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As mentioned below, Powell’s Books is running a buy 2, get 1 free deal on 33 1/3’s, and have asked 33 1/3 authors to write some guest posts for their blog. Here is your update. The latest:* The Smiths author Joe Pernice on William Gibson amongst other things.* Pet Sounds author Jim Fusili on the […]

Through the end of last month, this is the sales chart for the 33 1/3 series: 1. Neutral Milk Hotel2. The Beatles3. The Kinks4. The Smiths5. The Rolling Stones6. Led Zeppelin7. Neil Young8. The Velvet Underground9. Joy Division10. Pink Floyd11. Radiohead12. Jeff Buckley13. Love14. The Beach Boys15. DJ Shadow16. Bruce Springsteen17. David Bowie18. Beastie Boys

I try to keep non-music-related Continuum books off here for various reasons, but some of you might like to know about two new titles that we’re just about to publish. The first is Rocco Versaci’s This Book Contains Graphic Language: Comics as Literature, about which Library Journal says… This book initially seems to be an

The Waterboys show last night left me a little flat, despite having its highly entertaining moments, mostly revolving around Steve Wickham’s phenomenal fiddle-playing. But good lord, I could watch them play “Fisherman’s Blues” hundreds of times and never grow tired of it. Think of the boats off the New England coast today, tumblin’ on the

Just in time for the holidays, we’re happy to announce the arrival of 33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Vol 2. 350 fun-packed pages, featuring extracts from titles 21 through 40 in the series. In my mind, it documents the series’ teenage years – cocky, nervous, experimental, excitable, with obvious growth spurts, just a little acne and

As mentioned a few entries below, Powell’s Books is running a buy 2, get 1 free deal on 33 1/3’s, and have asked 33 1/3 authors to write some guest posts for their blog. Here is your update. The new:* Highway 61 Revisited author Mark Polizzotti outs himself as a lover of the Moody Blues.

Following closely on the heels of our recent U2 and Belle & Sebastian books in the series, Amanda Petrusich’s book on Nick Drake is now available. The book gives a little backstory into Drake’s life, charts the circumstances of the album’s creation, and takes a long look at the ad campaign that brought the album

I finally managed to get my hands on an elusive copy of the new Latvian edition of John Niven’s Music From Big Pink novella. It’s a beautiful edition – a splendid pink hardcover, printed in brown ink, with a lovely red ribbon. It also includes mini-biographies of the key players at the end of the

Just a quick roundup of the 33 1/3 authors guest blogging on the Powell’s Books blog… * Editor David Barker on the 33 1/3 series here.* Dusty in Memphis author Warren Zanes on the aforementioned David Barker here.* Belle & Sebastian author Scott Plagenhoef on the online release of Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” is here. Powell’s

1. Kim Cooper, author of our Neutral Milk Hotel book, is launching a new Rock History Tour in Hollywood, with Gene Sculatti. It launches on Sunday this weekend, the 21st, and you can find out all about it here. 2. Miles Marshall Lewis, author of our Sly Stone book, has a rather splendid looking new