the All-Marijuana Scarecrow. Released October 1, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – American Water
    Silver Jews – American Water
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    “The other night a snow storm left some suburban friends stranded at our place. With bourbons and beers in hand, we caught up and listened to records. It had probably […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Bright Flight
    Silver Jews – Bright Flight
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    The first thing I remember about the recording of Bright Flight is that when we opened the door to Hum Depot’s roller rink of a basement studio, the console was […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Early Times
    Silver Jews – Early Times
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Well, “Salad Days” was taken and “Wild Turkey” sounds like an insult. These field recordings capture the birth of the Jews, from way back in the days of the Silver […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    David Berman comes in from the cold after ten long years. His new musical expression is a meltdown unparalleled in modern memory. He warns us that his findings might be […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
    Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    David Berman and Co. tear through 10 more numbers, loving you to the max the whole time. Jews fans rejoice, your master is back. released October 18, 2005

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Stooges ‎– The Stooges
    The Stooges ‎– The Stooges
    $175.00 | , , Add to cart

    “While the Stooges had a few obvious points of influence — the swagger of the early Rolling Stones, the horny pound of the Troggs, the fuzztone sneer of a thousand […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • The Stooges ‎– The Stooges
    The Stooges ‎– The Stooges
    $130.00 | , , Add to cart

    “While the Stooges had a few obvious points of influence — the swagger of the early Rolling Stones, the horny pound of the Troggs, the fuzztone sneer of a thousand […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Le Gip ‎– The Voodoo Drums Of Le Gip
    Le Gip ‎– The Voodoo Drums Of Le Gip
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    ** two copies available. Kind of exploitive cover & write up, but still a cool drum & vocal record from “Le Gip” … ? VG+/VG+ one copy has bent lower […]

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge
  • Groupe Les Chleu-Chleu ‎– Haiti, Mon Pays
    Groupe Les Chleu-Chleu ‎– Haiti, Mon Pays
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    Mid 60s Compas gold. Beautiful saxophone on this. VG/VG

    GENRE: Haitian / Compas / Merenge

CDs

BOOKS

  • Avant-Garde In The Eighties
    Avant-Garde In The Eighties
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Exhibition catalog exploring avant-garde and multimedia art of the 1980s. Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, 1987 Softcover edition. Cracking and general wear to spine. Chipping to bottom edge of [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • William Gaddis – JR
    William Gaddis – JR
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “At the center of J R is J R Vansant, a very average sixth grader from Long Island with torn sneakers, a runny nose, and a juvenile fascination with junk-mail […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
    The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    An exhibition catalogue of photos from the collection of Graham Nash The Nash Press, 1978 Softcover edition. Book is signed by Graham Nash. Noticeable amount of moisture damage and staining […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce)
    The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce)
    $45.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A facetious guide to emulating the look, speech patterns, thinking, and lifestyle of those who attend prep schools and are a part of high society” Workman Publishing, 1980 Softcover [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Olympia Reader: Selections From The Traveller’s Companion Series
    The Olympia Reader: Selections From The Traveller’s Companion Series
    $5.00 | , , Add to cart

    “An anthology of erotic literature contains selections from leading writers of the genre including Henry Miller, Jean Genet, the Marquis de Sade, and Pauline Reage” Ballantine Books, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Shadow Over Santa Susana: Black Magic, Mind Control And The Manson Family Murders (Scarce)
    The Shadow Over Santa Susana: Black Magic, Mind Control And The Manson Family Murders (Scarce)
    $40.00 | , , Add to cart

    “40 years after the infamous Tate-LaBianca murder case of August 1969, Creation Books presents a definitive account of those killings and their perpetrators, the Charles Manson Family. In [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Tupamaro Guerillas: The Structure And Strategy Of The Urban Guerrilla Movement
    The Tupamaro Guerillas: The Structure And Strategy Of The Urban Guerrilla Movement
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    A fascinating investigation and report on the Uruguayan guerilla group. Saturday Review Press, 1972 Softcover edition. Corner splaying on front wrap. General light wear/discoloration to wraps [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Theodore John Kaczynski – Industrial Society And Its Future
    Theodore John Kaczynski – Industrial Society And Its Future
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “In 1971 Dr. Theodore Kaczynski rejected modern society and moved to a primitive cabin in the woods of Montana. There, he began building bombs, which he sent to professors and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Todd Lawson – The Quran: Epic And Apocalypse
    Todd Lawson – The Quran: Epic And Apocalypse
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “How do people understand the Quran to be divine revelation? What is it about the text that inspires such devotion and commitment in the reader/believer? Todd Lawson explores how the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Vocabula Amatoria: French-English Dictionary Of Erotica
    Vocabula Amatoria: French-English Dictionary Of Erotica
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    A usable and convenient French-English dictionary of terms commonly used in erotica. University Books Inc, 1966 Hardcover edition. Some discoloration/wear to dustjacket apparent under mylar  

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William S Burroughs – Cities Of The Red Night
    William S Burroughs – Cities Of The Red Night
    $7.00 | , , Add to cart

    “While young men wage war against an evil empire of zealous mutants, the population of this modern inferno is afflicted with the epidemic of a radioactive virus. An opium-infused [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William S Burroughs – Exterminator
    William S Burroughs – Exterminator
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive