OOGA BOOGA: NEWSFLASH---

August 7, 2008
+++++++++++++++4 YEARS ALREADY!+++++++++++++++
Come to our four-year anniversary party this Sunday!

Music by: Usun (Hisham of Soft Circle, Rob from High Places, Luke and Sarah of Lucky Dragons, Mark Borthwick, and Dave Aron), and Bow Ribbons, from NY! And DJ Jessica Espeleta!
New window artwork by Ashley Macomber and Deanna Templeton in collaboration!
This Sunday August 10th, 5-8pm, in the Ooga Booga courtyard. Free and everyone welcome!

July 28, 2008
++++++++++PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED!++++++++++++
If you're in London this Sunday August 3rd, please come visit our project room at the awesome Publish and Be Damned book fair! It's a one-day event dedicated to artist self-publishing and we're very excited to bring our goods out there and participate! Other participants include: Lux Film Archive, Poppy Books, Facehug, Donald Urquhart, Pablo Bronstein, mono.kultur, Pork Salad Press, and tons more!
London, we know you've been mail-ordering tons from us, so come out and support! Click for more info...
Publish and Be Damned, August 3rd, 12pm-6pm
at Rochelle School (in Arnold Circus, Shoreditch)

++++++++++++++MORE NEW STUFF!+++++++++++++++++
If you're not in London, come visit our real shop, or web shop and check out our recent arrivals, including new items by Frances Stark, The Carrots, Semiotext(e), Steve Dore, Sumi Ink Club, Mociun, and so many more! Plus the exciting release of Raymond Pettibon's new zine "The Major Arteries," which he made for us!

July 1, 2008
++++++++++FOURTH OF JULY SPECTACULAR!++++++++++++

Please join us for our 4th of July party this Friday afternoon 3-7pm!
With music by:
Tony aka Teenage Moms (members of Mika Miko & Finally Punk!)
All Neon Like (members of Vomit Bomb!)
DJ Heather Gram (who makes those awesome Wipers shirts in our shop!)
+window installation by LittleChan (Jasmine Little & Jamie Chan!)
+vegan hot dog bbq by Kate Hall & Jennifer Clavin!
Free and everyone welcome, always!! In the Ooga Booga courtyard!

++++++++++++++++CLOTHING SALE EXTENDED!++++++++++++++
PS— some of our clothes are on sale! We've extended the sale to this month
too! Up to 60% off starting Friday!! Opening Ceremony, Bless, Anntian & more!
AND—we have new summer styles in, by Mociun, Keep, etc.! Check it out!
+++++++++++++++++THE OTHER CHI-TOWN++++++++++++++++
What else...oh! If you are in Chicago this week, our "sister" store Golden Age (owned by our ex-intern Martine!) is having their 4th of July party concurrent with ours!! What can I say...E.S.P.! Please go and support them!

June 10 , 2008
++++++POCAHAUNTED + METAL ROUGE + DJ SPUNT!++++++++
Come celebrate Friday the 13th with Pocahaunted (their last west coast show for six months!) and Metal Rouge and DJ Dean Spunt! Plus affordable raw vegan treats and sweets by Crops and Rawbers (Amanda and Diva)!!!
Free, everyone welcome! This Friday 7-10pm!

+++++++++JUNE CLOTHING SALE TIME!++++++++++++
Also! We will be on sale throughout this month on selected clothing items! Up to 40% off Opening Ceremony, Anntian, Bless, and more!

April 23 , 2008
+++++++++SAFE CRACKERS LAUNCH SUNDAY!++++++++++++
Please join us this Sunday evening 6-8pm for the launch of Oliver Payne's new zine, Safe Crackers!!!! This will be the debut of issues 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and each issue is narrowly focused on topics such as The Wire, Hot Chip, Wolfboy, Growing, and Rei Kawakubo!
We will also unveil the newest window installation by Joe Denardo of Growing, along with DJ tunes by Hot Chip! Free and everyone welcome always!

+++++++++++NIEVES LIBRARY REDUX!+++++++++++++++
Thanks to all who came out and visited the Nieves library! More pics to be posted soon...

+++++++++MEGAN PLUNKETT !++++++++++++
Congrats to former Ooga Booga intern Megan Plunkett on her awesome senior art show!!!! And double-congrats to her because she just completed the second issue of her awesome magazine Kingsboro Press, available here of course!

March 4, 2008
+++++++++NIEVES LIBRARY AT OOGA BOOGA!++++++++++++
We're excited to announce an exhibition of Swiss art publisher Nieves at Ooga Booga this month! Inside our shop we will be showing all of their books and zines, and in our temporary annex across the hall, we have a zine reading room where you can check out rare and out of print titles by many Nieves-related artists. These books are all from the publisher's personal archives in Zurich, and will be on view until April 3rd. And signings by L.A. Nieves artists in the shop every Thursday. Please come!
We are having the opening reception this Thursday March 6th, 7-10pm in the Ooga Booga courtyard, with the release of two new zines and a signing by Geoff McFetridge. Music by Silver Daggers (plus special guest) and DJ Brendan Fowler. Free, everyone welcome!!

++++++++++++++WINTER WRAP UP!+++++++++++++++++
Sorry for the recently meager updates! This past winter has kept us busy and haggard...but in a good way. Anyhow here's a little roundup of all the events we had over the holidays up until now...!
++++++++++++++DADDY 3 Release!+++++++++++++++++
In November we had a launch party for issue #3 of Javier Peres' Daddy magazine, w/ All Neon Like & DJ Will Stangeland...

+++++++++++++++NDP 4 Reception!+++++++++++++++++
A week later, we had a launch reception for North Drive Press #4! Congrats to Matt Keegan and Sara Greenberger-Rafferty for another great box of treats!

+++++++++++++Art Miami Water Tent!++++++++++++++++
Soon afterward, we went to Miami to participate in the publications tent of the NADA art fair! It was another new experience for us, and it was awesome to be sharing the space with some of our fave publications from around the world. (Check out the pic in front of Versace's old mansion!!)

...art!
++++++++++Swedish Pom ANP Vigoda Party!!++++++++++++
Upon returning from Miami we had a holiday party to celebrate many things—for instance our Jesse Spears pom pom window, the launch of ANP Quarterly issue 9, and Abe Vigoda live...all with Swedish snacks made by our intern Ola (aka Salty and the Swede catering)! The spiced glogg was deliche—thanks Ola!

++++++++++++++Art LA Santa Monica!++++++++++++++++
After surviving the floods of Miami, we felt like old hands at this art fair biz and took on our next one...Art LA! It was super fun to have a different space within our own city and met alot of cool lokes! Thanks Tim Fleming!

+++++++++++++++Snack Attack !+++++++++++++++++++
In the midst of Art LA, we also opened an art show within our shop (above the t-shirt rack) for the John Riepenhoff Experience. It was the debut solo sculpture show for Sara Clendening!

and inside the box....

l to r: tower of power, screw u, gold card. all by snacky c (pictured below w/ riepenhoff)!

++++++++++++++++The End!+++++++++++++++++++++
Ok, that about wraps up our winter report...and a fond farewell this month to our awesome neighboring gallery Jack Hanley Los Angeles, thanks for das memories!
+++++++++++++++INTERN FOR US!+++++++++++++++++
Wanna be an intern? We're taking applications if you're interested in helping out with basic shop stuff and special store projects, 6-25 hours per week. If this sounds appealing to you, please click for info.
++++++++++++CHECK OUT OUR WEBSHOP!+++++++++++++
+CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR WEB-SHOP NOT EVERYTHING IS UP BUT WE ARE UPDATING IT WEEKLY.........