shelf life

Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Bookstore
$14.00
When I came across this book in my favorite charming, independent bookstore, I bought it immediately. It sounded totally enjoyable to me because I love books, I love bookstores, and I've read a fictional book by this author (SELLING THE LITE OF HEAVEN) which was delightful. Unfortunately this book is not nearly as interesting as the back cover and after about 30 pages of total boredom I gave up and put it in my "Books To Be Donated" bag.

Shelf-Life
$19.98
this album hits hard from the beginning, but changes it up like crazy.

uri caine is a musician very much in tune with what is happening in the music world, therefore the d n' b tracks sound like something squarepusher would have programmed, the hip hop tunes groove extremely hard, etc. this guy knows what's up!!

perhaps it is musician's music, for better or for worse

Shelf Life
$19.99
Shelf Life is one of those quirky, low budget independent films that succeeds some of the time. It's a comedy that ranges from silly to dark and there are some genuinely funny moments, though some of it is a bit like a sitcom. It involves a war of wills between uptight head librarian Betty (Elisa Bocanegra) and the rebellious new book shelver, Nikki (Betsy Brandt). Betty is a control freak who notices when one paper clip is missing, while Nikki dresses like a rocker and is fresh out of a drug rehab program. Joe Smith co-stars as the ultra-nerdy library assistant.

The plot is basically a series of mishaps between the two conflicting personalities. It is told in flashbacks, as the two recount their versions of events to an unseen mediator. This is a lightweight, not very deep movie whose characters are fairly simplistic, but I still enjoyed it. I prefer the rough edges of this kind of film to the more polished but thoroughly predictable typical mainstream movie. Though apparently filmed in the Los Angeles area, the feeling is more like a small town library. Shelf Life combines a kind of 1950s Main Street atmosphere with an underlying spirit of rebellion. The elements do not always gel perfectly, but the result is still interesting and mostly entertaining.

The listing for this film has the date 1992, while the information I looked up says it was released on DVD in 2006 and won some awards at Sundance in 2005, so I'm not sure if that earlier date is an error or in reference to a prior release. I'd recommend Shelf Life to fans of offbeat comedies.

Nexxt by Linea Alton - 3 Tier Wall Shelf - Black
$59.99
Alton - 3 Tier Wall Shelf, 8.5"x25.5"x11.5", Black