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STORIES FOR SHORTY: A COLLECTION OF RECOLLECTIONS FROM THE JOCKEY CLUB 1982-88
Shorty picture courtesy of Sarah KuhlDEADLINE: AUGUST 31
It's the witching hour and if you were considering sending something for consideration for the book, Stories for Shorty: A Collection of Recollections from the Jockey Club 1982-88, the time is now. The book will be available on November 22nd and the deadline is a firm August 31, 2008.
See our submission guidelines (see below) or go to www.aurorepress.com for more info on how you can be a permanent part of Jockey Club history! Thank you to everyone who sent us their thoughts and memories. It's going to be a terrific tribute and we hope to see everyone on November 22 when we unveil it at Shake It Records.

SEND US YOUR PICTURES, FLYERS AND JC ARTIFACTS!
We're pulling together a slide show of all our Jockey Club memories for the JC Reunion at the Southgate House on November 22. As much as we'd like to fit it all in one book, it's just not possible but we'd like to project some of our visual memories that night. So if you have any decent quality photos, flyers or cool JC items, please scan them and send it us at admin@aurorepress.com. Or if you want to put all of it on a disc and send it to us (see address below), that works too.

TWO-PART JC EXTRAVAGANZA: MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR NOV. 22!
As if making a great book filled with memories about one of the greatest punk clubs ever a reality isn't enough, Aurore Press is planning two events on November 22nd to celebrate the release of the book and to bring some of us together again. The first is an afternoon at our favorite record store, Shake It Records. More details on that are coming. And later that evening, we have secured the ballroom at the historic Southgate House beginning at 8:00 pm. We're still fine turning the Jockey Club reunion show but you'll be sure to see performances by BPA,
SS-20, The Libertines US, The Reduced, The Edge and The Thangs!

There will be lots of goodies on hand to help us raise as much money as we can for LINKS, (Lonely Instruments for Needy Kids) including the now infamous "Shorty" t-shirts modeled proudly by Billy Blank and Jughead and the sweet, sweet Jimmy D. (below) and the book of course, 'Stories for Shorty'. See you there!

WERE YOU THERE?:
CONTRIBUTORS SOUGHT FOR A JOCKEY CLUB BOOK
The idea came to us in a fever dream after Bryce Rhude initially sparked our collective sentimentality and (vague) recollections of our very own days within the hallowed halls of the smoked-filled, beer-stained infamous Jockey Club of Newport, Kentucky on a Web site and MySpace page.

Jockey Club photo courtesy of Bob ButlerIt proved to us that 20 years after the demolition of the legendary nightclub, a forum is overdue for the cast of characters who made up the JC “scene”. So Aurore Press has decided to step up with a rousing cheer and announce that our second book release will pay tribute to the late and great Jockey Club heyday of the 1980s!

Aurore Press is now actively seeking submissions from contributors willing to donate their memories to a book dedicated to The Jockey Club of the 1980s entitled Stories for Shorty: A Collection of Recollections from the Jockey Club 1982-88. The book is scheduled for release in November, 2008.

Billy Blank, Jughead, Jimmy D., Handsome ClemIf you are an artist or writer or even if you just have something to say or to contribute to the book, Aurore Press wants to hear from you! Writers, poets, essayists, etc. may submit their work in a Word document or PDF and artists, photographers, painters, collagists, etc. should send a digital photo(s) of their piece(s) along with a brief description to admin@aurorepress.com. Submissions may also be sent by mail to 4243 Kirby Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45223.

Proceeds from the sale of the book after it’s published will be donated to LINKS, (Lonely Instruments for Needy Kids), the Cincinnati-based charity that collects and refurbishes old instruments for kids who want to play an instrument and who could otherwise not be able to buy, rent or borrow one.

For a larger version of the above flyer, click here. And for a PDF of the Press Release, click here. Deadline for all submissions is August 31, 2008, so let's get writing!
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Billy Blank and Jughead
These guys are ready, are you?

Jimmy D sporting the 'Shorty' T
Jimmy D. looks great! But wait, where DID he get that shirt!?

THE BOOK THAT COULD:
LATEST RELEASE


Country at War: Reflections on the War in Iraq Country at War: Reflections on the War in Iraq
Edited by Betsy Young and Chuck Byrd


Are you sick of this war of lies we're in? Well, so are we and we gave local Cincinnati area writers and artists with connections to this traditionally conservative area a chance to speak up and they did! Seventeen artists stepped up and contributed their words and work to our very first publication, an anthology called Country at War: Reflections on the War in Iraq.

The following writers and artists stepped up and contributed: Jacob Adams, Joel Blazer, Chuck Byrd, Mary Anne Cowgill, Gregory Flannery, Matt Hart, Jeff Albers and Knife the Symphony, Amy Kreitzer, Justin Moore, Chrissy Hensley, Lisa Romie, Christian Schmit, Nathan Singer, Veronica Strickler, Brian Williams, Kathy Y. Wilson and Betsy Young.

‘Country at War’ is currently available for only $8 in the following Cincinnati, OH locations: Shake It Records (4156 Hamilton Avenue), InkTank (1311 Main Street), Sidewinder Coffee and Tea (4181 Hamilton Avenue), and online at www.aurorepress.com.

100% of the proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust (dav.org). To date, Aurore Press donated $1,088 from the proceeds from the sale of the book to the DAV. (More)

5.5 x 8.5, an Aurore Press paperback original, Pub Date: June 15, 2007

How to Purchase 'Country at War'
Copies can be purchased for only $8 at:
InkTank's Book Bank 1311 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202, 513.542.0195
Shake It Records 4156 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45223, 513.591.0123
Sidewinder Coffee & Tea
4181 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45223, 513.542.8321


You can contact us directly to buy a copy or pay below through PayPal for only $5 including shipping and handling!

 

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JOCKEY CLUB LINKS
The Jockey Club on MySpace
Jockey Club Remembered
Cincinnati Scene Report in MRR (written by Bill Igerent, 1984)
Ben Shipman RIP
Sluggo
Snare & The Idiots
Musical Suicide
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