Just the Thing: Books to go with those concert tickets
If you’re looking for just the thing to go with those concert tickets you scored for the music-o-phile in your life, check out our harmonious pairing of books that’ll be sure to resonate with your giftee.
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From now until Dec 7, we’ve got 20 books that are Just the Thing to round out your gifts.To Me You Seem Giant by Greg Rhyno (NeWest Press)We all know that person whose knowledge of the ‘90s Canadian rock scene is so far-reaching they make MuchMusic’s Pop-Up Video look like amateur hour. Give their tuned-up ears a rest with Greg Rhyno’s To Me You Seem Giant, a debut novel that follows a 27-year-old failed-to-make-it-big musician from Thunder Bay who’s left his music career behind in Toronto. This love letter to Canrock will hit all the right nostalgic notes alongside those Sloan tickets. (Spoiler and fun fact: a member of Sloan even makes an appearance in the novel). Don’t forget to pair this one with a Pop-Up-Video-style question: “‘to me you seem giant’ is from this deep cut Sloan track?”
Steel Animals by SK Dyment (Inanna Publications) The Ramones diehards and Patti Smith-heads in your life will find their CanLit cult classic in SK Dyment’s Steel Animals, a whip-smart, funny novel of queer magic realism with a rag-tag gang of post-punk eccentrics, a secret badass bank robber, a sculpture-welding artist and vintage motorbike collector, and a down-with-the-man attitude that’s sure to be a wild, punk-rock ride for those off-concert nights. This will be a score they won’t soon forget.* * *
Score yourself a set of our holiday gift cards for FREE when you purchase either (or both!) of these books until Dec 20th. Not seeing what you need yet? Stay tuned for more #ALUJTT picks until Dec 7th.
