And You Shall Know us by the Trail of Our Vinyl

Roger Bennett and Josh Kun

This awesome pop culture book, in the vein of Camp Camp and Bar Mitzvah Disco, looks at the history of Jewish music preserved in vinyl. Cantors, showmen, Jewish Christmas albums, Israeli folk, Yiddish humor and language records all help tell the tale of Jewish assimilation into American culture. Fascinating commentary and hilarious cover art...

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Camp Camp: Where Fantasy Island Meets Lord of the Flies

Roger Bennet and Jules Shell

Yes, another thrilling tome from the authors of Bar Mitzvah Disco! As in their previous book, you don’t need to be a wealthy east-coast Jew to enjoy this collection of stories and pictures from late 70s and 80s sleep-away camps. If you’ve been to any camp, worn your socks rolled, had huge bangs or listened to Duran Duran waves of nostalgia will come pouring out, like Aqua-Net from the girls bathroom. Great stories, oh-so-familiar bubble-handwriting notes, mix-tapes, cheers and some of the most accurately 80s pictures ever. Love it. http://campcampbook.blogspot.com/

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Amy’s Answering Machine

Amy’s Answering Machine - Amy Borkowsky

Do you hear little voices, telling you what to do, critiquing and nagging at all hours? You may be cracking up, or perhaps you’ve been listening to NPR playing some clips from Amy’s Answering Machine (the cd). The author, Amy Borkowsky, has been stricken with one of the most interfering, worried and opinionated mothers on the planet. Over the last decade Borkowsky has been saving the messages her mother leaves on her machine:



*Beep* Hi Amila. If you haven’t already left to go to the motor vehicle bureau, keep in mind the wait is very long. So before you get in line, you may want to empty your bladder.



Mom doles out...

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