Subterranean Books
Subterranean Books opened in 2000 on the Delmar Loop and has been a haven for book lovers ever since. We’re proud to have been selected Best Bookstore by the Riverfront Times five times, and we continue to offer the unusual, the classic, and the subversive to our customers. And hey, we’re independent, friendly, and growing. Check us out! The store can be contacted at 314.862.6100 or info (at) subbooks.com.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Not Forgotten
It’s been a little while since we’ve posted. Good reason for that really. First, the holidays bowled us over. Sales were amazing, your patronage was thoughtful and fantastic, and we were able to get in a little family time too. So, thanks. Subby Customers rock the house!
But beyond that, we’re building a new blog that will be all ours and part of our website. We hope this is step one in kicking ourselves into the 21st century. We’d like to completely renovate our site this year and even add internet sales. Wouldn’t that be peachy? But no worries about us going corporate, it’ll always have that sweet DIY feel here at SB--all our internet stuff will be open source. Vive la Revolution!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
My 2007 Subby Wishlist

2. The store has a signing for one of Jeremy’s books (preorder now $20--no guarantees).
3. Glenn Danzig comes into the store when I’m actually here.
4. Our 7th Birthday Party has Dita von Teese and Marilyn Manson on the VIP list.
5. The store can afford the 300% pay raise I’ve asked for. They don’t call me J$$ for no reason. Right, Kelly? I mean Special K.

Monday, December 18, 2006
Moleskine
Apparently there is a whole subculture out there that likes to display the contents of their moleskine journals on the internet. My education never stops.
P.S. It has been suggested by certain unnamed persons that I have too much time on my hands.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Part Le Final

For the kiddies we have stuffed creatures with their own stories to tell. No, not the Teddy Scares, these are for younger kids.
First, on the left, we have Flora-- the choral director at the local high school who enjoys horseback riding, watching Gilmore Girls and picking petunias. And she is quite demure.

Over on the right we have Wilby and Pongo and their peeps.
And then there's Claude. He calls himself an "unclassified hairy biped" but we know who he is. He's even a published author. Although he does have a bit of a chip on his shoulder. (Just flip through his books. You'll see what I mean.)
For the inner goth we've got skull soap-on-a-rope. It comes in rose scent, licorice, eucalyptus, and many others. In the same series we have coffin soap-on-a-rope (complete with tiny skulls surrounding the casket) and we have the trilogy of bats. Not on-a-rope, though.
We have super cool ornaments for the film buff, that look especially smashing on black Christmas trees.
And for all you word freaks out there, we have magnets made from cut-up words. Burroughs would be proud.

Friday, December 15, 2006
(Part 4)

First are the Hokusai cards. Twenty-five large-format cards (with envelopes) presented in a beautifully bound Japanese-style box with traditional fastening. Lovely.
Japanese, but a bit more modern, are the Fruits postcards. If you've seen the books Fruits and Fresh Fruits, then you know what I'm talking about. The Fruits Postcards is a collection of forty-five Tok


Speaking of wacky, the third postcard set is Bollywood Dreams. It consists of 50 cards in a specially made tin box. The photographs are taken from the book Bollywood Dreams by Jonathan Torgovnik and explore many different facets of Bollywood cinema. My favorite is the cover shot.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
You Say...(Part 3)?
For years we have had folks coming in asking for blank books and journals. We never had any. There was a time when Meghan would practically beg us to come to our senses. She was right. And so was Matthew. And Jason. Everyone really. Well...now we have them.

We have Moleskine with the fancy-pants pocket. It comes in lined pages, squared pages, blank pages, and sketchbook format. We carry both the pocket size and the larger ones.

For the whimsical among you, we have spirals and notebooks put out by Dark Horse. We stock the Coop version, the Tim Biskup, Jim Flora and others.


Everything is in stock and just waiting for you to waltz up to the counter and fondle them.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
You Say You Need *More* Gift Ideas (Part 2)
Check it.
How cool are these?
These are the kid-friendly ones.




Tuesday, December 12, 2006
You Say You Need *More* Gift Ideas (Part 1)?


Geeze, we've been swamped lately. Yippee for the holidays and all that selfless giving!

Monday, December 11, 2006
Join us for the Par-tay!

Looking for Fun! and Art! and maybe Wine! We're the place to be--Art show opening this Friday (15th). Dani Kantrowitz is the newest inductee to the Subterranean Art Hall of Fame. She makes drawings that are fabulous and fun. Have you ever seen Marcel Dzama or Aya Takano? Her drawings are even more fun than theirs. The reception runs from 7 to 9pm, at the store, and the show will hang through Sunday, Jan. 14.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
A Time for Community
Ever wonder what the "support staff" looks like? You know, the ones who have to endure the highs and lows we all report home with. The ones who prop us up and dust us off each day, pushing us out the door to face the world again? Here's a not-very-good picture of the annual Subterranean Christmas Dinner. This year we went to Aya Sofia. It was very very tasty. This was taken at the end of dinner (and at the end of the wine).

A Picture's Worth


I keep meaning to send out a more detailed email about all the new cool things we have in, but dangit, the time just slips away. Maybe this week... Anyway, here are some photos of the new loft space. It about killed us, but it's up and running and doing quite well, thank you. (And a *huge* thanks to Rachel for making the perfect curtains.)

