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Squeezebox Circle: Merch & Comics

- All things accordion for Vancouver, BC (Canada)
Music ~ Resources ~ Links ~ Homework ~ Calendar ~ Musicians & Bands ~ Lessons ~ Accordion Noir Society ~ Contact

First Thursday of every month - Squeezebox Circle get-together;  Spartacus Books. The next session will be September 6th, 8 pm , 8 pm  - 3378 Findlay (just off Commercial Drive at 18th)

Contact: To add your event, band, or other resource to this website - or for more information, email us!
Comics -
In Tune With Fun: Learn to Play the Accordion in Eight Simple Pages Click to read a page at a time
(Note Henri Ducharme's analysis of this 1953 comic).
In Tune With Fun comic
 Famous Men of Music: Charles Magnante
Click to read a page at a time
(click link to download/save whole comic as large PDF file)
Charles Magnante comic


Merch
2018 Accordion Babes calendar
Accordion Babes calendar + CD
Accordions Rising t-shirt

Accordions Rising t-shirt - black or white, crew or V neck, mens or womens sizes

 Geoff Berner t-shirt $16
Accordion Revolution t-shirt
Creaking Planks octopus + accordion t-shirt - $15 + $10 shipping. Or drop into Spartacus Books and buy it without needing to pay shipping!
Creaking Planks merch




Flutina GirlAccordion Noir t-shirts  with Flutina Girl on the front & on the back:  "Ruthlessly pursuing the idea that the accordion is just another instrument." 

$20 here in Vancouver, or $25 with postage.

To order, phone 604-782-7245 or email:
accordion.noir@gmail.com 
Korpklaani t-shirt


Finnish band Korpiklanni t-shirt: 19Euro (also in 'girlie', hoodies, etc)

Biker TankUnisex Tank
When accordions fly - Biker Tank or Unisex Tank styles:
They Might Be Giant 2040 Tour t-shirt
They Might Be Giants 2040 Tour t-shirt





Accordion Hoodie
Accordion Hoodie - US$37
Buster Plays Along Buster sends postcards to his friends back home when he and his father go to San Antonio, Texas for the International Accordion Festival. (Age 4-8)

Click below to order from Amazon.com:

Buster Plays Along (Passport to Reading) - hardcover $10.92		 Squeeze This Squeeze This!
A Cultural History of the Accordion in America
by Marion Jacobson
$29.95
Jacobson considers the accordion's contradictory status as both an "outsider" instrument and as a major force in popular music in the twentieth century.		 How to be an accordion player How To Be An Accordion Player Booklet
A 45-page instructional booklet by Geoff Berner

This indispensable volume comes complete with chapters describing:
How to Choose an Accordion
How to Pay for Your Accordion
Approaching the Buttons of Your Accordion Without Fear
and much more!
CDN$7		 Accordion Repair Book


One Less Guitar
One Less Guitar stickers available at Spartacus Books- $2 (or $8 for 5)
 Accordion Backstrap ad
Hohner Squeezebox

 Debra 1Debra 2
Debra 3Debra Peters' 3 Instructional DVDs
Sergiu Popa DVD
Sergiu Popa - Gypsy & East European Accordion instructional DVD


Franco Rizzo