Just 5 days until the election! You know how we're voting!

Golden Age is expanding our inventory and remodeling our store! Coming
in December, we'll have more publications, more music, and more
apparel/accessories!

Here's the scoop for now:

1. LAST CALL FOR FALL - 30% Off Selected Merchandise During
November.

2. Golden Age will be open by appointment only beginning this
Thursday, October 30 until Sunday, November 30. Contact
Marco to make an appointment by email (marco@goldenagestore.com) or by
phone (312 850 2574), we'd love to have you visit.

3. Extended Holiday hours during the month of December! Beginning
December 3 we will be open Wednesdays through Sundays from 12 - 7.

4. Mark Your Calendars******* Second Annual Holiday Party, December
13th! Remember how much fun you had last year? Let's do it again! More
info later...

5. Golden Age will be CLOSED Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New
Years Day!

See you soon!

New Items for November

Paper Monument 2 - Fall 2008 issue of the contemporary art journal

Golden Birthday - Infinite Leagues (LP and CD)- new album from
Chicago pop/art rock dudes

Javelin CDRs - BACK IN STOCK! Bouncy cut up hip hop tracks from the
Providence superstars

Journal of Popular Noise Volumes 2 and 3 -Beautiful accordion
fold-out containing three 7”s for discerning people who enjoy very
good music

David Horvitz 'Everything That Can Happen in a Day' - Latest
B&W newsprint poster by this art making machine

William Pym 'The Mutation' - zine about the idea of
adolescence written by the infamous Artforum Diary contributor/former
director of Fleisher Ollman

Kingsboro Press #5 - Brand new issue of the NYC based publication
featuring interviews with NYC based artist Matthew Cerletty, Mike
Pollard of Arbor, and new artwork from Matt Vadman

+ SO MUCH MORE

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Gatekeeper, another good Chicago band. You can listen here.

ITEM OF THE WEEK



This week's item is the debut release from brand new Chicago band Golden Birthday.

Golden Birthday overlays old, half-broken drum machines and effect-ey keyboards with satisfying, simple guitar hooks to create warm pop music on their debut record "Infinite Leagues".

Infinite Leagues is earnest pop music stripped down to it's bare elements, lots of love songs and lots of songs about the loss of love. A very satisfying/romantic listen; put this record on while making dinner for your significant other as the leaves are falling outside and watch the sparks fly. Perfect fall album.


Available on LP and CD, LP's pressed on clear vinyl and limited to 500 copies.

Both availabe now @ Golden Age.

If you're in New York tonight, you probably already know what you should be doing, going to Phillips de Pury & Company for the the Benefit Preview of the 2008 Art Book Fair. When you go, make sure to visit our friends and stockists:

Capricious
Dexter Sinister
Heavy Tapes
The Kingsboro Press
OOGA BOOGA
Torpedo
White Columns

More info about the Fair:

Printed Matter's annual fair of contemporary art books, art catalogs, artists' books, art periodicals, and 'zines offered for sale by over 140 international publishers, booksellers, and antiquarian dealers. Admission to the fair is FREE.

LOCATION
Phillips de Pury & Company
450 West 15th Street at 10th Avenue, 3rd floor, NYC (map)

FAIR HOURS
Friday/Saturday, October 24 & 25, 2008, 11am - 7pm
Sunday, October 26, 2008, 11am - 5pm

Admission to the NY Art Book Fair is free.

BENEFIT PREVIEW
6 - 9 pm, Thursday, October 23, 2008
$20 - general admission plus
ticket edition by Jonathan Monk

On November 1, The pre-eminent American biennial, Prospect 1 will open in New Orleans; it looks to be huge. Listed as taking up 100,000 square feet, it will have many satellite venues and involve some really rad contemporary artists (Mark Bradford, Clare E. Rojas, Trenton Doyle Hancock et al.). Sounds like a very positive thing for an important American city torn apart by Hurricane Katrina. Prospect 1 runs for 11 weeks and I've included an interview with the biennial's curator, the talkative Dan Cameron, below.


Blake Takes Prospect 1 from Blake Killian on Vimeo.

Golden Age was recently interviewed by Karly Wildenhaus for her new Chicago Arts blog 'On the Make'.
On the Make will be a digital repository of all things related to contemporary art and Chicago. We're quite pleased to be a part of the inaugural post.

-Marco

Golden Age will be participating in the 2008 Pilsen Open Studios, with a new window installation from artist Jihee Kim. Stop by and see what's thriving! Check out the window installation, take a look at some of our new stuff and enjoy a cold beverage.

Pilsen Open Studios
Saturday & Sunday
October 18-19
12PM - 8PM

Pilsen Open Studios is an artist run art walk that takes place during the second weekend in October. Each year artists, galleries, spaces and cafes open their doors during special hours. Over 30 spaces, 60+ artists from May St. to Leavitt St. and from 16th St. to 23rd St. will open their studios to the public.

Hope to see you there!

Beverages courtesy of Grolsch.

There are some very nice paintings from Chicago artist David Holt at the Chicago cultural center right now:



-Marco

I've noticed an increased activity in Chicago right now with publications; the 2nd issue of the super attractive Proximity Magazine was just released and I've just caught wind of Prompt, another locally created publication with writing that extends so far beyond our Chicago socio-sphere.




In particular I picked up a Prompt to read the DIY, WHY? essay and was pleased. Conrad Bakker presents a well composed, analytical survey of DIY from 1940 to the present, breaking down many of the different manifestations of DIY from Punk Rock to Martha Stewart. Of personal note was the connection between DIY and entrepreneurship, which is relevant to everyone who's in a creative capacity and/or on a hustle.

Both Prompt and Proximity available at Golden Age.

-Marco

I don't know why but this website makes me feel pretty optimistic about life in general.  Jamie Livingston took a polaroid everyday for 18 years ending up with over 6,000 photos.  It ended with his death in 1997.  

http://photooftheday.hughcrawford.com

 

-Lauren

There's a show tonight called 'Winner Circle' at Scott Projects that I think you should all attend. It's new work from Golden Age endorsed artist Michael Hunter. Hunter will be showing a variety of abstract sculpture and from my speculation, it looks to be post-minimal, volumetrically pleasing assemblages of a humorous/playful nature.





The opening is Friday, Oct 10, 6 - 11pm. The show runs through Oct 31.

Scott Projects is located at

1542 N Milwaukee Ave (between Damen Ave and Honore St)
Bucktown/Wicker Park, Chicago
El: Blue or Pink Line to Damen. Bus: 50, 56, 72.

-Marco

On the condition of being teenaged...



There's a movie recently released starring members of the bands NO AGE and Mika Miko. It's called High School Record and it looks really good, I can't wait to see it!

-Marco

TOTALLY COOL STUFF FOR AUCTION AT INTUIT CENTER FOR OUTSIDER ART:

WESLEY WILLIS DRAWING

THIS IS JUST NUTS. COULD SOMEONE BID ON THIS FOR ME?

HTTP://WWW.ART.ORG

CHECK IT OUT.

-LAUREN

P.S. I'M COMING BACK FROM THE WOODS ON SUNDAY. ANYBODY WANT TO HANG OUT?

I recently talked to Aylor Brown (amazing artist and former livejournal-friend) and she told me about a blog she has been running with friends. "What we like and what we make." Visit http://realnormal.blogspot.com/

Left: Stripes, 2008Examining the connections between bodies in public, private, and celestial spaces by simplifying collected data into patterns.

New Books up on the Webshop!

Here are a few more snaps taken by Bob Brodsky from the Golden Age One Year Anniversary Party!


Beautiful cake by Aya Yamasaki!





There are many more images from the party on our flickr!

-Marco