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I’m pleased to announce that Graeme Thomson’s wonderful book looking at how pop music has treated the subject of death, over the decades, is now on sale in North America, and will be available in the UK and Europe in October. It’s called I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, […]

This Sunday 33 1/3 Abba’s Abba Gold author Elisabeth Vincentelli will kick off the new 33 1/3 Multimedia Reading Series. The series will take place the first Sunday of every month at 7pm at Barbes in Park Slope. Here’s a link to the Time Out NY listing with all the details.And while we’re on the

The estimable Sean Manning writes to tell me of a brand new book he’s edited – Rock and Roll Cage Match: Music’s Greatest Rivalries, Decided. The book features contributions from a host of top music writers, including past, present and future 33 1/3 legends such as Dan Kois, Dan LeRoy, Michaelangelo Matos, and Daphne Carr,

A few of you have been waiting for Geeta Dayal’s book on Brian Eno for quite some time…and you’ll have to wait just a little bit longer, as will I. But you should be pleased to know that we’re getting very close now to having a finished manuscript, and here’s a draft of the Introduction,

Jeremy from Brooklyn is excited. He just won two free passes to All Tomorrow’s Parties in upstate NY. As for the trivia questionQ: While recording ‘Loveless,’ what color did Kevin Shields insist that the pop filters on microphones be?You can find the answer here.And one for the weekend… We expect The Pogues book to be

If it’s alright with you, I’ll continue with the bullet point style from Friday… * One of the most common questions we get around here is “When’s the next call for proposals?” so I thought I’d quote David from a few weeks back: Upcoming call for ProposalsStill no decision on this, but I’m crossing my

* Pink Moon author Amanda Petrusich has a new book out called It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music. She also has a some reading dates coming up, starting in NYC and headed toward points South. More on that here. * The contest to win FREE tickets

Bob Gendron, author of the latest addition to the 33 1/3 series, Afghan Whigs’ Gentlemen, has been sharing some fun material about the album that wasn’t included in his book on the online tribute to the Afghan Whigs site, Summerkiss.com. Check out all the entries! There are awesome quotes, bootleg recordings you can listen to,

For all of you in the New York area, we’re starting a very exciting new 33 1/3 reading series at Barbès, a bar and performance space in Park Slope, Brooklyn located at 376 9th Street at 6th Ave. The readings series will feature 33 1/3 authors but unlike your everyday run of the mill book

Here’s the cover design for a book we’ll be publishing next Spring, by Nick Rombes, who wrote the Ramones volume in the series. Much more info nearer the time, obviously!