Just one more reminder that Paul Harding, author of Tinkers will be here tomorrow, Feb. 28th, Saturday at 2:00 pm. I have just finished reading his book, and damn, can he write. I hesitate to pull any one quote from his book to illustrate my point. The whole novel fits together so well, that to isolate one particle from the whole may fail to give a sense of meaning Paul has extracted from these New England lives.
I will however pull another quote from his Powell’s interview:
This is one reason why dispositionally you end up a fiction writer rather than a philosopher: You can take these ideas and investigate them; in the context of fiction, you’re under no obligation to prove them. They can all exhibit their own virtues and shortcomings, and then when you lay them next to each other, they create something like chords and harmonies. They reverberate amongst themselves. The hope is that the whole is more than the parts.
Pretty cool post from greenbuildingelements.com. A 12 year old wins design contest by developing a homeless shelter from trash.
The winner, Alfie Patton says:
“When I was six,†Max said, “I won an invention contest that included a trip to Chicago. While there, I saw homeless people living on streets, and beneath highways and underpasses. I felt very sorry for these people, and ever since then, felt that my goal and obligation was to find a way to help them. My invention improves the living conditions for homeless people, refugees, or disaster victims by giving them easy-to-assemble shelter.â€
For the Buddhists or those interested in Buddhism, there is a new translation of The Lotus Sutra by Gene Reeves. It is not necesserily for scholars, and instead focuses on readability for a modern audience who may not have a technical Buddhist vocabulry.
Every week we post a few titles from the freshly stocked records and cd’s. We restock our music section every Saturday. Selling vinyl is labor intensive, since they all have to be thoroughly cleaned, graded and researched. Along with our selection for this series, we also post a few Mp3′s, which are available for one week only.
We almost always have a lot of great stuff in the pipeline, and we have a lot of great, original Punk albums incoming. Follow us on Twitter if you want the stock updates the minute they arrive.
FM – Black Noise
FM is a progressive rock bank from Toronto, which existed from 1976 to 1989, with 2 subsequent reunions. Their music has been categorized as space rock, with lyrics dominated by science fiction themes (1st cut on side A is Phasers on Stun) . If you like progressive rock to be melodic and synth heavy, then you will like FM. Check out Hours.
Dave Mason – Alone Together
Dave Mason is an English musician, singer, songwriter from Worcester, who first found fame with Traffic. In his long career, Mason has played and recorded with many of the era’s most notable musicians, including Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Mama Cass Elliot. Mason’s best known song is Feelin’ Alright?, recorded by Traffic in 1968 and covered by dozens of artists, including Joe Cocker, who had a major hit with the song in 1969. For Traffic, he also wrote Hole in My Show, a kind of psychedelic satire that became a classic in its own right. This a picture disk with a marbled, swirled look that is meant to resemble the rock on the cover. No Mp3 for this one but the video below is for Sad and Deep as You:
Wire Train – Between Two Words
Wire Train is a great San Francisco pop/rock band. This is their second full length album and continues their intricate guitar and poetry play. This album is a great, inexpensive way to listen to this band that seems to have disappeared with their CD out of print and not available digitally. Check out Last Perfect Thing to see if they are for you.
Elvis Presley – Interviews and Memories of the Sun Years
This LP is for the hardcore Elvis fans out there. Compiled and edited in 1977. Contains parts from recording sessions, plus excerpts of his Sun recordings – issued and unissued (at least at that time), rare intros on stage and television. Sam Phillips puts in an appearance. Listen to an excerpt.
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic (Original Quadraphonic Issue from 1974)
Includes the song Rikki Don’t Lose That Number which went on to become a number one hit, and Parker’s Band which is a tribute to jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. This is their third album, from when they were still considered a “true” group and touring with the original line up. We selected Through With Buzz as our Mp3 selection.
Apples in Stereo – Her Wallpaper Reverie CD
The venerable, indie pop 60′s revivalists are part of the Elephant 6 collective that includes Neutral Milk Hotel and Olivia Tremor Control. They will put a smile on your face. Listen to Questions and Answers, and see if I am not right.
Bria Sullivan just emailed me the press release about the open-mic nite we will be hosting here, March 19th.
Stand Up and Speak!
A Community Open-Mic Nite
In Honor of Women’s History Month & the Brave Ladies Who Shaped Our Great History!
Performers and Appreciators Welcome!!
All are invited to bring original poetry, short stories, creative fiction, songs, spoken word pieces, music or just an appreciating ear to The Rabbit Hole in downtown Fitchburg Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at 6pm for an inspiring night of passionate thoughts, ideas, and a marvelous mingling of minds seeking expression and global progression.
Join Fitchburg, Fitchburg State College and Women’s History Month for this long overdue community event.
Please keep pieces under 6 minutes and bring a positive attitude, an open mind, a brilliant smile and don’t be afraid to stand up and shout when it hits you!
Okay, I broke down and signed up at twitter, for the store. Just dipping the toe in at the moment, and I will spend some time getting the lay of the land. (Aren’t mixed metaphors painful?) We are @RabbitHoleUsa, if you want to follow.
We will answer questions and stuff, if you want to send us a tweet. If you don’t know what twitter is, its a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Apparently addictive.
A few twitter posts about Paul Harding’s book Tinker:
RiverRunBooks: “Tinkers” by Paul Harding is one of the best novels I’ve read in ages. He’s going to come to RiverRun in March!
readandbreathe: Just stumbled across Powell’s intvw with Paul Harding, author of “Tinkers”. One of the best lit debuts in a long time: http://bit.ly/300km6
readandbreathe: It’s going to be a late night. I’ve started Paul Harding’s “Tinkers” and can’t put it down. Why is there not more buzz about this book?!
He’ll be here on the 28th! Plan on reading the book this weekend, and will report back. So many glowing reviews.
We are in the process of getting a new sign made, and below is the design that was submitted to us for our consideration. It would hang on a substantial sized hook, so you can see it driving or walking down Main Street. Feel free to let us know what you think. We still have a few hoops to jump through before it is all settled. The picture is not the greatest, since I don’t have access to my scanner at the moment, but you can kind of use your imagination.
We still have some signed copies of Ann Brashares’ book in stock - 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows. Another title in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. This book is geared toward younger readers, but really for fans of the series of all ages. Publishers Weekly said, “Brashares gets her characters’ emotions and interactions just right.â€
I had to ask myself why did I like reading the Scott Pilgrim series so much. Is it because it is awesome? Well, yeah. Did I learn anything? Well…Not in the sense of hard science or where Turkmenistan is located geographically.
Scott Pilgrim is a lucky guy, who falls in love, and then must fight off his love’s evil boyfriends as they pop in and out of the story. Much of the story involves Ninjas, subspace doors, Indie rock bands, friends and underemployed roommates. Will these books change your life? If you need some fun, then yes.
Plus, Edgar Wright is directing a movie based on the series. He’s the guy who brought us Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. If you don’t know anything about those movies, then these comics may not be for you.
[T]here’s much more to Scott Pilgrim than simple hipness. Dovetailing romance, comedy, martial arts, and science fiction with a cartoony style that draws from manga and video games, the series began in 2004 after O’Malley’s beautiful, brooding debut Lost At Sea sank without a trace. Scott Pilgrim‘s vivid energy quickly drew attention: Revolving around the titular hero—a hapless twentysomething who must battle his girlfriend’s evil ex-boyfriends while learning to cope with a gay roommate, a struggling band, and the looming responsibilities of adulthood—the book sweetly balances silly fantasy with tangible drama and consequence.
Just one more reminder that Paul Harding, author of Tinkers will be here tomorrow, Feb. 28th, Saturday at 2:00 pm. I have just finished reading his book, and damn, can he write. I hesitate to pull any one quote from his book to illustrate my point. The whole novel fits together so well, that to isolate one particle from the whole may fail to give a sense of meaning Paul has extracted from these New England lives.
I had to ask myself why did I like reading the Scott Pilgrim series so much. Is it because it is awesome? Well, yeah. Did I learn anything? Well…Not in the sense of hard science or where 
