Charles Mudede is a senior staff writer at The Stranger, “Seattle’s Only Newspaper,” and he recently started doing a video series called Mudede’s Book Nook. In the third installment of the series, Charles recommends our own Boogie Down Predictions, which, as you know, is a collection of essays edited by me and published by Strange Attractor Press.
He writes,
Because a big part of the only life I’ll ever have is devoted to books, the best thing I can offer during this holiday season is a recommendation of five books you can read by a fake fire (like the one in my cottage) or gift those who happen to be close to your life or who you want to be close to your life.
See the relevant video here (You really want to watch this. There's a cat!):
Many, many thanks to Charles and The Stranger for recommending this book. We worked very hard on it. Find out more, give it as a gift, or treat yourself to your own copy.
Dead Precedents 50%-Off Sale!
[Dead Precedents with the hands from Run the Jewels' RTJ3. Hands and photo by Timothy Saccenti.]
Repeater Books is having a 50%-off sale on all titles including my own Dead Precedents: How Hip-Hop Defines the Future until the end of the year! Get one for yourself and a friend. It makes a great gift for the hip-hop head in your family or crew. If you don't know, now you know. It's so dope.
BOOKS = GIFTS
Speaking of, all of my books make great gifts! Check them out!
BLOG is a Four-Letter Word
As I reassess what I'm doing with social media and this mailing list, I've been slowly adding things to the blog on my website. As an avid reader of this newsletter, you've already seen some of it, but I'm collecting it there for now.
There's somehow both a comfort and a futility in these efforts. Sure, I want to sell books, but only because foremost I want to connect with people over our shared interests and ideas, and books are one way to do it. I'm still at a loss at the best way to do everything else without being a salesperson, but writing and posting sometimes feels like just adding to the noise.
The prevalent forms of indie discourse have shifted several times since I started making zines as a teenager, and it feels like it's happening again. There's an anything goes feeling to it now that again feels both empowering and pointless.
If you've read this far and have a rare, spare moment, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'm not sad or frustrated -- this isn't a cry for help -- I'm just trying to waste as little of your time as possible.
Thank you!
As always, thanks for reading and responding.
Hope you're well,
-royc.
http://roychristopher.com