Craig is armed with a college degree that has so far brought him nothing, certain that something better is just around the corner but unable to encounter it. He's been cohabiting with Ashley since college, and is caught in the dilemma of whether to break up with her or give in to marriage. Meanwhile, Ashley's efforts to earn a graduate degree seem futile considering that her diploma has taken up residence under the sofa cushions. Stuck in dead-end jobs; weary of commercial, corporate, and parental influences; searching for their own identities; Ashley, Craig, and the other characters of our noise find refuge in the brash world of indie rock, thrift stores, coffee houses, zines, and cheap beers. There are Eileen, who ends up in Kitty, Virginia, by accident and forgets to leave, and the members of Bottlecap, Kitty's hometown band, trying to decide whether to sell out and go to the West Coast or continue in the life of a small band. Chipp and Randy start a zine as a way to get their blood flowing for the first time even as Dave, the struggling founder of Violent Revolution Records, works as a waiter to fund his record label. Funny, realistic, perverse, our noise captures the lives, loves, and record collections of a thrift-store-clothed group of twentysomethings trying to make their way in a real world that is nothing like what they expected.

Our Noise

Literature & Fiction

Gomez, Jeff

United States

Touchstone

From the author of Our Noise, an engaging and touching tale about the misadventures of a Virginia-based rock band Bottlecap that’s “an intricate and richly detailed study in twentysomething generational manners and mores that’s almost encyclopedic in scope” (Bret Easton Ellis). Bottlecap, the Virginia-based group introduced in Jeff Gomez’s cult favorite Our Noise, traded in life as a small band on a struggling independent label for a lucrative contract with a big Los Angeles company. This should mean more money, more attention—more of all the stuff that comes with fame. But from the minute Mark, Steve, and Gary arrive in Los Angeles, they enter a world they don’t quite understand. Mark, as leader of the band, tries to keep things under control, but his own life and his relationship with his new girlfriend Corinne—a native Angeleno and inveterate mallrat—begin to spin out of control. Steve falls under the influence of a neighbor with bad habits while Gary scours the city’s thrift stores searching for Atari memorabilia and a love of his own. Confusion reaches its peak when the record company’s plans take an unexpected and, to the band, unacceptable turn. They must either completely sell out and surrender the band or take a stand, relegating themselves to commercial obscurity. Or is it already too late? With humor and insight, Gomez limns the lives of three young men who are geniuses at everything except what matters. Fans of Our Noise will welcome this update of Bottlecap; newcomers will find a writer with a rare talent for capturing the mood and the voice of a generation.

Geniuses of Crack

Contemporary

Tells how to live within your means, cut spending, save ten percent or more of your income, avoid debt, and invest in mutual funds

Getting Rich on Any Income: 81 Ways to Increase Your Wealth-Even If You're in Debt

Business & Money

Personal Finance

Citadel Pr

A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible GM's Resource by John Bennett, Creighton Broadhurst, Jeff Gomez, Richard Green, Steve Hood, Greg Marks, Jacob W. Michaels, Stephen Radney-MacFarland and Mike Welham Village Backdrops are short, richly detailed supplements that each present a single village ready to insert into almost any home campaign. Perfect for use as a waystop on the road to adventure, as an adventure site themselves or as a PC's home, Village Backdrop present the details so the busy GM can focus on crafting exciting, compelling adventures. This GM's Miscellany collects together the fourth twelve Village Backdrops, along with bonus, never seen before village, together in one place. GM's Miscellany: Village Backdrops IV is the work of many talented designers and features the following villages: - Cahill Abbey (by Jacob W. Michaels) - Feigrvidr (by Stephen Radney-MacFarland) - Feyhall (by Greg Marks) - Greystone (by Creighton Broadhurst) - Macrimei (by John Bennett) - Ossoko Draconsha (by John Bennett) - Revenge (by Richard Green) - Shroudhaven (by Mike Welham) - Silver Bluff (by Mike Welham) - Tigley (by Steve Hood) - Umelas (by Jeff Gomez) - Vaagwol (by Greg Marks) - Y'taris (by Jeff Gomez)

Raging Swan's GM's Miscellany: Village Backdrop IV

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Welham, Mike

Broadhurst, Creighton J

Gaming

Greyworks

Grunge. Flannel. Generation X. In 1993, Seattle was the capital of the world, Nirvana was king, and slackers were everywhere. When the Red Hot organization, a group of activists dedicated to raising money and awareness of AIDS, released their third compilation CD featuring the biggest bands of the era--Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, The Breeders, Nirvana and more it quickly became the touchstone of a generation.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rolling Stone called No Alternative&nbsp;a "jaw-dropping compilation of musical gems."&nbsp; This book takes a look back at what happened to the bands involved with No Alternative. It includes new interviews with the musicians and others behind the record, and chronicles the downfall of an industry, the taming of a devastating illness, and the arrival of another global pandemic. It's about growing up, saying goodbye, and proving once more that you can't go home again (even if that's where you left all of your CDs).

There Was No Alternative: Generation X, AIDS, and the Making of a Classic Nineties Record

Arts & Photography

Music

McFarland

<div>Generation X cult classics Our Noise and Geniuses of Crack chronicled a group of friends just out of college who lived in a small town, cared more about their record collections than their careers, and never imagined they'd have to grow up. &nbsp; Losing Our Edge--the sequel to both books--revisits a number of the characters, seeing where they are twenty years later and discovering what's happened with their lives. &nbsp; There's Charles and Randy, two old friends and former roommates who reconnect only to discover they now have nothing in common. There's Craig and Ashley, ex-lovers who contemplate getting back together, even if it means breaking up a marriage. And then there's the band Bottlecap, reuniting for one last gig and another shot at the dream that was derailed the first time around. For everyone in Losing Our Edge, it's a second chance to get things right. &nbsp; A tough and honest look at what the passing of time does to romance, friendship, and dreams, Losing Our Edge shows that you can go home again--you just might not like what you find when you get there.</div>

Losing Our Edge: A Novel

Open Road Distribution

Chemistry is what everyone is hoping for when meeting a stranger at a party or responding when someone approaches in a bar. Yet, too often, relationships soon evolve into a union akin to rubbing two wet sticks together and hoping for fire, then hanging on for dear life should the spark produce flames of any size. In Jeff Gomez's new novel, the author of the cult favorite Our Noise charts the lives and loves of a variety of Manhattan men and women who find that it's not establishing the foundation of a relationship that's difficult, it's building the whole house that's hard. In sharp prose and dead-on dialogue, these characters lead lives of restless discontent and desperation. There's Daniel and Eileen, a newly cohabiting boyfriend and girlfriend who are quickly realizing the difference between dating and living together; Josh and Kendra, a young married couple who are facing the first real challenges of their marriage; Keith and Brie, a couple who lie to themselves as much as to each other; and the singles Rick, Mike, Leslie, and Cressandra, all of whom try for love in various guises, yet just can't seem to make a connection. Sad, funny, and poignant, Attempted Chemistry is a book about trying to find communion with another soul; a process that all of us have gone through at some point in our lives, in our search for love, happiness, and, of course, chemistry.

Attempted Chemistry

Permanent Pr Pub Co

Triple TroubleThree cops went looking for one of their own. What they found was sabotage. Los Angeles. 1978. For a trio of detectives, the City of Angels turns into hell. There's the Chief, a detective who's been around for years and knows all the angles. There's the Rookie, fresh from the streets and still getting used to not being in uniform. And, finally, there's Cochese, a dedicated cop on a frantic search to find his missing partner. From the punk clubs of Hollywood to the gritty docks of San Pedro, the three detectives uncover a conspiracy of drugs, death, and dirty cops. But as the days begin to pile up, so do the bodies until it's finally a race against time before half the city goes up in flames.

Sabotage

Genre Fiction

Harrow Books

Everything looks different underwater. Even murder. 
Los Angeles 1937. A nasty heat wave and crippling drought set the city on edge. LA desperately needs water, but Hollis Mulwray-the water department's chief engineer-needs answers. Before he'll build a new dam, he has to find out what happened to the old one. Years ago, the Van der Lip Dam collapsed in the middle of the night. More than five hundred people were killed. Trying to solve the mystery takes him to movie sets, nightclubs, and the true political center of the city: Catalina's Albacore Club. Along the way, Hollis discovers a vast conspiracy involving millions of dollars, dead bodies, and his powerful father-in-law, Noah Cross. The richly imagined backstory of a doomed man, Hollis shows that you can't outrun the past. Or the future.

Hollis

Vicious

Literary

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