The In-Store Bestseller List

JULY 2010
  1. 1. The GIRL With The DRAGON TATTOO, by Steig Larssen
  2. 2. The ART of AMERICAN BOOK COVERS, by Richard Minsky
  3. 3. GARLIC and SAPPHIRES, by Ruth Reichl
  4. 4. ROLE MODELS, by John Waters
  5. 5. YOU CAN DO A GRAPHIC NOVEL, by Barbara Slate

Ales on Tap

  1. Left Hand Sawtooth Ale
  2. C.H. Evans Quakenbush Blonde
  3. C.H. Evans Belgian Pale Ale
  4. Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale
  5. Atwater Vanilla Java Porter
  6. Dogfishhead Aprihop
  7. Troeg's Dreamweaver Wheat
    8. Oscar Blues Dale's Pale Ale

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Monday - Thursday
11 - 8
Friday - Saturday
11-10
Sunday
12 - 6
440 Warren Street Hudson, NY 518 671 6006
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Welcome!

The Spotty Dog Books & Ale is an independent bookstore and lounge/cafe, where we share our passion for books and writers with our customers in the Hudson Valley, the Catskills, and the Berkshires.

Situated in a beautiful old firehouse, We carry over 10,000 new books in all categories, including a large section of unique books and toys for kids, preteens, an expanded local section, history, gardening, food & wine, G/L/B/T, and sections featuring local writers and interests.Whether you’re looking for a classic or cutting edge, we’re constantly adding new titles, so stop in to see what we have!

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Later Hours!

You asked, and we listened. Two years later. The Spotty Dog will now be open until 8pm Monday through Thursday. Do stop by and wish our fearless staff Godspeed. Other happenings >

Upcoming Events

JULY

Saturday, 7/31 Singersongwriter Bonanza!  SHANE MURPHY returns to the Dog once again with his Tim Buckley-esque  crooning.  He’ll open for JENN KELLY and Rike Scheffler.  Check out Jenn at http://www.myspace.com/jennjennkelly and Shane at http://www.myspace.com/shanejmurphy $5.

AUGUST

Sunday, 8/8 McKenzie returns to Hudson, bringing their post-rock antics.  They’ll open for AVONDALE AIRFORCE’s psyched-out stylings. Avondale: http://www.myspace.com/avondaleaf and McKenzie: http://www.myspace.com/mckenzietheband  8:00, $5.

Thursday, 8/12 CRATERFACE, Hudson’s hazy surf pop sensation (featuring our own LIV CARROW) returns!  Also, MONSTERFACE and Err… 7:00, $5.

Friday, 8/13 Another Free Beer Tasting with Tri-Valley Distribution’s Jeremy!  7:00.

Saturday, 8/14 Brown Drown (three guitars with heavy hits of no-wave and pop), Sounds the Songs of Seabirds (ramblin’ solo guitar, soundsthesongsofseabirds.bandcamp.com), and Anastasia Clarke / Mickey Roberts (loop-based guitar & sax improv, myspace.com/anastasiaclarke or myspace.com/mickeyrobertsmusic.)  8:00, $5.

Sunday 8/15 FROM L.A.:  METAL ROUGE, dropping by with their “spontaneous psych tonalism.”  They will be accompanied by New Zealand’s SAM HAMILTON, whose “modern pop is a mixture of ecstatic spectral explosions of sparkling sound rays, throbbing voodoo pulsations and an energetic sonic friction between freak-out fun and magical transformation.”  Hudson’s own JEREMY KELLY joins them both on the 15th, and for their tour. 6:00, $5.

Friday, 8/20 Hudson’s own STUART QUIMBY will perform jazz flute, and EVAN RANDALL will bring his idiosyncratic interpretations of jazz standards back to the Dog once again.  Don’t miss!  8:00, $5.

Saturday, 8/28 Columbia County’s alt-country / newgrass sensation the LANDLINES return!  Opening up for them will be Jonah Simonak, with his soulful original tunes.  8:00, $5.

SEPTEMBER

Saturday, 9/11 From Portland, Maine:  folky SOUTH CHINA will perform, with our favorite 12-string hero, ALEXANDER TURNQUIST.  8:00, $5.

Great Books:

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America
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By Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey

An American road trip in book form: original writing on all 50 states by 50 of our finest novelists, journalists, and essayists

Inspired by the example of the legendary WPA American Guide series of the 1930s and ’40s, now 50 of our foremost writers have produced original pieces of reportage and memoir that capture the 50 states in our time, creating a fresh portrait of America as it lives and breathes today.

These 50 writers tell us something lasting and revealing about each state through personal memory or contemporary reporting that captures the essential qualities that make each state its own. With an array of revealing facts and figures comparing the 50 states in a range of surprising measures (toothlessness, military enlistment, suicide), State by State is more than an anthology: It is a classic American road movie in book form. Matt’s page >Sean’s page >

On the Spotty Blog

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The undisputed king of Spotty Sales is Byrne Fone, with his Historic Hudson once again solidly walloping the competition. Coming up second, however, is a newcomer to the list, itself a tome of local history. Tom Lewis’ The Hudson: A History is a panoramic must-read for anyone whose …

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