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I’ve now read all the proposals, and feel like my head is about to explode. In a good way. By this time next week (Sunday night, New York time), I’ll post the shortlist on here – all the proposals that are still in the running. And *before* that, I’ll send an email to everyone whose […]

Sad news about the passing of the Cramps’ frontman, Lux Interior. We do have a proposal under consideration for their Songs The Lord Taught Us album – and it’s a good one. Here’s a clip from their legendary performance at Napa State Mental Hospital in 1984. Enjoy… *** [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwIQlJsD_Lg&hl=en&fs=1]

Of the 60-something books we’ve published in the series so far, none polarizes opinion more than Stephen Catanzarite’s volume on U2. There’s a great new review of it on Inside Catholic.com, written by Mark Judge, opening with the line “Stephen Catanzarite has written arguably the most important book about rock music of the young 21st

Thinking about what to do this weekend? This Saturday Bob Proehl, author of the latest 33 1/3 release Flying Burrito Brother’s Gilded Palace of Sin, will be reading at Bluestockings on the Lower East Side. Fine music will also be provided by Yer Sweet Chimneys and City Center. This event should be a lot of

Michael Gray, author of the Bob Dylan Encyclopedia (which is now available in paperback), will be hitting the road this spring with quite a few dates lined up around the UK and the East Coast of the USA. This list is up to date as of today, but he has been adding a few new

I’ve now read around 450 of the proposals, so only another 150 to go. At this stage, it’s looking like the shortlist will consist of around 140 possible books… Your patience is greatly appreciated. Once we’ve got the shortlist finalized, we’ll send an email to all those who *didn’t* make the cut, and then we’ll

Amidst the mayhem of proposals, we must not forget that we’re still publishing some actual, proper, wonderfully readable books. Coming very shortly are the volumes on Wire’s Pink Flag and Big Star’s Radio City, but today let’s celebrate Bob Proehl’s telling of the story behind The Gilded Palace of Sin. Here’s the back cover copy

A commenter asked about the two proposals for writing on Television’s Marquee Moon album. The proposals are perfectly valid. We did, indeed, have two previous writers under contract to write a Marquee Moon book for the series, but neither projects came to fruition, for differing reasons. Meanwhile, I’m making good progress reading the proposals. Totally

Stereogum’s The ‘Gum Drop does a new giveaway every week. They give away music, technology, all kinds of fun toys. This week, in honor of the 5 year anniversary of the existence of the 33 1/3 series, they are giving away a full set of the 33 1/3 books (that’s over 60 titles). Check it

So for those of you who joined us at Barbes for the last installment of the 33 1/3 Multimedia Reading Series, you’ll remember that we had a few technical difficulties and couldn’t show all of the cool visual stuff that the Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime author Michael Fournier brought to share with us.