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FOR SHORTY: A COLLECTION OF RECOLLECTIONS FROM THE JOCKEY CLUB 1982-88
 DEADLINE:
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.
 It
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.
 If
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! (More)
These guys are ready, are you?
Jimmy D. looks great! But wait, where DID he get that shirt!?
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