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The first ten proposals we’ve received (none of which I’ve read yet) are for books on albums by: The FallThe JamDanzigVan HalenThe Zombies Against Me!Run-D.M.C.Jefferson AirplaneMary Margaret O’HaraYo La Tengo None of whom are artists covered in the series so far. Interesting!

The November issue of Metal Maniacs magazine has a great review of DX Ferris’s book about Reign in Blood – it concludes like this: “To say that Reign in Blood is mandatory reading for fans of the band and the album is ridiculously understated. Perhaps more importantly, the book is essential for anyone with an

From the estimable Big Takeover magazine, a great review of John Darnielle’s book: Book shelves are cluttered with gossipy, surface glances at a band and standard “snort and tell” memoirs, written after the drugs and fame have worn off. There are exceptions, but it is rare that any tome depicts what music actually does to

You may be interested to know that, as of RIGHT NOW, we’re accepting proposals for future 33 1/3 books, to be published in 2010 and 2011. Please read the information below carefully – I’ve tried to outline the process as clearly as possible. You can send in one proposal, about one album. Multiple submissions will

This is going to be a long one, so I would like to begin this post by reiterating that Franklin Bruno will be talking about Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces at Barbes in Park Slope on Sunday, November 2nd at 7pm. See you there!More on that here. Powell’s Books’ latest installment of their Indiespensible program is

The next installment of the 33 1/3 Multimedia Reading Series at Barbes in Brooklyn is this coming Sunday Nov. 2nd at 7pm. If you’re in the area and haven’t made it out for one of the readings yet, you’ve been missing some good times. Last reading included awesome footage of Stevie Wonder dressed in full

Fingers crossed, we’ll be announcing an open call for proposals in the next couple of weeks, here on the blog. As happened last time, I’m sure we’ll manage to piss off a few people, but we’ll do everything we can to make the process as transparent and democratic as possible. In the meantime, here’s a

I’m thrilled that Jeffery T. Roesgen’s book about the Pogues is now available from your local 33 1/3 vendor, as well as all the usual online places. We’ve had, up to now, quite a few “making of” books in the series, and a handful of fictional treatments. This is the first book to combine the

Gerry Smith, editor of the esteemed Dylan Daily website, has some very kind words about our Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, now available in paperback – and highly recommended if you’re already thinking about some festive shopping… *** Updating his Bob Dylan Encyclopedia for the new paperback edition, Michael Gray took the opportunity to add entries on

Thanks to David Hemingway, we’ve had our first review in the UK’s Community Care magazine – a great review of John Darnielle’s Master of Reality book in the series. *** John Darnielle is an acclaimed singer/songwriter, a columnist for rock magazine Decibel and a former US-based psychiatric nurse who dedicates his first book to “all