A Very A/S Holiday
The Holidays are upon us, and what better way to spread some cheer than with an Armchair/Shotgun T-Shirt or Tote Bag? These totes and tees make great gifts. Your loved ones will open the package and pause a moment before a genuine smile spreads across their features. “Oh!” they’ll say. ”Hey! This is awesome. Thank you [insert … Read more
Of Typewriters and Tote-Bags: A Brooklyn Book Festival Retrospective
As first-time vendors at this years Brooklyn Book Festival, we didn’t quite know what to expect. Would the day drag by, each minute a painful struggle to lock eyes with passing strangers in order to entice them to come to check out our table? Would the heavens open up, rain pouring down to destroy our … Read more
Release Party Redux (with pics of shining faces)
It’s more than a week post-release party here at Armchair/Shotgun, and we’re still on an emotional high from the night.
Tools of the Trade No.2 – The Remington Quiet-Riter
Model: Remington-Rand Quiet-Riter, S/N QR2454389 Year Built: 1953 Price Paid: $25 Ah, the 1950′s… When men were repressed, women were oppressed, and typewriters were typewriters. At the midpont of the 20th century, The Remington Rand Corporation was a business-machine behemoth with ties to just about every kind of mechanical industry. At the height of World … Read more
Tools of the Trade No.1 – The Underwood Portable
We have some pretty tech-savvy editors at Armchair/Shotgun. And at production time, our sleek netbooks with their solid-state drives and whisper-quiet keyboards make it such that the ubiquitous Macintosh boot-up sound is just about the only thing drowning out John’s smug comments about his Kindle. But, true to our print-ward leanings, we have a deep … Read more
