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Library Additions: Five Reference Books (And One Oddity)

Saturday, December 29th, 2018

The last of the books from the Camelot 60% off sale. All but one of these are reference books, and the other is an oddity I just didn’t include with the previously listed books.

  • (Ellison, Harlan) Richmond, Tim, compiler and editor. Fingerprints on the Sky: The Authorized Harlan Ellison Bibliography. Edgeworks Abbey/Subterranean Press, 2017. First edition hardback, #238 of 500 numbered copies signed by Ellison and Richmond, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Massive oversized hardback, roughly 12 1/2″ high by 11″ wide. Lacks an index. Bought for $30, marked down from $75.

  • (Farmer, Philip Jose) Croteau, Michael. The Best of Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip Jose Farmer. Meteor House, 2017. First edition hardback, one of 175 hardcovers signed by five of the contributors, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Contains a mixture of Farmer’s fiction, non-fiction, and essays about Farmer and his works by others, so I’ll probably end up shelving this under fiction anyway. Bought for $20, marked down from $50.

  • Golden, Christopher, editor (Clive Barker, Joe R. Lansdale, Charles L. Grant, John Ferris, etc). Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film. Borderlands Press, 1992. First hardback edition and first edition thus, #318 of 500 signed, numbered copies signed by most of the contributors (doesn’t look like Anne Rice signed it), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and Fine slipcase. Bought for $20 marked down from $50 (list price was $65).

  • King, Stephen, with John Mellencamp and T. Bone Burnett. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. Concord Music Group, 2013. Trade paperback original in slipcase, the size and shape of an old multi-record LP boxed set, with two CDs of music and a DVD in pockets at the back. Libretto for a “Southern Gothic supernatural musical thriller.” The cast they’ve assembled to sing this thing is amazing: Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Kris Kristofferson, Roseanne Cash, Sheryl Crowe, etc. Bought for $19.99 marked down from $49.99.

  • (Lovecraft, H.P.) S.T. Joshi. H.P. Lovecraft: A Comprehensive Bibliography. University of Tampa Press, 2009. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. An update of Joshi’s 1981 Lovecraft bibliography. Weighs in at a hefty 681 pages. 200 Books by S. T. Joshi, I33a.

  • Williams, Liz, and Trevor Jones. Diary of a Witchcraft Shop. NewCon Press, 2011. First edition hardback, #49 of 50 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. I already owned the second volume, of which there were 100 hardbacks. Bought for $12 marked down from $30.
  • Christmas Shoegazer: Stellarscope’s “Silent Night”

    Tuesday, December 25th, 2018

    As is the now annual tradition, enjoy Stellarscope’s version of “Silent Night”:

    Merry Christmas!

    Shoegazer Sunday: The Gathering Covers “When The Sun Hits”

    Sunday, December 23rd, 2018

    When in doubt, post a Slowdive cover…

    Shoegazer Sunday: Luke Reed’s “I’m Dreaming”

    Sunday, December 16th, 2018

    This is a pleasant enough dreampop song, but I’m posting it hear mainly because of how perfectly it mimics a certain strain of pop music circa 1984-85. You could slip this right between the Psychedelic Furs and Echo and the Bunnymen…

    Shoegazer Sunday: The Capsules’ “The Long Goodbye”

    Sunday, September 9th, 2018

    The Capsules are another band in the Saint Marie Records stable:

    Shoegazer Sunday: Pastel Blue’s “Sea Saw Song”

    Sunday, July 29th, 2018

    Been a while since I did some Pastel Blue, so here’s “See Saw Song.”

    Shoegazer Sunday: Air Formation’s “A.M.”

    Sunday, July 22nd, 2018

    Been a few years since I put up an Air Formation track, so here’s “A.M.” from their new album Near Miss.

    Sunday Shoegazer: Lorelle Meets the Obsolete’s “Waves Over Shadows”

    Sunday, July 15th, 2018

    Been a while since I did a Sunday Shoegazer. I’ve been busy.

    Operating out of Guadalajara, Mexico, Lorelle Meets the Obsolete hits a sweetspot between shoegaze, slowcore and psychadelic, sounding a little bit like a heavier Mazzy Star. “Waves Over Shadows” is off Balance.

    Shoegazer Sunday: SPC ECO’s “Zombie”

    Sunday, May 27th, 2018

    Been a while since I put up any SPC ECO. I could have sworn I already posted “Zombie,” but I’m not seeing it anywhere.

    Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “No Longer Making Time” Live in Asheville, NC

    Sunday, May 6th, 2018

    Slowdive put on a great show at Stubb’s on April 28. One of the surprising things about it was how much of a rocker “No Longer Making Time” is live. There doesn’t appear to be a good video of that available online, so here’s a pretty good version from their Asheville, NC on November 17, 2017.

    Note: There’s a little glitch at the end, where it looks like the person recording the video forgot there’s a little coda at the end of the song and turned their cell phone video off for a few seconds…