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This sandstone pillar for the world's greatest bookstore is made up of a stack of eight classic books, titled in the language they were originally written. If you are a completist, they are (in order): Mahabharata (Sanskrit), 1000 Nights and a Night (Arabic), Hamlet, War and Peace (Russian), Tao

The cover of Cabinet magazine’s 30th issue caught my eye tonight while on my first Powell’s browsing jaunt in ages. Namely, a small sailboat floating through an aged and darkening tunnel. A few years ago I tracked a similar image to it’s original source — a pictorial of a de-comissioned soviet nuclear submarine shelter and shots by the folks exploring it.

Starting September 23rd PCS will be giving you the opportunity to get to know a whole bevy of wild-eyed scientists, rock divas, gangsters, rakes and eccentrics (plus some of the most fascinating public figures of the 20th century).

I stumbled on Dark Beloved Cloud sometime in 1999. Back when the label was still based in New York. I was digging for a copy of Fly Ashtray’s Clumps Takes A Ride, yet another cassette that suffered the same fate as the Mommyheads tape I’ve written about… curdled in the heat of early-90’s South Floridian sun.

SB/MUXTAPE.0002 → HYPOBLAST! Fly Ashtray + pHoaming Edison Fly Ashtray 2nd Song (1:58) Fly Ashtray Harmony Grutz (2:54) Fly Ashtray Moist Floor Ruined My Bad Idea (3:13) Fly Ashtray Best Boy (2:43) Fly Ashtray Hypoblast!

This year’s JAW playwrights are bringing a fascinating mix of ideas and characters to PCS stages in July. You can’t read the plays in advance, of course, but you can prep for your JAW experience with the following books related to the plays, all available at Powells: - Starvation Heights .

Susan and I found a weekend to ourselves, so we decided to plan a quick trip to Portland and get out of Dodge for a while. We started out on Friday by getting some shopping done at the outlet mall, then we embarked on a paddlewheel boat dinner cruise on the Columbia River that evening.

Nearly all of our readers will have heard of Powell’s Books, the major online book retailer, but thus far their blog—emphatically titled PowellsBooks.BLOG—has not become as widely known. In fact, in a recent post that tugged our heartstrings, the lack of reader comments on their site prompted their editor Brockman to launch a primal howl of despondency into the Internet void.

I had the great pleasure of both meeting and recently interviewing indie bookseller Heidi Erdahl of the Magic Mouse Toys in Seattle. The store is located in the historic, underground part of Seattle, home to many restored, spacious buildings.

Budget Brides Beware May 21st, 2008 A wedding is one of the best events a person could ever experience. There is a lot of planning required and numerous details to worry about. There’s also a lot of professionals involved that can make the difference between a seamless, memorable wedding and a nightmare, unforgettable fiasco.  There are many wedding-related services offered on Craigslist.