This might easily be one of the best lists we’ve ever sent out, partly because Vanessa was off this week working on something else and Jason was allowed to catalogue the books HE wanted to catalogue. It’s like when he was seven-years-old running a “radio station” out of his basement. RADIO STATION K.I.D.S. “where kids play the music WE want to hear!” Weird Al! Dennis Lee. Sesame Street Disco. THE GREATS! “I Lost my Cookie at the Disco” remains a classic, and nothing will change his mind. Dennis Lee is the greatest poet Canada has ever produced. That radio station, playing as it did for an audience of one, was LEGENDARY, and as it was one of the greats, this week’s BOOKS are among the greats, pulled from a lovely collection that resembles the superb inventory of Ray’s Occult Bookshop in Ghostbusters 2.
Speaking of which, we recently learned that the original set designer for Ghostbusters 2 was brought back for Ghostbusters: Afterlife to RECREATE Ray’s Occult Bookshop. A warm-hearted shout-out to Mary at the Mystic Bookshop whose store looks EXACTLY LIKE Ray’s (something that tears Jason up inside as he’d like to live there). Her shop feed on Instagram burns him up with love and jealousy. Did you know the Mystic Bookshop is where Jason bought his first Terrance McKenna book? That was when Mike Davidson ran the place. Now, it’s Mary’s, and she’s knocking it out of the park. For you dog lovers out there, she has a beagle too. Some day we are going to get our dogs together for a photograph.
Thank you for all of your support over the winter. One of the weekly pleasures we have is guessing which books will be bought by whom. Veronica is going to love this one, we think to ourselves. Devon is gonna get this one, we know it. And there are a few kinky things where we’re like, uh, so-and-so’s TOTALLY gonna get this one (we won’t name names). Heh. Heh. It’s hard not to become an occult/erotica dealer sometimes because why not? No more requests for James Patterson. Jason could grow our his perv mustache and Vanessa could finally release the Dirty Old Man that lives inside of her to face the world, but we’re much too sophisticated for that.
Much love,
Jason and Vanessa
