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Family, the friendly provider of keenly curated books, zines, contemporary arts and unique hand made items, hosts an opening party for their latest famously elaborate window displays. Created by William Lemon III and titled Parceval, the display’s unveiling will also be accompanied by a live in-store musical performance by Pharaohs.

Also…for a closer look at Family on Fairfax, check out Lance Bangs and VBS.tv’s mini documentary on the unique Los Angeles bookstore below.

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Following up yesterday’s Funny or Die Presidential Reunion, here’s another ex-President who’s done much more than just run the country-Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter!

And not only has a book finally been written about Honest Abe’s vampire killing exploits, but a film is already in the works just as the first book of the new “period piece meets unexpected horror” sub-genre also received (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies).

Visionary directors Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov have already signed on to produce a movie adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. And Lionsgate and Natalie Portman are at work adapting Pride and Prejudice and Zombies with Portman producing and starring as Jane Austen’s heroine Elizabeth Bennet. Via Deadline Hollywood.

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Wild things Spike Jonze, Maurice Sendak and Catherine Keener get together for a shit-shooting session in this exclusive clip from Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (directed by Jonze and Lance Bangs, now available on DVD through Oscilloscope Laboratories) on VBS.tv’s (Vice) ongoing series Spike Spends Saturday With…

From the VBSers:

“To commemorate the DVD release of Where the Wild Things Are, all week we’ll be taking a step back and fixing a long, heavy gaze inward at our very own Creative Director, filmmaker Spike Jonze. Tomorrow we’re proud to present an exclusive clip from the new documentary on Maurice Sendak by Spike and Lance Bangs, which you can buy right here. Then on Thursday and Friday we’re teeing up two new episodes of Spike Spends Saturdays With…. Lucky you!

If you want to get Spike Week started strong, here are a few links for your fortification:

Also…more on Tell Them Anything You Want from the all-loving We Love You So.

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Quite possibly the best show name of our young new year, Truth-A Soulless Bullshit Happening is what’s happening. The Tim Kerr curated party of art and music features Rich Jacobs, Mike Watt, Marsea Goldberg and No Age among others, it all happens at Family on Fairfax with an assist from Altamont.

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From Steve Powers’ (aka ESPO aka Mark Surface aka ESPO ICY) beautifully heartfelt mural project to the Philly city he loves, Love Letter continues to give back to the people. To celebrate the launch of the projects’ must-have book, A Love Letter For You-Brick Valentines On The Philly Skyline (which “documents the art and the neighborhood that inspired this ambitious public art project”-purchase here), Steve will be the man around town with an art opening, book signing, and Love train touring as well as taking over the Northern Liberties Tattoo shop through this week to create the Love Letter Tattoo Shop!

From the mural master on the tattoos for yous:

“for a week (more or less depending on demand), the only artwork that will be on offer will be all Steve Powers, all week long. All your favorite icons, punchlines, poignant reminders of the futility of life, hilarious illustrations of our inadequacies, True depictions of true love from the Love Letter project, and of course, PIGEONS. Its all here, it’s cheap, its permanent. No, I’m not tattooing, no skills. I will, however, sign your arm and let one of the skilled pros on staff at Todd’s shop re-ink it, fair enough?”

So to recap (click images for detailed info):

Get a new LOOK…

buy the BOOK…

get it SIGNED…

and ride the LOVE TRAIN LINE!

A bit from Steve’s A Love Letter For You blog:

“Another Elebration, another storm bringing massive precipitation. In spite of the snow, Espo’s Love Letter Tattoo Shop (a division of ICY SIGNS, a subsidiary of Mark Surface Intl.) opened right at the happy hour of 5. Two excellent co-defendants stepped right up: Nick encouraged me to invent something on the spot, while Michelle chose “whats mine is yours” and got it bolder on her shoulder. WHOA, I’ve got that feeling I get when I put work in a good spot. It’s like a seeing diamond in a moonbeam. 10 sheets of flash are in the shop now, we’ll add 10 more on tuesday, 10 more on thursday, and 10 more on friday. Dont see that special piece of flash? come again, rewind till you find the fine line to put on your spine. Or if you want, you can suggest to Es what works best, HELL YES”

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And speaking of the Art Los Angeles Contemporary, lowbrow legend Mark Ryden will be on hand at the inaugural fair to scribble in your books of his paintings from The Tree Show.

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This spot-on spot for Vancouver’s Langara College features a pop-up book that challenges creativity in all the right ways with it’s “tips for better ideas”. Appropriately titled Langara College: Rethink Scholarship, the 60 second commercial will have you rethinking for days. Created by Canada’s Rethink Communications.

Via Ads of the World.

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The good folk of Family on Fairfax host an event filled evening of double readings from the new books of Trinie Dalton (Sweet Tomb) and Aimee Bender (The Third Elevator) along with witchy projections by Jim Drain, Matt Greene and Matthew Ronay.

Proceeds to benefit the Theodore Payne Foundation and InsideOUT Writers.

Click here or the flyer below for more info.

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Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra hosts a book signing and Q&A for The Art of Avatar featuring some of the extraordinary artists who helped bring James Cameron’s sci-fi epic to life. Guests include: James Clyne, Dylan Cole, Steven Messing, Ben Procter, Neville Page, Jordu Schell, Daphne Yap and Ryan Church.

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New is old and old is new again with Robert Penney’s CVS 2600 video game box art of recent films, including one for something called Avatar(?) Reminiscent of graphic designer Spacesick’s clever “I Can Read Movies” series-an ongoing collection of film-based retro book covers.

Click here or a game below to see the entire set.

And for kicks, here’s a couple of the Spacesick’s latest “books” from the aforementioned “I Can Read Movies” series.

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