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We have a ton of Believer Magazine back issues in stock right now. The standard issues, the Art issues, the Film issues, the Music issues…all chock full of intelligent goodness.

Joy Shannon & The Beauty Marks “Out of My Dreams and Into My Arms” CD

This is the 4th studio album from the Long Beach-based band “The Beauty Marks.” Songwriter Joy Shannon crafts moving, introspective songs on Celtic harp, cello, harmonium and is backed by guitar, bass and drums.
$10 CD

Packaging design and artwork by Suzanne Walsh.

We currently have copies of Dave van Patten’s outstanding graphic novels “Black Candy” and “The Beard of Buffalo Timber”. His books don’t stay in stock for long, so come on down and support a local artist, and of course, a local business.

We are very happy to have blank journals back in stock and these hand-crafted creations come from the hands of Jeremy Wyngaard.

Grab one while you can, they’re going fast!

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 4th
6-8pm

Show runs February 4th thru March 25th

DDR Projects is proud to welcome Canadian artist Alexa Hatanaka to {open} on Saturday February 4^th, 2012 at 6:00PM for an exhibit of her recent screen printed and hand embellished works done during her recent tour of China.

Alexa Hatanaka is a Toronto native who paints large-scale murals and creates work that is based in material exploration, craft and playful representation. To create her work she employs different combinations of printmaking, weaving and dying, painting, and papermaking. In recent years, her colorful, tactile works have been shown at the Nanjing Arts Institute in China, La Place Forte in Paris, Articulate Baboon in Egypt, and the Manifesto Festival in Toronto. Very close to Alexa’s heart are the public murals she paints in Canada’s Arctic communities. The projects are created in collaboration with NUSchool Design agency, based in Iqaluit, NU, and involve mentorship work with local youth. A large part of her practice is devoted to collaborations with her partner Patrick Thompson, which included three-dimensional installations, outdoor murals, and mixed-media pieces on traditional and unconventional substrates. Alexa is currently completing her thesis in Printmaking at OCAD University, and previously studied for two years in Sheridan College’s BAA Illustration program.

If you would like more information about the artist, this exhibit or to schedule an interview, please call John Geldbach at 562.673.3134 or email John at john@ddrprojects.com

Show runs thru January 22.

Help us clear out our current used vinyl inventory to make room for a very exciting announcement that we’ll be making very soon.
Stay tuned.

All used vinyl on sale for 50 cents!
(except priced vinyl on the wall and 78 boxed sets)

If you haven’t been by the store recently (well, shame on you) and also you haven’t seen our new window display created by Jamie Russom (mooninjunepress.com), Marilyn Larios and Charlene Russell. It was done as a holiday display but this one is definitely going to stick around for much longer.

Here are a few teaser photos, but you really need to see it in person.

Back Issue Blow Out!!!
We have a whole assortment of titles priced as low as $1
Get ‘em before they go.

Artist: Christopher Bettig
Title: Untitled Geometry I & II
Medium: Letterpress Print (Hand-Pulled) 100% Cotton Archival Paper
Colors: 2
Size: 6″ x 8″
Edition Size: 50 / Signed & Hand Numbered

$35 each

Artist: Troy Lovegates
Title: Guitar
Medium: Hand-Carved Linoleum Print on 100% Cotton Archival Paper
Colors: 3
Size: 8″ x 10″
Edition Size: 150

$50

Each hand-pulled print is unique. No two are the same. Some colors vary and some have been rendered by hand, by the artist.

Wild Pack of Canaries “The Coroner Can Wait” CD

Wild Pack makes the kind of music fit for the attentive ear, packing in layers of horns, chirping birds, mathy time signatures and oscillating reverb into surprising song progressions that work on a weird, cosmic level. De Anda’s vocals have a distinct honesty that makes you want to believe yes, these are real musicians making real music because they love it and they want to reward anyone else courteous enough to listen.

Label: Mountain Man Records
Format: Digipack CD

$8

Amalgamate: The Art, Design and Exploration of Blaine Fontana…

Straddling the physical and metaphysical, organic and architectural, painterly and graphic sensibilities, Fontana fuses multiple visual strategies to forge an aesthetic language entirely of his own making. The book contains an introduction by poet Derrick Brown, whose written and performance has won him the California Independent Book Critics’ Award in 2004 and six first-place slam finishes.

Ltd. Edition of 1,000

Hardcover, cloth with paper jacket
11 x 11″ (28 x 28cm)
108 pages
Zero+ Publishing

$45

Here’s a brief video flip through tour…VIMEO

sept 23 // 8pm // $5

Fresh from their win at the Buskerfest, Wild Pack of Canaries will be bringing their infectious rhythms and grooves to {open}, with a stripped down, almost-acoustic version of themselves. Hence the new name, Mild Pack of Canaries.

Plus we are very proud to present Stephen Steinbrink from AZ. Check out some of his tunes here.

Special  thanks to Mountain Man Records for helping present this fine evening of music.
This show is not to be missed. See you there.

Rise of the Trust Fall by Mindy Nettifee // published by Write Bloody

The poems in Mindy Nettifee’s second book, Rise of the Trust Fall, possess a magic that can only come from a seasoned writer willing to share more on the page than she’s comfortable with. Whether exploring the strange alchemy of healing, the perils of self-actualization, or the contemporary experience of womanhood, the poems in this daring collection are gorgeous and vibrant, bitingly funny, and unflinchingly honest. Rise of the Trust Fall challenges more than our understanding of ourselves. It calls us to connect to our humanity, to celebrate its flaws, and then to demand more of it, in every well crafted line.

Synopsis:

“Mindy Nettifee’s Rise of The Trust Fall is an intimate cartography of the poet that is at once lush with emotion and sharp with a bright, raw edge. This beautiful collection of poems will make you rise, rise up.” – PANK Magazine

“Mindy Nettifee poems inspire and fulfill. Rise of the Trust Fall has become a necessary book for me.” -Beau Sia, Def Poetry Jam On Broadway

“Mindy Nettifee is destined to be the next Dorothy Parker.” -Poetic Diversity

Loomer is Korey Dane’s follow-up full length to the acclaimed “For the Kite Flyers” EP.

Korey Dane hails from Long Beach, California and plays a blend of acoustic driven songs with powerful vocals and engaging lyrics.  He has a familiar, classic feel, yet are refreshingly new.  Think of it like you poured yourself a drink and dusted off an old 45 to find a lost record nobody has heard before.  Led by singer/songwriter Korey Dane, this six-piece band also includes the charming voice of Tess Shapiro, Alex Medina, John Garbutt, Tyler Juarez, and David Beltran.  Korey and Tess are both great vocalists who combine so naturally that it’s hard to ignore their obvious chemistry.  Korey also has a real knack for songwriting, reminiscent of some artists who wouldn’t be fair to mention because he could give them a run for their money. - Ian Lewis

Check out the video for Ask the Dust

aug 13 // 8pm // $5

{open} proudly presents the return of a veteran to our stage, Matt Adams and The Blank Tapes.

and don’t miss the opening set by Pageants (featuring ex-Avi Buffalo member Rebecca Coleman)

Event begins at 7pm. Stay tuned for more details.

Join us in welcoming back our great friend and amazing artist, Mr. Blaine Fontana, for the book release event for…
AMALGAMATE

From ZERO+ Publishing:

AMALGAMATE surveys the richly detailed, highly imaginative world of Blaine Fontana. Imbuing his vision with the divine symbolism of religious myths, worldly folklore and current social dynamics, his works contain a kind of shamanic exploration of meaning that recognizes the totemic quality and power of the image.

Visit Blaine’s extensive website here:
www.thefontanastudios.com