…and a prog-report on print MISC distro: Local Seattle dropoffs are two-thirds done. Subscribers should expect their copy any day now, depending on the vagaries of post-Xmas mail. National alterna-bookstore copies will arrive next Monday at the Last Gasp warehouse (ask your local cool-book or comix dealer to order it).

MARK YR. CALENDARS: There’s not one but two (count ’em!) live MISC events comin’ yr. way in future weeks:

• The gorgeous, spectacular MISCparty on Saturday, Jan. 26 in the lovely Rainier Room at 2nd Avenue Pizza, 2015 2nd Ave. at Virginia. DJ Superjew and DJ EZ Action will spin much fun, tasty Europop and other loungy tuneage. Novel drinkables and eatables will be served. Curiously odd video footage will be screened. Fun will be had. You can have some of it; be there.
• The opening of our upgraded Signifying Nothing photography show on Thursday, Feb. 7 at Zeitgeist Kunst & Kaffee, 171 S. Jackson St. at 1st Ave. S. This is a revamped, re-curated version of last summer’s exhibition, with images of decayed urban signage that are now hauntingly beautiful, semi-abstract forms of shape and color.

OUR NEW NATIONAL readership may also enjoy these silent messengers at our new Signifying Nothing online gallery, which will be accessed at this link. Images can be viewed; prints can be purchased in many sizes and formats. Images from our next book after that, City Light, will be up soon.

And remember, we’ve also got a line of (luscious) T-shirts, mugs, bags, mouse pads, etc. for sale at this link.