From L.A. WEEKLY’s feature on independent bookstores:

At Family bookstore on Fairfax, co-owner David Kramer shows me a poster for a music magazine he writes for. There’s a picture of a svelte Japanese girl — long black hair, almond eyes, creamy white skin — naked and doused in blood.

“Yeah,” says Kramer, “she’s in a band. She works here.”

“Looking like this?”

“No. We have a bucket of soy sauce in the back for casual Fridays.”

L.A. RECORD readers may recognize this as Aska from the Moonrats from …

photo by dan monick

Many thanks to the whole Family bookstore crew for all their constant generous support. Please consider visiting another of our favorite independent bookstores: {open} on 4th St. in Long Beach. And please stop by the Dublab Community Record Fair this Sunday at the Echoplex for uncensored copies of “a poster for a music magazine” with “a picture of a svelte Japanese girl — long black hair, almond eyes, creamy white skin — naked and doused in blood.”

(thanks to writer MC for the tip)