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The second installment of the 33 1/3 Multiamedia Reading Series at Barbes on Sunday with Zeth Lundy on Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life went swimmingly. Below are some photo highlights for those who couldn’t make it. My favorite part? Footage of Stevie Wonder in full cowboy gear with Songs in the Key […]

KEXP in Seattle (90.3FM) is counting down the top 903 albums of all time (as voted on by their staff and listeners) as part of their fall fund drive. As I type this right now they’re on the Smiths’ “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore” from Meat is Murder (#444, if you were curious). The folks

I know I’ve plugged Joe Bonomo’s wonderful, wonderful book about the Fleshtones on here several times before, but we just got this great review by Kris Needs in Mojo, and we wanted to share it with you. *** Pursuing an unquenchable lust for life, music and partying since forming in a debauched Queens basement, the

Keeping the international theme going for the week, great to see some positive coverage of the series on the excellent Hipersonica site. Here’s the article’s closing paragraph below, and you can read the whole piece here. En sí, la colección es una gozada para los que no se cansan de leer sobre música, aparte de

It’s a real honour when one of the world’s great writers translates one of our humble little books into his/her own language – so I’m thrilled to announce the Japanese publication of Jim Fusilli’s book on Pet Sounds, translated by Haruki Murakami.

D.X. Ferris (33 1/3 Slayer’s Reign in Blood) will appear at the Mentor Borders Books & Music (17200 Royalton Rd, Route 82Strongsville, Ohio 44136, Ohio) this Saturday, September 27. Ferris will sign copies, answer questions, and give away free bonus material. The event is free, and runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ferris is

A couple of weeks ago we gave away 2 free tickets to All Tomorrow’s Parties to a lucky reader. For those of you who can no longer physically withstand 3 consecutive days of music no matter how awesome it may be, have an aversion to standing on lines for hours at a time, have a

Tomorrow Slayer’s Reign in Blood author D.X. Ferris will appear at the Akron/Fairlawn Borders Books & Music (3737 W. Market St., Fairlawn). Ferris will read from the book, sign copies, answer questions, and give away free bonus material. Ferris is scheduled to appear at 3. The appearance is part of Borders’ Rock & Roll Carnival,

There was a time when you could read an article in a magazine about Celine Dion without bumping into Roland Barthes…Those days are behind us. From this week’s TimeOut NY preview of Celine’s concerts in the NYC area: “When Dion covers James Brown, she does it with a straight face, which just adds insult to

You have two, I repeat two, chances to hang out and party with the authors of the latest 2 tomes in the 33 1/3 series next week. Next Tuesday, September 16th from 6-8:30 there will be a release party for the newest 33 1/3s at The Hideout in Chicago. Authors Bob Gendron and Jeffrey Roesgen