Now that our cafe and bookstore are open again, we’ve started getting all kinds of new products in the shop. You can browse all our new arrivals, but there are a few products I’d like to spotlight.
The Employees
First up, The Employees by Olga Ravn. This book bills itself as a workplace novel of the 22nd century. It is, in turns, chilling, deeply moving, baffling, and bizarre. I’ve never read anything like it before, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.
The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century – Olga Ravn
New York Ninja
There’s a lot to say about New York Ninja, and others have said it a lot more eloquently than I have, so if the premise intrigues you I’m sure you can find more details. The premise: in the 80s a mid-budget kung-fu flick was shot and shelved before it could be edited. The film preservationists at Vinegar Syndrome found it, digitized the footage, and proceeded to turn it in to a whole new movie.
That’s right, it’s a brand new, 100% authentic 1980s kungfu flick. And it’s honestly pretty damn wonderful.
New York Ninja – (Blu Ray)
Shot in 1984 by director/star John Liu and abandoned after principal photography, this singular project edits the surviving footage, set to a newly created soundtrack featuring voice dubs from genre stars. After his pregnant wife is slain by a human-trafficking ring, a TV news crewman (Liu, dubbed by Don Wilson) dons white ninja garb and unleashes his martial arts skills on those responsible. Also with the voices of Michael Berryman, Cynthia Rothrock, Linnea Quigley, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Ginger Lynn.
Hill Country Love – Cedric Burnside
The 2021 Grammy award winning “I Be Trying” was the first Cedric Burnside album I heard, and I loved it. Cedric is the grandson of R.L. Burnside, for whom he frequently played drums, and he also played drums for Junior Kimbrough. In addition to being an accomplished drummer, Cedric is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. His music is amazing.
Hill Country Love, released in April of 2024, is Cedric’s latest album and it is Delightful.
Hill Country Love – Cedric Burnside
From Amazon:
Provogue Records is proud to announce the latest studio album from Grammy-Award Winning Bluesman, Cedric Burnside, entitled ‘Hill Country Love’. To Cedric Burnside, ‘Hill Country Love’ is a culmination of a career that’s already seen astonishing accomplishments and only keeps growing. When Cedric prepared to record ‘Hill Country Love’, the follow-up to his 2021 Grammy-winning album ‘I Be Trying’, he set up shop in a former legal office located in a row of structures in the seat of Tippah County, a town with 5,000 residents that’s known as the birthplace of the Hill Country Blues style. The fourteen songs on the record were finished in two days, but in addition to being satisfied with the sound, Burnside believes that his eleventh album represents real creative progress
That’s all for today, but check back soon for more.