October 10th Newsletter

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  • Now Jump: Inaugural Festival of the Nam June Paik Art Center
    Now Jump: Inaugural Festival of the Nam June Paik Art Center
    $45.00 | , ,

    “This catalogue was published to commemoration of the inaugural Festival of the Nam June Paik Art Center that took place on October 9, 2008. NOW JUMP, the title of the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Jean Genet – The Thief’s Journal (Uncorrected Proofs)
    Jean Genet – The Thief’s Journal (Uncorrected Proofs)
    $300.00 | , ,

    Grove Press, uncorrected proofs for the 1964 edition, presented in a spiral binder. Light staining and faint ink marks to coves. Mild wear & discoloration to edges of wraps and […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Ron Silliman – Jones (Very rare chapbook)
    Ron Silliman – Jones (Very rare chapbook)
    $40.00 | , ,

    Part of Silliman’s Alphabet series/long-form poem. Generator, 1993 Staple-bound chapbook. Cornerwear, light discoloration and creasing to wraps.

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground (extremely scarce)
    Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground (extremely…
    $40.00 | , ,

    “Guerrillas, fugitives and other members of the “underground” must exploit existing resources to communicate secretly. This book tells you how they use improvised microfilm, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Olga Tokarczuk – House Of Day, House Of Night (scarce edition)
    Olga Tokarczuk – House Of Day, House Of Night (scarce edition)
    $50.00 | , ,

    Nowa Ruda is a small town in Silesia, an area that has been a part of Poland, Germany, and the former Czechoslovakia in the past. When the narrator moves into […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • V/A – A Lowtides Rising… (Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Acoustic Music)
    V/A – A Lowtides Rising… (Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Ac…
    $30.00 | , ,

    Featuring: Peter Wright, CJA and Annamarie, Sleep. Pumice, Kieran Monaghan (mr sterile), Swagger Jack, Birchville Cat Motel, Richard Francis, 1/3 Octave Band, Tim Cornelius (Sandoz Lab Techs), [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Eric Demarsan ‎– Le Cercle Rouge
    Eric Demarsan ‎– Le Cercle Rouge
    $40.00 | , ,

    “Starting as a collaborator of François de Roubaix and Michel Magne in the 60s, Eric Demarsan went on to become a mainstay of French cinema soundtracks, composing for directors such […]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Arlean Brown ‎– Sings The Blues In The Loop
    Arlean Brown ‎– Sings The Blues In The Loop
    $120.00 | , ,

    “If you wandered into a smoky South Side club in Chicago during the early ’70s, there’s a good chance you’d have been met by the raw, unvarnished truth of Arelean […]

    GENRE: Rhythm & Blues
  • Tertium Quid – Days Of Trinity / Megalomania
    Tertium Quid – Days Of Trinity / Megalomania
    $45.00 | , ,

    Sole single from these avant-pop weirdos. Sounds like the catchier bits from Ralph Records, fed through a uranium tube. Label: Cheap Records – 110032X Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Residents, Uninc. ‎– Santa Dog
    Residents, Uninc. ‎– Santa Dog
    $40.00 | , ,

    “Welcome to the wild, bizarro world of the experimental artists called The Residents. Little is known about the group’s origins or its members’ identities, although it is widely [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Animism In Art And Performance
    Animism In Art And Performance
    $45.00 | , ,

    This book explores Māori indigenous and non-indigenous scholarship corresponding with the term ‘animism’. In addressing visual, media and performance art, it explores the dualisms of people and [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Justin Green – Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary
    Justin Green – Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary
    $70.00 | , ,

    A lost classic of underground cartooning, Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary is Justin Green’s autobiographical portrayal of his struggle with religion and his own neuroses. Binky Brown is [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • NSK from Kapital to Capital: Neue Slowenische Kunst-an Event of the Final Decade of Yugoslavia
    NSK from Kapital to Capital: Neue Slowenische Kunst-an Event of the Fi…
    $20.00 | , ,

    The generously illustrated, lavishly documented story of NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst), the eastern European art collective present at the last revolution of the twentieth century. This book is [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Non-Fiction
  • Jenny Saville: Catalog (English/Italian Edition)
    Jenny Saville: Catalog (English/Italian Edition)
    $25.00 | , ,

    A monograph containing a selection of Jenny Saville’s paintings, along with writings on her work in English & Italian. MACRO, 2005 Softcover edition. Light general wear.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Stooges ‎– The Stooges (1969 Pressing, looks G+/plays VG)
    The Stooges ‎– The Stooges (1969 Pressing, looks G+/plays VG)
    $165.00 | , ,

    “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