Articles written by authors, guests and the 33 1/3 team.
The UK’s Total Music Magazine has posted this glowing review of our recent book, Inside the Music of Brian Wilson. Some might argue that the prospect of a genuinely illuminating tome on the former Beach Boys mainman emerging after so many have already hit the shelves is about as likely as Richard Dawkins taking over […]
A quick Brian Wilson review Read More »
From Bill Janovitz’s Exile on Main Street. Gram [Parsons], a trust-fund kid, was as restless a searcher and wanderer as Keith [Richards], one also interested in the mythology/reality dichotomy of America. Stanley Booth, a Georgian who felt an attachment to Parsons, recalls a 1969 conversations he had with Gram high in a hotel tower on
I guess there’s always next year… Read More »
Joe Bonomo’s wonderful biography of the Fleshtones in in stores now. It’s an endlessly entertaining tour of 30 years (and counting…) in the life of a band that’s been up and down – mostly down, but a band that I sincerely hope never calls it a day. Here’s an extract from the mid-90s, to keep
Rock’n’Roll Epiphanies Read More »
Carl Wilson’s remarkable manuscript about Céline Dion is now in-house and we’re looking forward to publishing this one before the end of the year, with any luck. Here’s a brief excerpt from Chapter 3 – “Let’s Talk in French”. *** Céline’s ineluctable Quebeckitude remains a block for anglo audiences abroad. When British writer A.A. Gill,
From the missed connections section of Craigslist NYC yesterday: *** you: wedged by the door; me: bearded & reading – m4w – 28 ——————————————————————————–Reply to: pers-428856090@craigslist.orgDate: 2007-09-22, 1:10AM EDT me: bearded, blazered, podded, reading “noise/music,” & too frozen to really talk before you disappeared into the wilds of east williamsburg… you: wedged in the corner
We reach the half-century point with Scott Plagenhoef’s intriguing history of a time that already seems such a long, long way away – mid-90s Britain, and the gentle emergence of Belle & Sebastian on to the pumped up Britpop scene. Here’s an extract from the book: *** Like Tigermilk, Sinister was a well-plotted record, created
Announcing no.50: Belle & Sebastian’s If You’re Feeling Sinister Read More »
Just published is Stephen Catanzarite’s book about Achtung Baby. It’s a brave and compelling study of the album, and the first book in the series to take an openly religious angle. It’s a fascinating read. Here’s an extract, from chapter 3… *** Like “One,” “Until the End of the World” is also a conversation, this
Announcing no.49: U2’s Achtung Baby Read More »
To mark the release of the 40th Anniversary edition of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, here’s an extract from John Cavanagh’s book about the album, one of the first books to be published in the series, back in September 2003: *** “I think our records will be very different from our stage shows…inevitably,”
As mentioned earlier in this space, last Saturday Stephen Catanzarite held a book launch for his 33 1/3 on U2’s Achtung Baby at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland, PA, with over 100 people in attendance. Dan LeRoy, author of the 33 1/3 on the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique, was also on hand,
Pictures from the Achtung Baby book launch Read More »
Coming soon to a Powell’s Bookstore near you… Also, I want one of these for my living room.
