4 days ago by Mel

The way this book came to be in my hands is embarrassing. I’m a relatively new bookseller (“relatively” means I’m a fetus compared to my Boswell peeps, some of whom have been in the biz for at least a decade), so I come strolling onto the floor for my shift, and run into Daniel, who is talking to a ...

6 days ago by Daniel Goldin

With me out of town for several days, I did not want to over-schedule events at the store. Our event calendar has a rhythm and my time away from the store is beginning to conform to that rhythm. Though I'd much rather be gone in spring and fall, that's prime event time. It's winter (with its weather ...

10 days ago by walt IV

I just started jamming this release and I wanted to make sure that it made up here as soon as possible. Magical Mistakes is Erik Luebs who "hails from the golden state of California" but now resides in Japan. His sound brings to mind some of the work that my boy Sea Things did on his first release a ...

18 days ago by Snow Patrol

Date of Birth: October 12, 1977 Where Was He Born: Bretton Woods, NH Interesting Youth Highlights: Bode’s parents took a novel approach to raising him and for many years they lived in a cabin without running water or electricity. He did not attend regular school until after his parents divorced. Bod ...

18 days ago by 2sweetnsaxy

Hi guys! I'm sorry I missed last week and late this week. I've been more than a little distracted. Car problems and such that have really... well, lets just say I'm still working on trying to get things back on some normal balance in my life. I hope I haven't lost any of you and I hope you're still ...

21 days ago by Jonathan

From the album: “Program Music I” (2007) Born in Hiroshima, kashiwa daisuke started off as the tokyo-based composer and guitarist of postrock band “yodaka” in 2001. Having evaluated their sound, they have been praised by Jim O’Rourke. Being inspired by their psychedelic sound due to a postrock appro ...

32 days ago by lespwa4haiti

VIA KRISTA’S MOM ___________________________________________ Message from the lovely Krista Mollette (keep those prayers coming Hello all my favorite people, Just wanted to let you know that I am safe and sound. Gardy and Pypo both met me at the airport and Pypo brought his cousin’s car so we didn’t ...

33 days ago

I recently read Abe Clark’s book Running Water, about his 136 day solo run across America in 2010. Motivated by the devastation of the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, he set out from Oceanside, CA, the next month to raise money for Living Water International, a charity which works to provide cl ...

40 days ago by Jill

Abe Clark reached out to me and asked if I would like to read his book about his run across the country. I jumped on the opportunity; I love reading and I love stories like this… I highly doubt I’ll ever run across the country, so I can live vicariously through these types of stories! Running Water ...

51 days ago by Chad Bonin Knux Five

Game Review: Sonic CD Release Date: 12/14/2011 Genre: Platformer Developer: Sonic Team, Blit Software/Christian Whitehead Available Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Android, iOS MSRP: 400 MS Points, $5 (PSN), $1.99 (iOS) ESRB Rating: E for Everyone Website Sonic the Hedgehog is back! Shortly afte ...