Released on: March 28, 2008, 6:23 am

Press Release Author: Jeff Assisi

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Uncle John\'s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Music. Fantastic
Titles will Bowl Over Readers with rap, jazz, country, blues, world music

Press Release Body:
Ashland, OR,March,28,2008 -- Bathroom Readers' Institute and Portable Press
announces release of uncle john's bathroom reader plunges into music. Uncle John
loves rock...but he also loves classical, rap, jazz, country, blues, world
music-even opera. So the dedicated staff at the BRI plunged into music of all styles
and put together this jam-packed volume. In these pages you\'ll find all of your
favorite Bathroom Reader favorites: quotes, lists, origins, trivia, urban legends,
behind-the-scenes stories, and loads of lost lore-all with a musical twist. So sit
back, take off your headphones, and read about...

.The Rise and Fall of Disco

.Musical legends, from \"outsiders\" liek the Shaggs and Jandek to the Carter Family,
Louis Armstrong, Bach, and the Beatles

.The stories behind popular songs like \"The Itsy-Bitsy Spider,\" \"Shiny Happy
People,\" \"Tutti Frutti,\" and \"Whole Lotta Love\"

.The origins of instruments from the electric guitar adn the ukulele...to the
didgeridoo and the hurdy-gurdy

.The strange story of the \"Hungarian Suicide Song\"

.Musical facts, feuds, fads, and flubs ...and much, much more!

According to Uncle John himself, "More and more people are finding that more and
more people on their holiday gift lists have used the bathroom in the recent past
and are planning on doing so again during the holiday season and even throughout the
New Year. If you are looking for a present that is flush with extra strength,
two-ply "info" tainment, the latest titles, look no further as this year we rolled
out, Uncle John's Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader, Uncle John's Under
the Slimy Sea Bathroom Reader For Kids Only, and Uncle John's Presents The Ultimate
Challenge Trivia Quiz, which offer the perfect solutions to the pungently perplexing
annual holiday shopping dilemma."

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series is one of the longest-running, most popular
humor collections in the publishing industry. With more than 7 million copies in
print, Uncle John taps into a vast resource of hidden readers - the 66 percent who
admit to reading in the bathroom. That's why Uncle John's Bathroom Readers have been
a must-order for book and gift stores worldwide for two decades.

About The BATHROOM READERS:

The Bathroom Readers' Institute works out of a little red house in Ashland, Oregon,
bringing you the Classic Bathroom Readers, the For Kids Only series, and the
occasional "Little John" (such as Tees Off On Golf and the Colossal Collection of
Quotable Quotes).

The Bathroom Readers\' Hysterical Society is based in San Diego and writes the
Plunges Into... books. The BRHS also finds new titles for the Uncle John\'s
Presents... series and puts together the highly popular Uncle John\'s Puzzle Book
series.
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Press Contacts:

Steven Style or Jeffrey Assisi,The Steven Style
Group,212-465-1290,StevenS@StyleGroup.com,JeffA@stylegroup.com,http://www.bathroomreader.com/


Web Site: http://www.bathroomreader.com

Contact Details:
Contact Information:

Jeff Assisi
Portable Press
Ashland, OR
212-465-1290
jeffa@stylegroup.com
http://www.bathroomreader.com