By Robert M. Tilendis, on May 13th, 2012
Of course. (Well, it’s about music, even if it’s not really music itself. Mostly.) Why would we want it any different?
Let’s do something a little out of the ordinary (if you can figure out what “ordinary” is for us): We have a look at a version of Sergei Prokofiev’s perennial favorite, Peter and the Wolf
And now, for a slightly more modern classic, let’s see what our reviewer has to say about David Rees’ Minstrels in the Gallery: A History of Jethro Tull . Yes, it’s a biography of a band. (Not that we’ve never done anything like that here.)
From there to another biography of another icon, Jimi Hendrix: Musician Jimi Hendrix: The Man, the Magic, the Truth
And to finish off for today, something completely different, found in our Archives: Anerca
I see we’ve got more in the bin, so I’ll be back soon. See you then.
By Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, on May 12th, 2012
Looking for an offbeat mystery to read complete with memorable characters and a truly gothic feel to it? So imagine a novel that spans the month leading up to All Hallows Eve when either an ancient tentecled horror will be loosed up reality or it will remain imprisoned for another year. Now further imagine that the tale is not told by the human (and not so human) players involved in this Great Game but rather is narrated entirely from the viewpoint of one of their familiars?
Intriguing? If so, welcome to Roger Zelazny’s A Night in Lonesome October
(Digression time. Gahan Wilson who is best known for his macabre Playboy cartoons illustrated this book and it is some of his best work!)
Even better that reading it is hearing Zelazny reading his story! Yes, there’s an easily available recording of him as the narrator which our reviewer says of that ‘Zelazny is a very good reader; he manages to shift inflection and tone to indicate different characters without going overboard, a neat trick in a book so heavy in dialogue and short on dialogue tags.’
Zelazny was one of our best storytellers ever and this work, though considered a minor work by most critics, is among his best as pure storytelling. No, it’s not the sprawling epic of his Amber Chronicles nor is it is mythopoeic as his Isle of Dead tale, but it’s pure, skald style storytelling at it’s very best. Turn down the lights, turn your iPod on, and settle back for many an hour of really great listening .
By Reynard, on May 11th, 2012
We’ve added a few MP3s to the Infinite Jukebox for your listening pleasure. As always I will note that these MP3s have been uploaded with the full and explicit permission of the copyright holders and are intended for for your personal use only, and are not to copied and used elsewhere on the net.
Flash Girls , the folk rock slash trad duo of Emma Bull and Lorraine Garland with “Postmortem On Our Love” being written by Neil Gaiman, and “Tea And Corpses” .
I see that we also have “The Sea Wolf” from the Folk Underground duo that featured Lorraine Garland from the Flash Girls on vocals. The “Norwegian Dance From Hungary” drew raves from our reviewer of Buried Things , the album it was on: ‘definitely a Norwegian dance from Hungary. A wonderful composition by Garland that truly speaks to both traditions and shows the connections between the two. Absolutely lovely. It’s also a nice spot for an instrumental piece and it shows off her compositional abilities.’
Out next selection, “For It All” , is by Cats Laughing, a group that had many vocalists including Bull and Garland. Cats Laughing is, for the most part, a folk rock group but this is really a great rock and roll song complete with guest instrumental by a motorcycle.
(Readers of Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks novel will recognize it as the lyrics appear in that wonderful urban fantasy.)
Now a bit of video for you to finish this post off. Did you know there was a trailer for Emma Bull and Will Shetterly’s War for The Oaks movie? Alas, the movie itself never got made but Emma made one amazing Faerie Queen in this trailer! And there’s a lot of music packed into this short film.
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By Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, on May 10th, 2012
I used to drink my Earl Grey tea with just a splash of cold whole milk in it but colder weather called for something warmer and perhaps a bit more hearty feeling. Asking about for ideas several years back from staff and visitors alike here at the Kinrowan Estate, Reynard not surprisingly had the suggestion I went with — London Fog.
That claim is predated by that of a Starbucks in Calgary, Alberta, where customers have been asking for this drink since the winter of 2004. It is common in Washington and Oregon, as well as in BC’s lower mainland and throughout British Columbia and Alberta, so it’s sort of a regional drink for the Cascadia region.
I have trouble believing either claim is correct as they only date back a few years. It most likely arose in myriad coffeehouses, as the better ones have carried tea alongside coffee for close to twenty years and they would have the steamer needed to properly make this brew. Like other fairly simple culinary efforts, it’s likely we’ll never know who first served this brew.
The quick and dirty approach and ingredients are here:
16 oz of milk. (2% or whole)
Brew a small amount of Earl Grey tea. Add about ½ cup of boiling water to a mug along with a bag of Earl Grey. The result is an Earl Grey tea concentrate. Let steep for 2-4 minutes to achieve optimum flavor.
Heat up milk. Access to a steamer is preferred.
Add the vanilla syrup. Adjust according to taste.
But that’s not the way we make here as we use loose leaf Earl Grey tea — no crappy bagged tea here! — steeped a full five minutes and then add it to whole milk after the milk has properly steamed. And I prefer it sans vanilla but if we use vanilla, as some folk here do like it, it’s in the form of Madagascar whole stick vanilla. (We do strawberries served with hand-cranked vanilla ice cream made with superb Madagascar vanilla during strawberry season Ymmmmm!)
Serve in a properly sized mug with a small opening to hold the heat and enjoy.
By Robert M. Tilendis, on May 9th, 2012
Welcome. Glad you could stop by for a few minutes. I gather the directions were adequate — this is not an easy room to find, which is perfectly OK. It’s nice to have a little hidey-hole where no one can find you if you don’t want to be found. Oh, no, not at all — the directions here only work once. If you want to visit again, I’ll have to give you a new set. Here, just make yourself comfortable over here by the fire. It’s still a little nippy out in the evening, and I like having a nice fire to warm my toes while I’m reading, since the cats would rather be warming themselves. Yes, somehow they always seem to be able to find my little refuge, but then, they’re cats. Would you like a cocktail? I’ve got some nice scotch here, or perhaps a good dark rum? The demeraras are wonderful on the rocks with just a squeeze of lime. No, just move a cat and have a seat. Oh, those are perfectly anonymous chrome chairs from the thirties that I found at a second-hand store and had fixed up. They’re really amazingly comfortable — good cushions — and the lines are superb. Excellent design. Sorry for the clutter — I’ve just gotten a raft of new books and CDs that I’m still sorting out. I hate trying to review things willy-nilly, so I like to put them in groups that make some sort of sense, and I haven’t quite gotten this batch figured out yet. There you are — ah, I thought you’d like that. It’s the lime that makes it work. Oh, the Bechstein? No, I don’t play — I figure there’s one area where I should just be free to enjoy without having any sort of investment. The Bechstein was a gift — supposedly belonged to Bartok and was smuggled out of Hungary before the War. I have no idea how one smuggles a grand piano.
I see you’ve noticed the photographs. Yes, I’ve always loved that Weston — it’s a study of his son Neil, and it has such a wonderful look, like a Roman sculpture. The cropping only reinforces that feeling — like an ancient marble torso dug out of the ruins somewhere. I suppose these days someone would call it child pornography and want it burned, but I don’t find it erotic at all, not like the Skrebneski over there. That’s always been one of my favorites of his. No, my own are in sleeves in my studio, where they belong — I don’t really want to be surrounded by my own work all the time. Well, except for this one, which is about my favorite piece of my own. That’s actually a digital print — no, really. It’s from a black-and-white negative and I photoshopped the hell out of it to put in the color. The flat file over there has most of the landscapes except for these Callahans — I love the way the grasses and reeds echo each other; they make such a great pair, light and dark like that. The Victorian pornography is with the art books, over here, next to the poetry. I picked them up at auction a few years ago. They’re really funny when one considers ‘dirty pictures’ these days, and I have to confess, I can’t let go of the idea that at least some of them are tongue-in-cheek — if you’ll pardon the expression. The science fiction and fantasy are over here, next to the folklore and mythology, and then there’s the anthropology, psychology, history and biography section next to the window seat. I love being able to sit there and look out into the garden from time to time while I’m reading. Then the classic and ‘mainstream’ literature and the oddball things that don’t quite fit any other category.
And of course, there’s the music wall. Ah, you noticed — yes, there are five walls. It seemed appropriate. Actually, there are more when I need them, but that won’t happen for a while yet. I think. Anyway, the LPs are in these cabinets along with the cylinders and rolls and a few other more arcane media — crystals and glass threads and the like. Those are all too fragile to play very often. I gave up trying to keep the music separated by type — it’s all just in there by artist or composer, because I’ve discovered so much cross-fertilization, especially in the more modern things, that trying to separate Western from Eastern and symphonies from new age or electropop just doesn’t work any more. Good sound system and a nice Eames chair, and I’m all set when I want to listen to something. Oh, that’s actually my writing table. I like to be able to look out the window while I’m writing, too, and sometimes my office is just too convenient for visitors, so I hide out here when I’ve got a looming deadline. There’s a laptop in the drawer.
What would you like to hear? There’s a new recording of piano solos by Keith Jarrett that I haven’t heard yet, or perhaps some early Scottish music? The new volumes of that wonderful survey of Javanese gamelan haven’t arrived, but I could pull out one of the earlier ones. There, isn’t that wonderful? Much less frenetic than Balinese. We can follow upwith this new CD of medieval Icelandic music, or perhaps some Samuel Barber — there’s a nice collection that just came in, including the Adagio It’s a very intelligent interpretation by Thomas Schippers that avoids all the syrup. Not quite as clean as Kronos Quartet’s version, but very good.
Well, here I’ve been running on like a lunatic. Let’s just get comfortable and have a nice chat. Perhaps even chat a bit about the music reviews coming up. . . .
By Robert M. Tilendis, on May 8th, 2012
I go away for a week, and all sorts of stuff magically appears. (Didn’t know I was gone did you? The marvels of modern technology.)
Let’s start with a look at stories of the Viking Age, William R. Short’s Icelanders in the Viking Age: People of the Sagas
The Norse myths themselves get a similar treatment from Heather O’Donoghue in From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths
And as long as we’re re-examining old stories, we found editor non-pareil Terri Windling’s anthology The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood’s Survivors
There’s scholarship, after a fashion, in some early music, The Medieval Experience Sweet Division
And for a complete change of scene, how about the story of a man in London who decided to buy a “fixer-upper” — just outside of Casablanca? That’s what we get in Tahir Shah’s The Caliph’s House
And on that domestic note, I see the Archives need dusting again. But I’ll be back with more goodies.
By Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, on May 8th, 2012
Where the Wild Things Are , the classic illustrated children’s work is dead at 83, the New York Times reports in a just released news update. Where the Wild Things Are would later be made into a full-length film.
From the Times ’ obituary: Maurice Sendak, widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century, who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying and hauntingly beautiful recesses of the human psyche, died on Tuesday in Danbury, Conn. He was 83 and lived in Ridgefield, Conn.
The cause was complications from a recent stroke, said Michael di Capua, his longtime editor. He lived with his partner, psychoanalyst Eugene Glynn, for fifty years before Dr. Glynn’s death in May 2007.
For more on Sendak, see our reviews of Making Mischief: a Maurice Sendak Appreciation and The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present .
By Reynard, on May 7th, 2012
We like eating well here, a condition made possible by the fact that we have our own extensive gardens raising most everything we need including potatoes and pumpkins under the care of our Head Gardener, Gus .
We make our own cheese including a very good Cheddar and several better than just good blue cheeses. The wheys left over from the cheddar making process end up in the poutine .
bananas in the Kitchen. They’re actualy raised here in the Victorian era conservatory as some of the staff craves them even in deep winter; we also grow oranges here. Not many I admit as they’re more fussy than bananas when it comes to proper growing culture.
Indeed we even raise our own geese so the we can do a proper Christmas Goose with all the trimmings, and our geese are the Toulese breed that is favored by most cooks.
We were even fond of caviar on occasion such as when the Winter Court is being honored.
Not surprisingly, breakfast whatever time of a day it’s served is important, but equally important are those peculiar Englsh customs such as Elevenses and properly brewed tea pretty much all the time.
Oh there’s also many a coffee drinker here as well with many of them devoted to the Turksh coffee vendor resident in the main building. Of course there’s also the devotees of the Irish coffee I make on the night shift in the Pub. May I make you one?
Oh I should mention that you can get a full fry-up complete with a pint or two of Guinness here. It’s up to you and your GP if that’s a good idea for you!
Eventide meal can anything from simple to truly epic. Mrs. Ware even allows guests such as Elizabeth Bear to lend a hand in preparing this meal, and the Kitchen often favors simple meals that can feed a lot of hungry souls such as the Germanic meal of apple tarts, sausages, and warm sauerkraut, or the even more hearty choucroute garnie .
My favorite meal prepared here is mulligatawny soup , particularly in the the deep winter when a warm, spicy soup is the perfect meal.
Sweets are also in favour here, with anything made of High Summer strawberries being eagerly consumed, particularly in the form of waffles and pancakes . They even form part of the traditional breakfast we serve the Neverending Session the morning after the overnight players wrap up.
It’s worth noting Toll House cookies , though an American invention, are a popular treat here among the staff and visitors here.
By Robert M. Tilendis, on May 6th, 2012
They’re here, finally (after all the “prequels”). Our reviewer thinks it’s a winner. It’s just opened, so you have plenty of time to check it out, but just to whet your appetite, here’s a trailer:
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You can see our full reaction here .
Update: We’ve just gotten word that the film grossed $200.3 million domestically since its release Friday. We seem to have a real blockbuster here — that far surpasses the previous record.
By Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, on May 5th, 2012
…with a book recommendation I’m going to make as the novel I’ll be talking about won’t be out ’til after the turn of the year.
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest is based on a fairly short tale written by Charles de Lint and illustrated by Charles Vess called A Circle of Cats . This work was, as our reiewer notes, ‘intended to be the prequel to the de Lint/Vess collaboration Seven Wild Sisters Sisters , and haven’t had a chance to read the story sans Vess’ artwork in Tapping the Dream Tree collection, I have no idea how A Circle of Cats stands in relation to that rare release. In relation to de Lint’s body of work as a whole, and indeed to the field of modern fantasy and fairy tale overall, this piece is simply outstanding.’
Ok, so how did the expansion of a charming illustrated tale that could be read in not a very long sit down work as an actual novel that will be an evening long reading? Quite remarkably well, particularly if you like his take on Appalachian folk stories as I do, as both Lillan and the various cat characters are both charming and believable. And it’s certainly one of his best stories that I’ve read and one that will linger with you for a while after reading it.
Now this is not a review as I promised the publicist that I wouldn’t review The Cats of Tnglewood Forest ’til it was close to being published so come back in December of this year and you can read my review then.
The illustration is from A Circle of Cats .
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Milne: The Red House Mystery Adam Hall: The Striker Portfolio Ahmed Abdel-Gawad: Enter in Peace: The Doorways of Cairo Homes, 1872-1950 Alan Bradley: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows: A Flavia De Luce Mystery Alan Garner: The Stone Book Quartet Alan Garner: Thursbitch Alan Moore and Bill Baker: Alan Moore’s Exit Interview Alan Moore and José Villarrubia: The Mirror of Love Alan Moore: Voice Of the Fire Alex Bledsoe: Dark Jenny Alex Irvine: Batman: Inferno Alex Von Tunzelmann: Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire Alison Lurie: Don’t Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children’s Literature Allan Marett: Songs, Dreamings, and Ghosts: The Wangga of North Australia Allen Lowe: American Pop from Minstrel to Mojo: On Record 1893 to 1957 Allison Thompson (editor): Dancing Through Time: Western Social Dance in Literature, 1400-1918 Andrew M. Butler, Edward James, Farah Mendlesohn (editors): Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature Angela Bourke: The Burning of Bridget Cleary Angela Carter (editor): Old Wives’ Fairy Tales Angela Carter: Nights at the Circus / Helen Stoddart: Angela Carter’s Night at the Circus: A Routledge Guide Angela Carter: The Curious Room: Plays, Film Scripts and an Opera Angela Carter: The Magic Toyshop Angela Carter: Wise Children Anne K. Kale (editor): Cordially Yours, Brother Cadfael Anomynous, Seamus Heaney, translator, and Daniel Donoghue, editor: Beowulf: A Verse Translation Anonymous and Howard Chickering: Beowulf Anonymous and Seamus Heaney: Beowulf: Unabridged Selections Anonymous with narration by Stephen Pelinski: Beowulf: The Complete Story — A Drama Arne Dahl: Misterioso Arnie Fenner and Cathy Fenner (editors): Spectrum 14: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Art Spiegelman: MetaMaus Audrey L. Becker and Kristin Noone (editors): Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture Banning Eyre: “In Griot Time” Barbara Cleverly: The Tomb of Zeus Barbara Hodgson: Dreaming of East: Western Women and the Exotic Allure of the Orient Benjamin Franks et al (editors): The Quest for The Wicker Man: History, Folklore, and Pagan Perspectives Bill Read: The Days of Dylan Thomas / John Ackerman: Welsh Dylan: Welsh Dylan: Dylan Thomas’s life, writing, and his Wales Bill Willingham and Steve Leialoha: Peter & Max: A Fables Novel Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality Brian Murphy: The Root of Wild Madder / Christopher Kremmer: The Carpet Wars Brothers Grimm (text) and Maria Tatar (commentary), and T.A. Dockray (illustrator): Grimm’s Grimmest Bruce Weber: Bear Pond C. C. Benison: Twelve Drummers Drumming Carmen Posadas: Little Indiscretions Carol J. 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Valente: The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner (editors): Spectrum 12: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner, eds.: Spectrum 13: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner, eds.: Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Cathy Fenner, Arnie Fenner, and Irene Gallo, eds.: r/evolution: The Art of Jon Foster Charles Ardai: Fifty-to-One Charles Butler: Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children’s Fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones & Susan Cooper Charles de Lint (author) and Charles Vess (illustrator): A Circle of Cats Charles de Lint (writer) and Charles Vess (illustrator): Seven Wild Sisters Charles de Lint: Angel of Darkness Charles de Lint: Eyes likes Leaves Charles de Lint: Memory & Dream Charles de Lint: Moonheart / Spiritwalk Charles de Lint: Mulengro: A Romany Tale Charles de Lint: Promises to Keep Charles de Lint: The Painted Boy Charles de Lint: The Road to Lisdoonvarna Charles de Lint: Yarrow: An Autumn Tale Charles Finch: Charles Lenox mystery series Charles Lamb: The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers Charles M. Schultz: The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 / The Complete Peanuts 1953-1954 / The Complete Peanuts 1955-1956 Charles Pearce: Polly Peachum and The Beggar’s Opera Charles Vess: Drawing Down the Moon: The Art of Charles Vess Charlotte Crofts: Anagrams of Desire: Angela Carter’s Writing for Radio, Film and Television Cherie Priest: Dreadful Skin Cherie Priest: Four and Twenty Blackbirds Cherie Priest: Not Flesh Nor Feathers Cherie Priest: Those Who Went Remain There Still Cherie Priest: Wings to the Kingdom China Miéville: Kraken China Miéville: The City & the City Chris Roberts: Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme Christopher Fowler: Bryant and May Off The Rails Christopher Fowler: Full Dark House Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner and Stanley Wiater: The Complete Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King Clare Walker Leslie and Frank E. Gerace: The Ancient Celtic Festivals and How We Celebrate Them Today Claude Izner: Murder on the Eiffel Tower / The Disappearance at Pere-Lachaise: Victor Legris Mysteries Claude Izner: The Montmartre Investigation: A Victor Legris Mystery Clive Barker (writer and art) and Phil and Sarah Stokes (editors): The Painter, The Creature, and the Father of Lies: 25 Years of Non-Fiction Writings by Clive Barker Colin Harper: Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival Colin McPhee: A House in Bali Constance W. Hassett: Christina Rossetti: The Patience of Style Dan Simmons: Phases of Gravity Dani Cavallaro: Anime and the Art of Adaptation: Eight Famous Works from Stage to Screen Daphne du Maurier: The Doll Darrell Schweitzer (editor): The Neil Gaiman Reader David Gay and Stephen R. 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L. Travers Gordon Hall Gerould: The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story Gordon Van Gelder (editor): Welcome to the Greenhouse: New Science Fiction On Climate Change H. P. Lovecraft and S. T. Joshi: The Annotated Supernatural Horror In Literature Hans Christian Andersen (writer) and Diana Crone and Jeffrey Frank (editors): The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen (writer) and Maria Tatar (editor): The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen Heather O’Donoghue: From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths Hideo Nitta: The Manga Guide to Physics Hilary Mantel: Wolf Hall Holly Black and Ellen Kushner: Welcome To Bordertown Honoré de Balzac: The Wrong Side of Paris Hugh Pope: Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World Iain McCaig: Shadowline: The Art of Iain McCaig Ian McDonald: River of Gods Ian McDonald: The Dervish House Ian Rankin: Exit Music J. Sydney Jones: The Silence J.R.R. 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Blaylock: The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs James Stoddard: A Writing Update James Stoddard: The Evenmere novels James Stoddard: The High House / The False House Jameson Currier: The Wolf at the Door Jane Langton: The Shortest Day: Murder at the Revels Jane Louise Curry: Robin Hood and his Merry Men / Robin Hood in the Greenwood Jane Yolen: Ring Out! A Book of Bells Janice M. Bogstad and Philip E. Kaveny (editors): Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings Film Trilogy Jason Goodwin: The Janissary Tree Jasper Fforde: One of Our Thursdays is Missing Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, and Karl Schroeder (writers) and Michael Hogan, Scott Brick, Kandyse McClure, Alessandro Juliani, and Stefan Rudnicki (narrators), and John Scalzi (editor): METAtropolis Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, and Karl Schroeder (writers) and John Scalzi (editor): METAtropolis Jean A. Boyd: The Jazz of the Southwest Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson (editors): The Poets’ Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales Jeff Siegel: The American Detective: An Illustrated History Jennifer Roberson: Lady of Sherwood Jennifer Stevenson: Best of 2010: ZBS Media Jeri Westerson: Veil of Lies / Serpent in the Thorns Jerry Weist: Bradbury, An Illustrated Life: A Journey to Far Metaphor Jess Nevins: The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana Jo Walton: Farthing Jo Walton: Ha’Penny Jo Walton: Half a Crown Joan Greene: A Chicago Tradition: Hotels and Hospitality / Marshall Field’s Food and Fashion Joan Hoff and Marian Yeates: The Cooper’s Wife is Missing John Berger: Into Their Labours trilogy John Clute and John Grant: The Encyclopedia of Fantasy John Clute: The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror John Fowles: The Collector John Gardner: Grendel John Greenleigh and Rosalind Rosoff Beimler: The Days of the Dead: Mexico’s Festival of Communion with the Departed John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly (editors): Kafkaesque John Loesberg: Traditional Folksongs & Ballads of Scotland, Vols. 1-3 John Mortimer: A Rumpole Christmas John W. Stamper: North Michigan Avenue / Jay Pridmore: Soldier Field Jonathan R. Eller and William F. Touponce: Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction Joseph McCabe: Hanging Out With the Dream King: Conversations with Neil Gaiman Judy K. Morris: Writing Fiction for Children: Stories Only You Can Tell Juha Y. Pentikainen: Kalevala Mythology: Expanded Edition Julian Dawson: and on piano… Nicky Hopkins: The Extraordinary Life of Rock’s Greatest Session Man Julian Fellows: The Shooting Script: Gosford Park Kage Baker on Hans Christian Andersen Karen Harper: The Queene’s Christmas Karen Wynn Fonstad: The Atlas of Middle-Earth Kate Bernheimer: My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales Katharine Briggs: The Fairies in Tradition and Literature Kazuhiro Fujitaki: The Manga Guide to Electricity Kevin R. Kosar: Whiskey: A Global History Kinuko Craft (illustrator and commentary): Kinuko Craft: Drawings & Paintings Lajos Zilahy: The Dukays Laura Esquivel: Like Water for Chocolate — A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies Laura Miller: Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption Laura Shamas: We Three — The Mythology of Shakespeare’s Weird Sisters Lawrence Block and Donald E. Westlake: Hellcats and Honeygirls Lawrence Schimel: Fairy Tales for Writers/Charles Ardai: The Good-Neighbor Policy: A Double-Cross in Double Dactyls Leon Carre: Tarot of the Thousand and One Nights Leonard Marcus (editor): The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy Leslie Dunton-Downer and Alan Riding: Essential Shakespeare Handbook Linda Bank Downs: Diego Rivera: The Detroit Industry Murals Lisa Croll Di Dio: Sherwood Forest Lonely Planet’s 1000 Ultimate Sights Lonely Planet: Great Journeys: Travel the World’s Most Spectacular Routes Lorraine Janzen Kooistra: Christina Rossetti and Illustration Louise Borden: The Journey that Saved Curious George Lynn Sheene: The Last Time I Saw Paris Manly Wade Wellman: After Dark Margaret Atwood: In Other Worlds – SF and the Human Imagination Margery Allingham: The Tiger in the Smoke Maria Tatar, ed.: The Annotated Brothers Grimm Maria Tatar: Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood Marion Dane Bauer (text) and Trina Schart Hyman (illustration): Ghost Eye Mark I. West: A Children’s Literature Tour of Great Britain Mark Kurlansky: Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Masaharu Takemura: The Manga Guide to Biochemistry Matt Warner: Horror Isn’t a Four-Letter Word Maureen F. McHugh: After the Apocalypse Maurice Sendak (illustrations): The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present Meinrad Craighead: Crow Mother and the Dog God, a Retrospective Meinrad Craighead: Meinrad Craighead: Crow Mother and the Dog God, a Retrospective Melissa Croteau and Carolyn Jess-Cooke (editors): Apocalyptic Shakespeare: Essays on Visions of Chaos and Revelation in Recent Film Adaptations Mervyn Peake: The Gormenghast Trilogy Michael Babcock: Susan Seddon Boulet: A Retrospective Michael Brander (musical arrangements by Jimmie Macgregor): Scottish & Border Battles & Ballads Michael Chabon: Summerland Michael J. King: Lobster Michael Pearce: The Mamur Zapt & The Return of the Carpet /mThe Night of the Dog: A Mamur Zapt Mystery / The Mamur Zapt and the Donkey-Vous / The Mamur Zapt and the Men Behind / The Girl in the Nile: A Mamur Zapt Mystery Michio Kaku: Physics of the Future Mick Moloney: Far from the Shamrock Shore: The Story of Irish-American Immigration through Song Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden: Baltimore: or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire) Miklos Vamos: The Book of Fathers Mort Castle (editor): On Writing Horror: A Handbook by The Horror Writers Association Muriel Rukeyser: The Orgy Murray L. Eiland, Jr. and Murray Eiland, III: Oriental Carpets: A Complete Guide Nancy Springer: Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest / Lionclaw: A Tale of Rowan Hood Nancy Springer: Wild Boy: A Tale of Rowan Hood Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Neil Gaiman and John Bolton: The Books of Magic/Carla Jablonski: The Invitation, Bindings Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary: Beowulf Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere unabridged audiobook Nicholas Delbanco: The Countess of Stanlein Nicholas Woodsworth: The Liquid Continent: A Mediterranean Trilogy Nolan Porterfield: Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America’s Blue Yodeler Nolan Porterfield: Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax On The Mabinogion and Welsh Stories Orlando Figes: Natasa’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia Otto Penzler (editor): The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps Otto Penzler (editor): The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps Owen Sheers: Resistance Patricia A. McKillip: In the Forests of Serre Patricia Cornwell: Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper — Case Closed / From Hell Patricia Friedberg: 21 Aldgate / Evelyn Toynton: The Oriental Wife Patricia Lysaght: The Banshee: The Irish Death Messenger Patrick O’Brian: Master & Commander Paul Brandon: An Excerpt from The Wild Reel novel Paul Buhle and Nicole Schulman (editors): Wobblies! A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World Paul Dini and Chip Kidd: Batman Animated Paul M. Sammon: Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner Peter Dickinson: Inside Grandad Peter Faulkner and Peter Preston eds.: William Morris: Centenary Essays Peter Haining: Sweeney Todd: the Real Story of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street Peter Tremayne: Our Lady of Darkness Peter Tremayne: Smoke in the Wind Philip Jose Farmer: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Peerless Peer Philip Pullman: Sally Lockhart series Piers Vitebsky: The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia Poul Anderson: Orion Shall Rise Rachel Pollack: Fortune’s Lover: A Book of Tarot Poems Ray Bradbury: Death Is a Lonely Business Ray Bradbury: Little Nemo! Ray Bradbury: Moby Dick: A Screenplay Ray Bradbury: Where Everything Ends Ray Watkinson: William Morris As Designer Rebecca Munford: Re-visiting Angela Carter: Texts, Contexts, Intertexts Rebecca Ore: Slow Funeral / Sharyn McCrumb: The Songcatcher Rebecca Stott: Ghostwalk Richard A. Straw and H. Tyler Blethen (editors): High Mountains Rising Richard B. Drake: A History of Appalachia Richard L. Boyer: The Giant Rat of Sumatra Richard Zimler: The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon Robert Adams: Summer Nights Robert Bloch: Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper Robert Graves: I, Claudius / Claudius the God Robert Greenberger: The Essential Batman Encyclopedia Robert Love: The Great Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America / Mark Singleton: Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice / Stefanie Syman: The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America Robin Hood: Two Studies of the English Outlaw Robin McKinley: The Outlaws of Sherwood Roderick Kiracofe: The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort, 1750-1950 Roger Zelazny: A Night In The Lonesome October Roger Zelazny: A Night In The Lonesome October: The Audiobook Roger Zelazny: The Dead Man’s Brother Ronald Reichertz: The Making of the Alice Books: Lewis Carroll’s Uses of Earlier Children’s Literature Russell H. Fitzgibbon: The Agatha Christie Companion Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook: The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter S. M. Stirling: The Peshawar Lancers Sally Webster: Eve’s Daughter/Modern Woman: A Mural by Mary Cassatt Samuel R. Delany, About Writing — Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews Sandra L. Beckett and Maria Nikolajeva (editors): Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children’s Literature Sandy Ives: The Bonny Earl of Murray: The Man, the Murder, the Ballad Sarah Waters: The Night Watch Scott Lynch-Giddings: A Fancyfull Historie of That Most Notable & Fameous Outlaw Robyn Hood Shane K. Bernard: The Cajuns: Americanization of a People Sharon Kay Penman: The Queen’s Man / Cruel as the Grave / Dragon’s Lair Sharyn McCrumb: Ghost Riders Sharyn McCrumb: Highland Laddie Gone Sharyn McCrumb: The Ballad Novels Shirley Rousseau Murphy: Cat on the Edge Simon Hawke: The Slaying Of The Shrew Simon R. Green: Shadows Fall smoky man & Gary Spencer Millidge, editors, Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman Sorche Nic Leodhas: Claymore and Kilt: Tales of Scottish Kings and Castles Stephen King: 11/22/63 Stephen Knight: Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography Stephen Weiner, Jason Hall, Victoria Blake, and Mike Mignola (writers) and Mike Mignola (illustrator): Hellboy: The Companion Steven Brust and Emma Bull: Freedom & Necessity Steven Brust and Megan Lindholm: The Gypsy Steven Brust: The Gypsy Cycle Steven Johnson: The Ghost Map Steven McFadden: Tales of the Whirling Rainbow Sue Rollin and Jane Streetly: Istanbul: A Traveller’s Guide Suraiya Faroqhi: The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It/Handan Nezir Akmese: The Birth of Modern Turkey: The Ottoman Military and the March to World War I Susan Cooper: The Dark is Rising series Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games trilogy T.S. Eliot: Murder in The Cathedral Tahir Shah: The Caliph’s House Tanith Lee: Disturbed By Her Song Terri Windling (editor): Life on The Border Terri Windling (editor): The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood’s Survivors Terri Windling and Delia Sherman: The Essential Bordertown: A Traveller’s Guide to the Edge of Faerie Terry Windling and Wendy Froud: A Midsummer Night’s Faery Tale Teya Rosenberg, Martha P. Hixon, Sharon M. Scapple and Donna R. White, editors: Diana Wynne Jones: An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom The Boys in the Barroom The Medieval Murderers: Sword of Shame Theodore Krulik: The Complete Amber Sourcebook Theresa Tomlinson: The Forestwife / Child of the May Thomas Fox Averill: Secrets of the Tsil Café Tommy James with Martin Fitzpatrick: Me, The Mob, and The Music: One helluva ride with Tommy James & the Shondells Tony Foxworthy: Customs in Kent: Folklore of England, Volume One / Dick Richardson: The Sussex Recipe Book Tony Hillerman: Hunting Badger Tony Kushner: Angels in America Trystam Kith: Trouble in the Forest: A Cold Summer Night Twyla Tharp: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It For Life Ulysses for Beginners: A Theatrical Adaptation by Tony Reilly from the book by James Joyce Ursula K. Le Guin (with the aid of Todd Barton (music), Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Illustrator), George Hersh (Geomancer): Always Coming Home Valerie Paradiz: Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales Verilyn Flieger: Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien’s Mythology Vikas Swarup: Six Suspects Vincent Guihan: New American Vegan Wade Wellman and Manly Wade Wellman: Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds Warren Dotz, Jack Mingo, and George Moyer: Firecrackers: The Art & History Will Thomas: Some Danger Involved William Gibson and Bruce Sterling: The Difference Engine William Gibson: Pattern Recognition William Gibson: Spook Country William Gibson: Zero History William R. Short: Icelanders in the Viking Age: The People of the Sagas William Shakespeare (author) and Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen (editors): William Shakespeare Complete Works Wim Wenders: Once: Pictures and Stories Y. S. Lee: The Agency: A Spy in the House / The Agency: The Body at the Tower Charles Malcolm: The Piper in Peace and War
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Mort Rosenblum: A Goose in Toulouse Ritter: Three Chocolate Candies Stewart Lee Allen: The Devil’s Cup: Coffee, The Driving Force in History A Hungarian hamper A scullery maids perspective A Tale of Two Chocolates Amano Artisan Chocolate: Montanya, Guayas & Madagascar bars Amano Artisan Chocolates: Three Chocolate Bars Ana G. Valenzuela-Zapata and Gary Paul Nabhan: Tequila! A Natural and Cultural History Andrew Dalby: Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices Andrew F. Smith: The Tomato in America Another kitchen tale Anthony Bourdain: A Cook’s Tour Anthony Bourdain: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations: Iceland Special Edition Anthony Bourdain: The Nasty Bits Bali’s Best Candies: Latte, Espresso, and Tea Barbara Ketcham Wheaton: Savoring the Past: The French Kitchen and Table from 1300 to 1789 Barbara Swell: The Lost Art of Pie Making Made Easy Baylee’s Best Chocolates Berkshire Bark – chocolates from the exotic reaches of the Bay State Betina J. Wittels and Robert Hermesch: Absinthe: Sip of Seduction: a Contemporary Guide Breakfast in the Winter Cadbury Chocolate: Milk Chocolate with Roasted Almonds & Royal Dark Bars Cadbury: Four Chocolate Candies Cait Johnson: Witch in the Kitchen: Magical Cooking for All Seasons Carrie Levin: The Good Enough to Eat Breakfast Cookbook Catherine Cheremeteff Jones: A Year of Russian Feasts Catherynne Valente on winter creature comforts Charles de Lint on Metheglin Charles Stross on the Scottish fry Chocolove: A Three Bar Review Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem: Irish Drinking Songs — Come Fill Your Glass With Us / Various artists: Whiskey in the Jar: Essential Drinking Songs & Sing Alongs Col. Joe Nickell: The Kentucky Mint Julep / David W. Maurer: Kentucky Moonshine Dagoba Chocolates: A Review Daniel Karaczun: Out of This Kitchen: a History of the Ethnic Groups and Their Foods in Steel Valley David Ingle: The Bacchanalian Tradition in British Isles Songs, 1600-1900 Dean’s Sweets: Chocolates from Portland Deborah Grabien’s Comfort Food Desserts: Some Staffers Pick Their Favourites Diana Abu-Jaber: The Language of Baklava Divine Chocolate – Morally superior, epicurially average. E. Guittard Chocolates Elevenses Elizabeth Andoh: Kansha: Celebrating Japan’s Vegan and Vegetarian Traditions Elizabeth Bear and the Stockpot Elizabeth Bear on All Things Gustatory Elizabeth Hand on chocolate Ellen Datlow on Christmas dinners Ellen Datlow’s Comfort Food Ellen Kushner on Chanukah and Christmas Emma Bull on chocolate Equal Exchange: Three Chocolates Evan McHugh: Pint-Sized Ireland Fearless Chocolate Fruit for Breakfast (with chocolate) Garrett Oliver: The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food Good eating on the Fourth of July Gourmet du Village: Trio of Hot Chocolates Green & Black’s: Three Chocolate Bars Greg and Lucy Malouf: Turquoise: A Chef’s Travels in Turkey Gwyneth Jones on chestnuts Hammond’s Candies Double Chocolate Hot Cocoa Hazer Baba Turkish Delight Iain Banks: Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram Inga Saffron: Caviar: The Strange History and Uncertain Future of the World’s Most Coveted Delicacy Ivan Day: Ice Cream Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, and Philippe Béha: Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters Jennifer Stevenson’s Comfort Food Jennifer Stevenson’s St. Gildas Day breakfast Jeremy Jackson: The Cornbread Book Jessica Warner: Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason Judie Spours: Cakes and Ales Judith M. Bennett: Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England Kage Baker on soul cakes Ken Wells: Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture in America Kim Wilson: Tea with Jane Austen Kopali Organics: Chocolate Covered Bananas Laura Calder: French Food at Home Lauren Chattman: Cookie Swap! Lesley Chamberlain: The Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe Lesley Chamberlain: The Food and Cooking of Russia Lindt Excellence: Three Chocolates Lojo Russo’s cocoa recipe Louise DeSalvo and Edvige Giunta ( editors): The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture Madeleine Pelner Cosman: Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery and Ceremony Magpie Lane: A Taste of Ale Maine Mead Works: Honeymaker Meads Marcel Desaulniers: Celebrate With Chocolate Martin Hughes: World Food: Ireland Mary Norwak: English Puddings: Sweet and Savory Max McCalman and David Gibbons: Mastering Cheese Mrs. Ware prepares a eventide meal Mushroom hunting Nancy Griffin: Making Whoopies: The Official Whoopie Pie Book Nancy Harmon Jenkins: The Essential Mediterranean Newman’s Own Organic Chocolates Newman’s Own Organics: Trio of Chocolate Cups Novare Res Bier Café / Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout Ococoa Butter Cups – 9 Piece Box Of Winter Breakfast We Speak OR Melling as GMR barkeep: part 1 OR Melling as GMR barkeep: part 2 Out On a Limb Community-Supported Agriculture: Apples!! Patricia Wells: The Paris Cookbook Pliny the Elder – Russian River Brewing Company Poppy Z. Brite: Liquor R. Winston Guthrie and James F. Thompson: A Taste For Absinthe Read Them and Eat: A Food Porn Site Worth Visiting. Really. Truly. Reese’s Peanut Butter Candy: A Guilty Pleasure Ritter Sport: Three Chocolates Rowan Jacobsen: American Terroir Sara Perry: The Tea Deck Scharffen Berger Chocolates Seasonal musings by a number of folk Simon McKie: Making Craft Cider: A Ciderist’s Guide Starbucks Chocolate: Milk, Dark, & Dark with VIA Strawberries! More strawberries! Summer ales: Some opinions Suzanne Rodriguez-Hunter: Found Meals of the Lost Generation Taza Chocolate: Chocolate Mexicano Discs The Two Fat Ladies: The Complete Series Collection Three Varieties of Kettle Cuisine Soup Trader’s Joe’s Organic Chocolates Turkish coffee Turkish Coffee (A Culinary Tale) Virginia Scott Jenkins: Bananas: An American History Virginia Scott Jenkins: Bananas: An American History Vosges Haut-Chocolat Xocolatl de David
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Action figures: Roald Dahl: The Gremlins: The Lost Walt Disney Production All in the Cards: The Unpredictable History of Tarot and Cartomancy Anerca: Figures of Speech Theatre: St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center, Portland, Maine, USA, October 27, 2005 Best of 2010: Charles de Lint Best of 2010: Deborah Grabien Best of 2010: Ellen Datlow Bookshop: Bookworks Bookshop: Autumn Leaves Used Books Bookshop: Bookshop Santa Cruz Bookshop: Cozy Corner Bookshop: Rabelais Books Bookshop: Unabridged Bookstore Brian Froud and Jessica Macbeth: The Faeries’ Oracle Building a Tarot Library Celebrating Spring Folkmanis Puppet: Baby Dragon Folkmanis Puppet: Mouse with a Vest Folkmanis Puppet: Sea Serpent Stage Puppet Folkmanis Puppet: The Fiddler Folkmanis Puppet: Unicorn Stage Puppet Folkmanis Puppets: Blue Dragon, Green Dragon, Three Headed Dragon, Phoenix Folkmanis Puppets: Mouse in Shoe and Genie in Lamp Folkmanis Puppets: Pinocchio and Troll and Hedgehog Folkmanis Puppets: Pirate, Princess, Knight, Witch, Jack-in-the-Box Folkmanis Puppets: Sea Creatures Folkmanis puppets: Hedgehog, Red Squirrel, and Pack Rat Guido Zibordi Marchesi: Bruegel Tarot I-Con 30 Johnny Cunningham and others: peter & wendy Karen Mahony; The Tarot of Prague Maine Festival My Top Ten Tarot Decks Neverwhere: The Play New Writings 2011: Elizabeth Bear New Writings 2011: Ellen Datlow New Writings 2011: Ellen Kushner New Writngs 2011: Deborah Grabien New York Comic Con 2011 Piggery Jokery / Punch & Judy
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Aya Kanno: Blank Slate Grant Morrison and Tony S. Daniel: Batman R.I.P. Kazuya Minekura: Saiyuki: volumes 1-9 Adam Beechen, Ryan Benjamin, and John Stanisci: Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond Adam Beechen, Ryan Benjamin, and John Stanisci: Batman Beyond: Industrial Revolution Alan Moore and David Lloyd: V for Vendetta Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell: From Hell Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume II Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen / Jess Nevins: Heroes and Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie: Lost Girls Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins: Watchmen Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neill: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen — Century: 1910 Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, Dan Day, and Rick Veitch: Saga of the Swamp Thing — Book One Alan Moore: Promethea: Book One Alexander Irvine and Tomm Coker: Daredevil Noir Andersen Gabrych and Brad Rader: Fogtown Andy Diggle and Jock: Green Arrow: Year One Andy Diggle and Victor Ibanez: Rat Catcher Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery and Andy Bellanger: Kill Shakespeare Art Spiegelman: Maus II, And Here My Troubles Began Art Spiegelman: Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, Vol. I, My Father Bleeds History Bill Willingham and Charles Vess, et al.: Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham: Fables: Witches Bill Willingham and Paul Guinan: Proposition Player Bill Willingham and Steve Leialoha: Fables: The Dark Ages Bill Willingham, Charles Vess, et al.: Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall Bill Willingham, et al.: Fables 100 Bill Willingham, et al.: Fables 15: Rose Red Bill Willingham, et al.: Fables: Homelands/Fables: Arabian Nights (and Days) Bill Willingham, et al.: Fables: Legends in Exile/Legends: Animal Farm Bill Willingham, et al.: Fables: Storybook Love/Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers/Fables:The Mean Seasons Bill Willingham, Fables, The Deluxe Edition: Book One Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Aaron Alexovich, and Andrew Pepoy: Fables: The Good Prince Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, and James Jean: Fables Seventy-Five Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Michael Allred, and Andrew Pepoy: Fables: Sons of Empire Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Niko Henrichon, and Andrew Pepoy: Fables: War and Pieces Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Shawn McManus, and Andrew Pepoy: Fables: Wolves Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Mark Buckingham, et al, Fables: The Great Fables Crossover Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins and Andrew Pepoy: Jack of Fables: The (Nearly) Great Escape/Jack of Fables: Jack of Hearts Bill Willingham: Fables Bill Willingham: Bad Doings & Big Ideas Bill Willingham: Fables: Super Team Brad Meltzer, Rags Morales, and Michael Bair: Identity Crisis Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso: 100 Bullets: First Shot, Last Call Brian Wood and David Gianfelice: Northlanders, Book One: Sven the Returned Charles Vess: The Book of Ballads Charles Vess: The Book of Ballads Chris Roberson and Chrissie Zullo: Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love Christopher Moore, Ian Corson, and Jennyson Rosero: The Griff Danny Brilson, et al.: Red Menace David Petersen: Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 David Wohl, Christina Z, and Paul Jenkins (writers) and Michael Turner, Randy Green, and Keu Cha (artists): Tomb Raider Compendium David Wohl, Christina Z, Paul Jenkins (writers); Michael Turner, Randy Green, Keu Cha (artists): Tomb Raider Compendium Denise Mina and Antonio Fuso: A Sickness in the Family Dennis O’Neil and Neal Adams: Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Vols. One and Two Duncan Rouleau: Metal Men Ed Brubaker, Bryan Talbot, and Steve Leialoha: The Dead Boy Detectives Eddie Campbell: The Black Diamond Detective Agency Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá: Daytripper Fred Van Lente and Dennis Calero: X-Men Noir: Mark of Cain Futaro Yamada and Masaki Segawa: Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Vols. 1-5 G. Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker: Cairo Gail Simone and J. Calafiore: Secret Six: The Darkest House Gail Simone and Neil Googe: Welcome to Tranquility — Volume One and Volume Two Gail Simone, Dale Eaglesham, and Val Seimeks: Villains United Gail Simone, et al.: Secret Six Gail Simone, et al.: Secret Six: Cats in the Cradle/Secret Six: The Reptile Brain Gail Simone, et al.: Secret Six: Depths Gail Simone, John Ostrander, and J. Calafiore: Secret Six: Danse Macabre Gareth Hinds: Beowulf Garth Ennis, Jason Aaron, Steve Dillon & Sean Murphy: Vertigo Resurrected: Hellblazer Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, et al.: Blackest Night/Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi, et al.: Brightest Day, Vol. 1 George Herriman: Krazy & Ignatz: The Kat Who Walked In Beauty George O’Connor: Olympians: Zeus, King of the Gods/Olympians: Athena, Grey-Eyed Goddess Grant Morrison, et al.: Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Grant Morrison, et al.: Seven Soldiers of Victory, Volume One Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, and Philip Tan: Batman Reborn: Batman and Robin Grant Morrison: Batman R.I.P. Hergé: The Adventures of Tintin, Reporter for “Le Petit Vingtieme”: In The Land Of The Soviets Hinako Takanaga: You Will Fall in Love/You Will Drown in Love Hyouta Fujiyama: Ordinary Crush, Vols. 1 & 2 Ice Cream & Sadness: More Comics from Cyanide & Happiness Isaku Natsume: Dash J. O’Barr: The Crow J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell: Danger Girl: The Ultimate Collection James Jean (art and text) and Bill Willingham (afterword): Fables Covers — The Art of James Jean James Sturm: James Sturm’s America: God, Gold and Golems Jamie Delano, Garth Ennis, and Grant Morrison: John Constantine: Hellblazer — Rare Cuts Jane Yolen and Kelly Murphy: Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro: Foiled Jim McCann and Janet Lee: The Return of the Dapper Men John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg: A God Somewhere John Ney Rieber, et al.: The Books of Magic John Ostrander, et al.: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire Jordan Mechner, et al.: Prince of Persia Joss Whedon (writer) and Brett Mathews (artist): Serenity Joss Whedon and Georges Jeanty: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Volume One: The Long Way Home Joss Whedon and others: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Omnibus: Volume 1 Kazuya Minekura: Wild Adapter, Vols. 1-5 Keith Giffen, et al.: Lobo: 100 Page Spectacular Makoto Tateno: Yellow Marjane Satrapi: The Complete Persepolis Masufumi Yamamoto: The Manga Guide to Relativity Matt Wagner: Grendel Archives Matt Wagner: Grendel: Devil by the Deed Matt Wagner: Batman/Grendel Mike Carey (script) and Peter Gross (art): The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity Mike Carey (writer) and John Bolton (artist): The Sandman Presents: The Furies Mike Carey and Glenn Fabry: “Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere” Mike Carey and Peter Gross: The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity Mike Mignola (writer) and Jason Armstrong (artist): Lobster Johnson: Volume One: Iron Prometheus Mike Mignola and Richard Corben: Hellboy: House of the Living Dead Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck: Baltimore: The Plague Ships Mike Mignola, et al.: B.P.R.D.: A Plague of Frogs, Vol. 2 Mike Mignola, et al.: B.P.R.D.: Being Human Mike Mignola, et al.: B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs Mike Mignola, et al.: Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder / BPRD: War on Frogs Mike Mignola: Hellboy: Monsters and Masks Momoko Tenzen: Seven Nanae Chrono: Vassalord (volumes 1-4) Neil Gaiman and many others: The Sandman Neil Gaiman, John Bolton, Scott Hampton, Charles Vess, Paul Johnson, The Books of Magic Paul Dini and Carlos D’Anda, et al.: Batman: Arkham City Paul Dini and Guillem March: Gotham City Sirens: Union Paul Dini, Dustin Nguyen, and Derek Fridolfs: Batman: Streets of Gotham: Hush Money Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen and Larry Mahlstedt: Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga Peter Bagge: Other Lives Peter David, et al: Young Justice: A League of Their Own/Sins of Youth Peter Milligan and Davide Gianfelice: Greek Street: Blood Calls for Blood Peter Milligan and Davide Gianfelice: Greek Street: Cassandra Complex Peter Milligan, et al, Hellblazer: India Peter Milligan, et al: John Constantine Hellblazer: Hooked Peter Milligan: Hellblazer: Bloody Carnations Peter Milligan: Phantom Pains Peter Straub, Michael Easton and John Bolton: The Green Woman Phil and Kaja Foglio: Girl Genius: Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank Robert Crumb and David Zane Mairowitz: Kafka Satoru Ishihara: Kimi Shiruya — Dost Thou Know? Scott McCloud: Zot! 1987-1991: The Complete Black and White Collection Sheldon Stark and Jerry Robinson: Jet Scott Si Spencer, Dean Ormiston, The Books of Magick — Life During Wartime: Book One Si Spencer: Hellblazer: City of Demons Stuart Moore and C. P. Smith: Wolverine Noir Studio CLAMP: Legal Drug, Vols. 1-3 Susan Kim, Laurence Klavan and Faith Erin Hicks: Brain Camp Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak: Brundibar Tony Lee, Sam Hart, and Artur Fujita: Outlaw — The Legend of Robin Hood Various Artists: Vertigo Resurrected: Winter’s Edge Various Artists: Will Eisner’s “The Spirit” — The New Adventures Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson: Transmetropolitan: Back on the Street Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani: Ignition City, Vol. 1 Warren Ellis and J. H. Williams III: Desolation Jones Warren Ellis and John Cassaday: Planetary Will Eisner: The Best of The Spirit Will Pfeifer and Jill Thompson: Vertigo Resurrected: Finals Yugi Yamada: Close the Last Door!
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Christos Govetas: Pasatempo: Rebetika with Christos Govetas Various Artists: The Rough Guide To Bhangra “Trad Boys, Trad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do….?” Liege & Lief remembered. 3 Mustaphas 3: Play Musty for Me A Charles Ives story A Christmas Carol for Homeless Children A Latvian Folk Music Omnibus A Mixed Bag from Borealis Records Aaron Copland: A Copland Celebration Aaron Copland: Music for the Theatre Aaron Copland: Piano Sonata: Roger Sessions, From My Diary; Leon Kirchner, Piano Sonata; Ned Rorem, Three Barcarolles Aaron Copland: The Copland Collection Aaron Copland: Works of Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Abigail Washburn, Calico Rose, Casey Neill: Mississippi Studios, Portland, Oregon, April 1, 2012 Alan Trist and David Dodd (editors), David Dodd (annotations), Robert Hunter (foreword), and Jim Carpenter (illustrations): The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics Alasdair Fraser: Dawn Dance All the Apparatus CD release at Someday Lounge Allen Lowe: American Pop from Minstrel to Mojo: On Record 1893 to 1957 Altramar: Celtic Wanderers An Interview with John Convertino of Calexico Andrew Bird: The Mysterious Production of Eggs Andrew Bird: Weather Systems Andy Statman: Old Brooklyn Animals: Absolute Animals 1964-1968 Animals: Gratefully Dead 1964-1968 Ann Scanlon: The Pogues: The Lost Decade Anonymous 4: The Origin of Fire: Music and Visions of Hildegard von Bingen Anthanor: Anthanor Antonio Vivaldi/Pietro Locatelli: Concerti Grossi Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Apocalyptica: Apocalyptica Plays Metallica By Four Cellos / Inquisition Symphony Arabesque Music Ensemble: The Music of the Three Musketeers Arsis Hand Bell Ensemble: Awake, my heart! Arvo Pärt, Da Pacem Arvo Pärt: In Principio Arvo Pärt: Passio Ashia Grzesik: Bison Rouge EP release show Asleep at the Wheel and Leon Rausch: It’s A Good Day! Bad Shepherds: Yan, Tyan, Tethera, Methera! Balkan Cabaret: Nostalgic Cafe Songs From the Balkans Baltimore Consort: The Ladyes Delight Band of Hope: Rhythm & Reds Barry Foy: A Field Guide to the Irish Music Session Béla Bartók and Albert B. Lord: Yugoslav Folk Music: Volumes 1-4 Béla Bartók: Bartók (Sonata for Solo Violin, Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano, Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano) Béla Bartók: Selected Works Benjamin Britten: War Requiem Bert Jansch: Moonshine Beverly and East Riding Folk Festival Bill Frisell and Vinicius Cantuaria: Lagrimas Mexicanas Billy Bragg: The Internationale billy libby: The Little Bird EP Black Lion Festival Blind Faith: Blind Faith (Deluxe Edition) Blowzabella: Blowzabella: New Tunes for Dancing Bob Johnson and Peter Knight: The King of Elfland’s Daughter Boiled in Lead: 17 March 2001 Boiled in Lead: Alloy Boiled in Lead: Alloy 2 Boiled in Lead: Silver Boiled in Lead: Songs from The Gypsy Boiled in Lead: The Almost Complete Recordings Bollywood Brass Band: Rahmania Boris Grebenshikov: Russian Songwriter: A Collection of Songs from Boris Grebenshikov Bothy Band: Old Hag You Have Killed Me Bowerbirds: The Clearing Brenda Lewis: jazzlike Brian Hinton & Geoff Wall: Ashley Hutchings: Always Chasing Rainbows Brian Hinton and Geoff Wall: Ashley Hutchings: The Guv’nor and the Rise of Folk Rock Bruce Cockburn Announces Fall U.S. Tour (Press Release) Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run: 30th Anniversary Edition Byrds: There is A Season Calexico: Convict Pool EP Calexico: Feast of Wire Calexico: World Drifts In: Live at the Barbican London Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Grow Fins Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica Casey Neill and the Norway Rats set West Coast barnstorming tour Casey Neill and the Norway Rats: live at Dante’s Casey Neill Band: Live on 11th Street Cats Laughing: Bootleg / Another Way to Travel Celtarabia: Arabic-Celtic Fusion Music Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon: Soul Call (Om Namo Narayanaya) Chloe & Jason Roweth: The Riderless Horse (An Australian impression of World War 1) Chris Marshall: Live CD release: August Light Christopher Conder and Anaïs Mitchell on Hadestown Chuck Brodsky: Baseball Ballads Ciaran Carson: Last Night’s Fun: In and Out of Time with Irish Music City Waites: Thomas D’Urfey’s Pills to Purge Melancholy / Baltimore Consort and Merry Companions: The Art of The Bawdy Song Clatterbone: With A Twisted Grin Club d’Elf on Tour Clumsy Lovers: Under The Covers with The Clumsy Lovers Cocksucker Blues Cocktail Diatonique: Accordion based Breton music! Colin McPhee, Lou Harrison and Chinary Ung: A Double Whammy Cordelia’s Dad: What it is Corvus Corax: The Best of Corvus Corax Country Joe McDonald: Viet Nam Experience / I Fell Like I’m Fixin’ To Sing Some Songs / www.countryjoe.com / Crossing Borders: poetry of M.L. Liebler and the music of Country Joe McDonald Crystal Zevon: I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon Çudamani: Çudamani: The Seven-Tone Gamelan Orchestra from the Village of Pengosekan, Bali Cuillin: Cuillin Dan ar Braz: more Breton music Darol Anger and the American Fiddle Ensemble: Republic of Strings Dave Brubeck Quartet: Original Album Classics (Time Out, Time Further Out, Time Changes, Time In, and Countdown — Time in Outer Space) Dave Brubeck: Original Album Classics (Jazz Goes To College, Brubeck Plays Brubeck, Gone With The Wind, Brandenberg Gate: Revisited, Jazz Impressions Of New York) Dave Swarbrick and Simon Nicol: When We Were Very Young Dave Swarbrick: raison d’etre David Bowie: Rare And Unseen David Quantick: The Clash David Rees: Minstrels in the Gallery: a history of Jethro Tull Dear Richard, Please Will You Play…? Three shows, three settings, one happy woman Decemberists: The Hazards of Love Dex Romweber Duo: Is That You In The Blue tour, free MP3 download Dex Romweber Duo: Is That You In The Blue? Doc Dailey and Magnolia Devil: Victims, Enemies and Old Friends Don Sebesky: Giant Box Doug Carter: Cool Fool: Blues Rockin’ in the Hammer Dr. N. Ramani and Hariprasad Chaurasia: Together: Raga Hindolam/Malkauns, Raga Pahadi (“Dhum”) Dropkick Murphys: Live on St. Patrick’s Day Dropkick Murphys: The Warrior’s Code Ed Cray: The Erotic Muse: American Bawdy Songs Eddie and Frank Thomas: Maggie’s House Ellen Kushner and Shirim Klezmer Orchestra: The Golden Dreydl Emanuel Ax: Brahms: Piano Concertos, Works for Solo Piano Ensemble Hayrik Mouradian: Traditional Children’s Songs of Armenia, Vol. I Ensemble Khan Bogd: Mongolian Impressions: Ayalguu, Vol. I/Magtaal-Höömij, Vol. II Ensemble Melpomen: Melpomen — Ancient Greek Music for an Athenian Symposium of ca. 450 BC Ensemble Üch-Süme-R: Traditional songs of the Khakass and the Altai people Erdem Helvacıoğlu and Ros Bandt: Black Falcon / Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal: Chamber Music Eric Brace and Peter Cooper: An Omnibus Review Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: The Moment’s Energy Fairport Convention and Assorted Guests: Cropredy Capers Fairport Convention: A Reading List Fairport Convention: Fairport @ Forty DVD Fairport Conventions news! Fairport’s Cropredy Convention Family: Anyway / Fearless / Bandstand / It’s Only A Movie / Live Feast of Fiddles: Live ’01 Festival Express Fintan Vallely (editor): The Companion to Irish Traditional Music Fiona Ritchie: The NPR Curious Listener’s Guide to Celtic Music Flash Girls: Maurice & I Flash Girls: Play Each Morning Wild Queen Flash Girls: The Return of Pansy Smith and Violet Jones Flight Plan: A look back at Jefferson Airplane FLK: Re Noir Flogging Molly: Float Flogging Molly: Swagger Folk Underground: Buried Things Fotheringay: Fotheringay / Fotheringay 2 Gaate: Jygri Gail Holst-Warhaft: Road To Rembetika Garth Cartwright: Princes Amongst Men Gary Whitehouse: Sound Bites Gary Whitehouse: Sound Bites Gary Whitehouse: Sound Bites Gearoid O hAllmhurain: A Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music Genticorum: Nagez Rameurs Geoff Wallis and Sue Wilson: The Rough Guide to Irish Music George Benson: Beyond the Blue Horizon/Freddie Hubbard: First Light George R. R. Martin: The Armageddon Rag Gillian Welch: Soul Journey Gjallarhorn: Grimborg Gjallarhorn: Ranarop: Call of the Sea Witch Gjallarhorn: Sjofn Gothard Sisters: Christmas Gothard Sisters: Story Girl Graham Seal and Rob Willis (editors): Verandah Music: Roots of Australian Tradition Grateful Dead: So Many Roads (1965-1995) Hector Berlioz, trans. Jacques Barzun: Evenings with the Orchestra Hedgepig: Second Sight / Third Rock Hello Morning: A Fiction CD release show Henrik Bech Poulsen: 77: The Year of Punk & New Wave Hindu Love Gods: Hindu Love Gods EP Horslips: Drive the Cold Winter Away Horslips: Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part Horslips: Horslips Greatest Hits Horslips: Horslips Greatest Hits Horslips: Roll Back House Band: The Complete Recordings Howard Pollack: Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man Hubert Laws: In The Beginning Hugh Shields, (editor): Tunes of the Munster Pipers: Irish Traditional Music from the James Goodman Manuscripts Ian Anderson in concert at the Beacon Theater Ian Anderson: Rupi’s Dance Ian Anderson: Rupi’s Dance If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane McGowan Story Ilgi: Ej tu dejot Ilgi: Isakas Nakts Dziesmas Ilgi: Kaza Kapa Debesis / Laimas Muzykanti: Orkla Bolss Inanna: Jewel in the Heart Interview with Josh Malm of Redwood Son Interview: Nick Burbridge of McDermott’s Two Hours and other endeavors Iren Lovasz: Rosebuds In A Stoneyard / Wide Is The Danube Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler’s House J.R.R. Tolkien (poems) and Donald Swann (music): The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle Jackalope: Dances with Rabbits Janis Joplin: Pearl Jascha Heifetz: Brahms/Tchaikovsky, Violin Concertos Jean-Pierre Lécuyer: Matin 1 – Vielles à roue Jefferson Airplane: The Essential Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship: Red Octopus / Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship: Blows Against the Empire Jeffrey T. Roesgen: Rum, Sodomy & The Lash Jenn Rawling & Basho Parks: Take The Air Jennifer Cutting: Song of Solstice Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? Jethro Tull: Aqualung Jethro Tull: Aqualung Live Jethro Tull: Aqualung Live Jethro Tull: Jones Beach concert Jethro Tull: Live at Montreux 2003 Jethro Tull: Merry Christmas from Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull Jethro Tull: Songs from The Wood Jethro Tull: The Early Recordings Jethro Tull: The Jethro Tull Christmas Album Joe Merrick: London Irish Punk Life and Music: Shane MacGowan Joep Bor (editor): The Raga Guide Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 77; Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 102 Johannes Brahms: Orchestral Works/Piano Works Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor Johannes Brahms: Works for Violin, Cello and Piano John Doe: A Year in the Wilderness John Doe: Forever Hasn’t Happened Yet John Dowland: Seven Teares: Music of John Dowland/The York Waites: Fortune My Foe: Popular Music from the Period of the Gunpowder Plot John G. Gibson: Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping 1745 – 1945 John G. Gibson: Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping 1745 – 1945 John Gay: The Beggar’s Opera John Gay: The Beggar’s Opera/Edward German: Excerpts from Tom Jones John Luther Adams: The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies John Noise Manis, producer: Trance Gamelan in Bali Johnny Clegg (with Savuka and Juluka): Live! And More… Johnny Clegg: Human Jon Bream: Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time Josepha Sherman and T.K.F. Weisskopf: Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts: The Subversive Folklore of Childhood Judit Frigyesi: Béla Bartók and Turn-of-the-Century Budapest / Peter Laki: Bartók and His World June Tabor & Oysterband: Ragged Kingdom June Tabor and The Oysterband in Concert K. Sridhar, et al.: Raga Madhukauns, Raga Piloo/Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, et al.: Raga Piloo Kaivama: Kaivama Kalman Balogh and the Gypsy Cimbalom Band: Gypsy Jazz Kaushiki Chakrabarty: Pure Keith Shadwick: Jimi Hendrix: Musician Kevin Courrier: Trout Mask Replica Kim Bates on Winter Holiday music Kingston Trio: Once Upon a Time / Twice Upon a Time Kodo: Akatsuki Kodo: Live at Symphony Center, 2/21/11 Kubasonics: Giants Of the Prairies Kyle Alden: Songs from Yeats’ Bee-Loud Glade La Bottine Souriante: Appelation d’Origine Contrôlée La Musgaña: Lubicán / Las Seis Tentaciones / En Concierto / Temas Profanos / 20 La Nef: Perceval, La quete du Graal, Vol. 1 and 2 Ladies and Gentlemen: the Rolling Stones Lais: Dorothea Larry Kane: Ticket To Ride Laurie Anderson: Life on a String / Live at Town Hall Le Trio Joubran: Majaz Le Vent Du Nord: Les Amants Du Saint-Laurent Leon Fleisher: “An American Anthology”: Copland, Sessions, Kirchner, Rorem Leoned Fall: The complete recordings Les Witches: Five Views of the Northern Renaissance Lindsey Buckingham: Songs from the Small Machine Linkin Park: A Thousand Suns Loreena McKennitt: The Early Years, 1985 to 1996 Los Lobos: Acoustic En Vivo Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live from Freedom Hall / Los Lobos: Tin Can Trust MacKeel: Plaid Maggie Björklund: Coming Home Magnolia Mountain: Town and Country Mahavishnu Orchestra: Live at Montreux, 1984 & 1974 Mahmoud Fadl: The Drummers of the Nile in Town: Cairosonic Makam: Almanach Mark Lindsay: The complete Columbia singles Mark O’Connor, Matt Haimovitz, Paul Neubauer, and Ida Kavafian: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3 Matapat: Petit Fou Matt Bauer: The Jessamine County Book Of The Living McDermott’s 2 Hours v Levellers: Claws and Wings McDermott’s 2 Hours vs Levellers: World Turned Upside Down / All Kinds of Disorder McDermott’s 2 Hours: The Enemy Within McDermott’s Two Hours: Goodbye to the Madhouse McDermotts 2 Hours: Live at Ferneham Hall Meat Puppets: You Love Me EP Medieval Baebes: Worldes Blysse Mediæval Bæbes: Illumination Melody Gardot at the Aladdin Theater Memorial Concert for Johnny Cunningham Metallica: ‘Whiskey in the Jar’ EP Methera Quartet: Methera Michael Kamen: The Raggedy Rawney soundtrack Michael Nyman: Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs Mícheál Ó Domhnaill: A Rememberence Mícheál Ó’Domhnaill: 1951-2006 Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l’echafaud Miles Davis: Kind of Blue Miles Davis: That’s What Happened: Live in Germany 1987 Mollys: this is my round Monsieur Pantin: Ma Rosalie More STAX Re-issues Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel and Why Patterns? Morton Feldman: The Viola In My Life Music to Look For Muzsikas and Marta Sebestyen: Live at Liszt Academy My Cousin, The Emperor: The Subway EPs N. Rajam: Radiant Ned Ludd: A Zero Ore Ned Ludd: Lavord e Dignita New Budapest Orpheum Society: Dancing On the Edge Of A Volcano: Jewish Cabaret and Political Songs 1900-1945 Nick Jaina: The Beanstalks That Have Brought Us Here Are Gone Nickelback: The Band Everyone Loves to Hate Nigel Eaton et al: Ancient Beatbox / Nigel Eaton and Andy Cutting: Panic at the Cafe / Duellists: English Hurdy Gurdy Music Nightnoise: A Retrospective Nightnoise: The White Horse Sessions Nightwatch: Dusk Till Dawn Nils Lofgren: Cry Tough No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded Novalia: Arkeo / Agricantus: Faiddi / Tanca Ruja: in terra e in chelu Okros Ensemble: Transylvanian Village Music Orlando Consort: The Rose, the Lily and the Whortleberry — Medieval Gardens Padraig Lalor: Ismay’s Dream: An Evocative Journey through Ireland’s Titanic history Pat Gilbert: Passion is a Fashion: The Real Story of The Clash Patricia Kennealy: Strange Days: My Life With and Without Jim Morrison Paul M. Gifford: The Hammered Dulcimer: A History Paul McCartney: McCartney / McCartney II Paul Simon: Live From Philadelphia Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Concert Program Pentangle: The Time Has Come: 1967-1973 Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live Peter S. Beagle (libretto) and David Carlson (music): The Midnight Angel: An Opera in Two Acts Philip Glass and Beni Montresor: The Witches of Venice Philip Glass and Constance DeJong: Satyagraha Philip Glass and Kronos Quartet: Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass Philip Glass and Lauri Otonkoski: A Madrigal Opera/Cameo — A Symphonic Poem Philip Glass and Robert Wilson: Einstein on the Beach Philip Glass and Wendy Sutter: Songs and Poems for Solo Cello Philip Glass et al: The Juniper Tree Opera Philip Glass: Akhnaten Philip Glass: Symphony No. 7, “Toltec” Philip Pickett: The Bones of All Men Philip Pickett: The Bones of All Men Poco: Live at Columbia Studios, Hollywood 9/30/71 Pogues: Folk Rock with an Irish Twist Pogues: Rum Sodomy & the Lash Pogues: Streams of Whiskey Pogues: The Ultimate Collection Popes: Holloway Boulevard Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op.71 Randy Armstrong: Dining on the Diner Ravi Shankar: The Essential Ravi Shankar Ravishers CD release: live at the Doug Fir Lounge Red Dog Green Dog: Good Afternoon, This is Roughly Speaking Red Priest: The Four Seasons (Vivaldi and Corelli) Red: End of Silence / Innocence and Instinct Redwood Son CD Release Show: The Lion’s Inside Rev Hammer: Freeborn John “Live” Reveillons: Quiquequoidontou? / Belzébuth: Les Péches du Diable Richard & Linda Thompson: Hokey Pokey Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot Out The Lights (Deluxe Edition) Richard and Linda Thompson: I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight Richard Thompson Band Richard Thompson: Dream Attic Richard Thompson: “RT” The life and music of Richard Thompson Richard Thompson: 1000 Years Of Popular Music / Ducknapped! Richard Thompson: Live at the BBC Richard Thompson: Live Warrior Richard Thompson: South Bank Centre, London, England Richard Thompson: Sweet Warrior Richard Thompson: The Old Kit Bag Richard Thompson: Walking On A Wire, 1968-2009 Richard Thompson: Watching the Dark Richard Wagner: Die Walküre, Metropolitan Opera Rick Cutler: First Melancholy, Then the Night Stretch Robert Green: The Hurdy Gurdy in Eighteenth-Centure France Robert Greenfield: Dark Star: an Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia / Blair Jackson: Garcia: An American Life Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raising Sand ▶ Robert Plant: Band of Joy Robin Laing: The Water of Life Robin Laing: The Water Of Life Robin Laing: Whisky for Breakfast Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street Rolling Stones: Forty Licks Rolling Stones: The Early Years Rondellus: Sabbatum Ronnie Penque: Only Road Home Rook: C’mon EP Ruth MacKenzie: Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden Sandy Denny Santana: Hymns for Peace: Live at Montreux, 2004 Scott Allen Nollen: Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968-2001 Sean Rowe: Magic Selim Sesler: The Road to Kesan: Turkish Rom and Regional Music of Thrace Sequentia and Dialogos: Chant Wars Sergei Prokofiev, Gavin Friday & The Friday-Seezer Ensemble, Bono: Peter and the Wolf Shane MacGowan’s Popes: Across The Broad Atlantic Sharon Lawrence: Jimi Hendrix: The Man, The Magic, The Truth Shooglenifty: A Whisky Kiss / Venus in Tweeds Sinfonye: red iris / Trois Soeurs Skolvan: The complete recordings Sound Bites: Cleaning the 2011 Slate Stan Rogers: The Very Best of… Stanley Turrentine: Don’t Mess With Mister T Stanley Turrentine: Salt Song Stax Re-issues Steeleye Span: Now We Are Six Again Steeleye Span: Present: The Very Best of Steeleye Span Steindór Andersen: Rímur: A Collection From Steindór Andersen Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Grand Isle Storvan: Breton music done right Strangelings: Season of the Witch Strangled Darlings: Live at the Alberta St. Pub Suzanne Vega: Live At Montreux 2004 Tab Benoit: Medicine Taberna Mylaensis: L’anima du munnu Talisman: Music of Russian Princesses: the Great Talisman: Music of Russian Princesses: From the Court of Catherine the Great Tempest: 15th Anniversary Collection Terry Riley and Kronos Quartet: Kronos Quarter Plays Terry Riley: Salome Dances for Peace Terry Riley: The Lisbon Concert Terry Riley: A Rainbow in Curved Air The Band: Americana meets Rock and Roll The Decemberists: Live At Bull Moose The Decemberists: The King Is Dead The Doors The Doors: The Best of The Doors The Dufay Collective, Music for Alfonso the Wise The Grateful Dead: An Omnibus Review The Handsome Family: At the Doug Fir Lounge The Handsome Family: Scattered West Coast tour The Hot Club Of Cowtown: What Makes Bob Holler The Ivory Consort: Music from the Land of Three Faiths The Men They Couldn’t Hang: Demos & Rarities, Vol. 1 The Moaners: Live 2010 The Mollys: Moon over The Interstate The Morrigan: The Spirit of the Soup The Philip Glass Ensemble: A Retrospective The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus The Rum Store: Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot, Cornwall The Tallis Scholars: The Tallis Scholars Sing Josqin The Ukrainians: The Ukrainians / Respublika The Wicker Man Soundtrack Theatre of Voices: Street Cries The Mollys: Wankin’ Out West / Only a Story Thin Lizzy in concert Three Metre Day: Coasting Notes Three Nordic neo-traditional albums Tim Hart & Friends: My Very Favourite Nursery Rhyme Record Timothy Rice: May It Fill Your Soul: Experiencing Bulgarian Music Tina K. Ramnarine: Ilmatar’s Inspirations: Nationalization, Globalization, and the Changing Soundscapes of Finnish Folk Music Tom Waits: Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards Tomas Michaud: Beauty and Fire Tommy James & the Shondells: 40 Years: the Complete Singles Collection 1966-2006 Tori Amos: Live at Montreux, 1991-1992 Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Night Castle Trio Mediaeval: A Worcester Ladymass Troissoeur: Trah Njim Tummel: Payback Time Turbonegro: Retox Turbonegro: Retox Twist & Shout: a tribute to the Beatles Ukrainians: Diaspora Ukrainians: Istoriya: The Best of The Ukrainians Uun Budiman and the Jugala Gamelan Orchestra: Banondari: New Directions in Jaipongan Valentin Clastrier: Hérésie / Le Bûcher des Silences: Le Bûcher Des Silences Van Cliburn, et al.: The Two Sergeis Various Artists: Gamelan of Central Java XI: Returning Minimalism: In Nem Various Artists: Gamelan of Central Java XII: Pangkur One / XIII: Pangkur Two Various Artists: Gamelan of Central Java XIV: Ritual Sounds of Sekaten Various Artists: Gamelan of Central Java, Vol. VIII: Court Music Treasures/Volume IX: Songs of Wisdom and Love Various Artists: Gamelan of Central Java, Vols. I-IV Various Artists: Gamelan of Central Java, Vols. V-VII Various Artists: Gamelan of Central Java, X: Sindhen Trio Various Artists: Gamelan of Central Java, XI: Music of Remembrance. Various Artists: Gamelan of Java: Volume I: Kraton Kasunanan / Volume II: Contemporary Composers Various Artists: Rough Guide to Klezmer Jewish traditions: Shtetl Roots and New World Revival Various artists: Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World Various Artists: American Pop: An Audio History Various Artists: Black Sabbath Various Artists: Calypso At Midnight / Calypso After Midnight Various Artists: Deadicated: Songs of the Grateful Dead Various Artists: Deep River of Song: Black Appalachia Various artists: Endless Highway: the Music of The Band Various Artists: Far, Far from Ypres Various Artists: Fest Vraz Various artists: From The Land of Ice And Snow: The Songs of Led Zeppelin Various Artists: Heroes & Horses: Corridos from the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands Various Artists: Indonesia: Music from the Nonesuch Explorer Series Various artists: Jazz Roots – The Music Of The Americas Various Artists: Lagaan: Once upon a time in India Various artists: Moody Bluegrass Two … Much Love Various artists: Music from Montenegro Various Artists: Music From Vietnam / Music From Vietnam 2, The City of Huê / Music From Vietnam 3, Ethnic Minorities nKim Sinh: Music From Vietnam 4, The Artistry of Kim Sinh / Music From Vietnam 5 – Minorities From The Central Highland and Coast Various artists: No One Got Hurt: Bloodshot Record’s 15th Anniversary @ The Hideout Various Artists: Nordic Roots series Various artists: Riga Dimd Various Artists: Rough Guide to Hungarian Music Various Artists: Rough Guide to the Music of Central Asia Various Artists: Rough Guide to the Music of Turkey Various Artists: Stolen Roses: Songs of the Grateful Dead Various artists: The Appalachians / Jim Watson, Tommy Thompson & Mike Craver: Meeting in the Air Various Artists: The Kilmartin Sessions: The Sounds of Ancient Scotland Various Artists: The Medieval Experience / Venere Lute Quartet: Sweet Division Various Artists: The Rough Guide to English Roots Music / A.D. Schofield and J. 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A Note Regarding Meta-Narrative A metafictional postscript—all actual living beings referred to in the Sleeping Hedgehog grand narrative have agreed to be there. Really. Truly. Confused? Just sit back and enjoy our stories within stories. And do keep in mind that opinions expressed in the meta-narrative do not necessarily reflect the views of Kinrowan Limited . They might, they might not.
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First up is two selection from the 
London Fog (other names include Vanilla Tea Misto and Earl Grey Tea Latte) most likely originated in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, although the creator remains unknown and where it was created remain unknown despite several claims. One such claim is from the Island Coffeehouse in Langley, Washington,where it was originally made with Peppermint Tea in 2006. One shudders at the thought of drinking that nasty brew! 
Maurice Sendak, author of 
I see you were surprised to see 
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest is based on a fairly short tale written by
What? More Music?
Of course. (Well, it’s about music, even if it’s not really music itself. Mostly.) Why would we want it any different?
Let’s do something a little out of the ordinary (if you can figure out what “ordinary” is for us): We have a look at a version of Sergei Prokofiev’s perennial favorite, Peter and the Wolf by the Friday-Seezer Ensemble, with a booklet illustrated by none other than Bono, of U-2 fame. (Yep, you read that right.)
And now, for a slightly more modern classic, let’s see what our reviewer has to say about David Rees’ Minstrels in the Gallery: A History of Jethro Tull. Yes, it’s a biography of a band. (Not that we’ve never done anything like that here.)
From there to another biography of another icon, Jimi Hendrix: Musician by Keith Shadwick. Lots of picture in a very substantial book. And we have two biographies of Hendrix this time, the second being Sharon Lawrence’s Jimi Hendrix: The Man, the Magic, the Truth. It’s really much better than the title might suggest, according to our reviewer.
And to finish off for today, something completely different, found in our Archives: Anerca, by the Figures of Speech Theatre — a puppet show unlike any you’ve ever encountered — unless you’ve traveled in Asia. Sounds fascinating.
I see we’ve got more in the bin, so I’ll be back soon. See you then.