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Germ

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About Me

HOURS: FRIDAY, SATURDAY 9AM-7PM SUNDAY 11AM-7PM (hours subject to change and if we're there at other times, it means we're open!)...NEW & USED BOOKS...BUY / SELL / TRADE...GERM Books + Gallery was founded in 2004 out of a need for a truly alternative independent bookstore that would provide access to ideologically unpopular books; books that address difficult social topics; books that don't cater to the lockstep mentality of the current counterculture; and books that reveal who our true masters are:The UFO Overlords.GERM also has a fine selection of classic and contemporary literature, esoteric writings, conspiracy theories, UFO books, science fiction (specializing in Alt-History, Post-Apocalypse and Cyberpunk), psychology, poetry, preparedness, hippie lit, hipster lit, and the obligatory fringe bookstore titles. ..
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The Philadelphia Sci-Fi Meetup Group!

My Interests

Science Fiction/ UFO's / Occult / Conspiracy/ Apocalypse Culture

Music:

Dark Ambient / Neo-Folk / Power Electronics / Psychedelia. ALSO, David E. Williams (he owns the store!), Jerome Deppe, Angel of Decay, David Talento, Oneiric Imperium, N.U.C., Bardo Pond, Northern Liberties, Radio Eris, Thomas Nola Et Son Orchestre, Ethel Mermaid, Sid Hooks, Naevus, Blood Axis, Andrew King, any project that includes John Murphy, Scott Walker.

Books:

Some of our more popular sections: YOUR MIND AND WELCOME TO IT, PRIMITIVE CULTURES, ANCIENT LANDS, EGYPTIAN MAGICK AND HISTORY, SANTERIA, OLD SCHOOL WITCHCRAFT, FREEMASONRY, ROSICRUCIANS, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN: THE NAZIS!, MAGICKAL HISTORICAL REFERENCE, NORD MAGICK, MYTHOLOGY, ARTHUR THE KING, TAROT, PARAPSYCHOLOGY,DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND OTHER “LOST” BOOKS, THE YEAR 2012, JESUS-TEMPLARS-THE-GRAIL-AND-AN-ALIEN-OR-TWO,CHURCH OF SATAN, MAGICK, QBL, RIGHT WING LEFT HAND PATH, NIKOLA TESLA OR WHY THOMAS EDISON SUCKS, PREPAREDNESS (because you can never be too ready),THEORIES SCIENCE DOESN’T LIKE, TIME TRAVEL FOR PEDESTRIANS, HOLLOW EARTH, LOST CONTINENTS, CROP CIRCLES, CRYPTOZOOLOGY, SEX FOR SEX’S SAKE, DRUGS AND WHY WE NEED THEM, HIPSTERS HIPPIES GERMS VIRUSES AND BAD BEHAVIOR, NATURE GONE BAD, TRANSCENDENTAL SCIENCE, WAR AND WHY WE NEED IT, CULTURAL PESSIMISM

Heroes:

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: Nikola Tesla, Robert Anton Wilson, Philip K. Dick, Aleister Crowley, William Burroughs, Julius Evola, Pat Buchanan, Anton Lavey, T.S. Eliot, W.D. Snodgrass, William Gibson, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Albert Hoffman, Hermann Hesse, Aldous Huxley, Carl Jung, Adam Parfrey, RAEL, Wernher Von Braun, Robert Oppenheimer, Zecharia Sitchin, Friedrich Nietschze, Charlton Heston, John Michell, Jim Knipfel, Jennifer Bates, Gunther, Abraxas and Prometheus.

My Blog

THURSDAY, JUNE 19: Screening "Once Upon a Time in the West"/ SATURDAY, June 21: CHANGES concert

  THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 7PMFOUNDER'S DAY DVD SCREENINGSergio Leone's  ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WESTJune 19 was the terrestrial birthday of our late founder Jennifer Bates.  As the stewards...
Posted by Germ on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:37:00 PST

Think like-mindedly! This week at Germ Books...

  This week, Germ hosts two of our regular open forum meetup groups, combining intense discussion with good old fashioned socializing and networking.     THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 6:30 PM UFO...
Posted by Germ on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:14:00 PST

GERM welcomes CHANGES, sounds and visions from Robert N. Taylor and Nicholas Tesluk

  GERM is absolutely, positively, UNSPEAKABLY proud to be hosting this art show and concert of international historical significance     SOUND AND VISION OF CHANGES: Robert N. Taylor ...
Posted by Germ on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:50:00 PST

Chris Augustin, moderator of Germ’s UFO discussion group, profiled in South Philly Review

Nice interview/ profile on Chris Augustin of aliensthetruth.com in this week's issue of South Philly Review.  Chris moderates our monthly open forum UFO discussion group, which meets the second ...
Posted by Germ on Thu, 29 May 2008 12:57:00 PST

THURSDAY, 5/22, 7PM: DEATH OF THE NATION STATE -- Rad Tradalism & Neo-Tribalist Alternative

  Thursday, May 22, 2008, 7PM   DEATH OF THE NATION STATE: RADICAL TRADITIONALISM & THE NEO-TRIBALIST ALTERNATIVE   with Bood Samel and Jason Lawrence   We live in an age wh...
Posted by Germ on Sun, 18 May 2008 10:31:00 PST

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 7PM: "oh my god I think Im a HUMANIST!" Martha Knox, Humanist Association

  Thursday, May 15, 7pm "oh my god, I think I'm a  H U M A N I S T !" Martha Knox HUMANIST ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA Would you check "nonreligious", "atheist" or "agnostic" on r...
Posted by Germ on Sun, 11 May 2008 12:19:00 PST

vegetables and noise: cool things on Germs block this weekend

Just wanted to plug two events happening this weekend elsewhere on the 2000 block of Frankford Avenue On Friday night, Highwire Gallery has a noise show.  On Saturday morning, Circle Thrift is se...
Posted by Germ on Wed, 07 May 2008 04:14:00 PST

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 5:30PM-- CHURCH OF VRILOLOGY, Seminar on How to Increase Your Personal Luck

At Germ this Saturday, CHANGE YOUR LUCK! with the powers of Vril and the Runes   This Saturday, May 10 at 5:30 PM, Germ will host THE CHURCH OF VRILOLOGY as they present a SEMINAR ON HOW TO INCRE...
Posted by Germ on Mon, 05 May 2008 01:01:00 PST

AT GERM THIS WEEK: Friday with The Red Masque, Sunday with Charlton Heston

 FRIDAY, MAY 2, 7PM   FIRST FRIDAY ON FRANKFORD AVENUE GERM PRESENTS The Red Masque, "Philadelphia's premier avant rock band"   This Friday, much deserved excitement surrounds the Lis...
Posted by Germ on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:03:00 PST

Closing early (4PM), Sunday, April 27

I'm officially closing at 4 this Sunday.  Although I might end up hanging out a little later, if you really want to get here, get here before then!I have a gig Sunday night.  Maybe we'll see...
Posted by Germ on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:41:00 PST