you know those long monday nights, when the bookshop is closed and one feels so lonesome? well why not join us for a hell of a honky tonk night?

Monday 2.6.08 at 21:00 The Hot Eskimos
(country, Punk, Rockabilly) www.myspace.com

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The Hunters (country, country, country) www.myspace.com

at White Trash Fast Food only 3 euros !!! (schönhauserallee 6-7, u2-rosa luxemburgplatz)

click on the links - they work!

A rare video to show your friends this weekend!

You're invited to join the "Lost Discussion group" on June 5th to talk about all three episodes of the very exciting ending of Season 4. Starts at 9 and should not be missed!

The Bookshop Six have escaped from the bookshop and we finally find out how and why they have to return and how to move the bookshop. Also: the secret of the man in the basement is revealed, someone finds out he's the brother of the female lead plus it's got a very cool Tom Bantock flashback!

Never heard of that place!

Kudos! I forgot how great that blog is! Not just the poetry freaks should have a look.

Dr. Richard Albert

Ram Dass

We got the hottest books in town!

...for trying to steal "The Secret Necronomicon of Harry Potter"! Hey, millions of people want to read that one and we got only one copy, buddy!

Wanna have a look at the first trailer? Ok, it's spanish, but they're not talking, ok? You know, it's by David Fincher (he's banned from the bookshop because of that thing with Tom.) and it looks like he had sex with the early Tim Burton (who is still welcome at the bookshop while the new, the remade and the all-new Tim Burtons are still banned.) And it's got Brad Pitt (one of our favourite regulars. He always comes to the bookshop when he's in Berlin because of the Krusovice) and Kate Blanchett (she's from Australia and her friends are pretty strong and that's why I wont tell you some amusing anecdotes from her youth...). And it's based on a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald (who used to be a favourite customer of the bookshop back in the old days when Alan still had a moustache) and you can read the story over here!

England is a long way away, Hyacinth

Little Brother downloads are live!

Download the book and upload your remix! It's an interesting concept.

Look at what I found! A video from 1988!

From The Exberliner: Two engaging artists take the stage at this month's Wednesday at Burger event. British writer Lewis Crofts reads from his biographical novel The Pornographer of Vienna, based on the life of Austrian artist Egon Schiele.

The reading is followed by a concert by Berlin-based Spanish songwriter J. Pastor Martin Rodirguez, a.k.a. El Caracol Velocista. The Tenerife native is a talented guitarist and nuanced vocalist who draws from funk, jazz, flamenco and bossa. Kaffee Burger, Torstrasse 53/54, Mitte, U-Bhf Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Wed May 28, 21:00, 5 euros

Story and video over at Monocle: "Less is more is the concept for Bildschöne Bücher, a small bookshop in Berlin that has grown out of the highly successful website 25books.com . "

A librarian fighting evildoers! How could we resist this one: "Follow the story of Rex Libris, the tough-as-nails Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library, and his unending struggle against the forces of darkness. Wearing his distinctive, super thick bottle glasses and armed with an arsenal of powerful weapons, he strikes fear into recalcitrant borrowers, and can take on virtually any foe‹from noisy, loitering zombies to fleeing alien warlords who refuse to pay their late fees."

Check out the strip over here!

I have seen the future of writing!

Animator vs Animation Animator vs Animation II

Spotted on Boing Boing today