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We were lucky enough last night to see the new Shane Meadows film This is England, at the Tribeca Film Festival. Considering that my favourite film of all time is Meadows’ A Room for Romeo Brass, it was a real treat to see Shane and one of his brilliant team of actors, Andrew Shim, at […]
1. How do I get to write one of these books? Every 18 months or so, we put out an open call for proposals – announcements are made on this blog. We don’t accept proposals at any other time. 2. When did the 33 1/3 series start? The first six books were published in September
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Another of our new 33 1/3 books for Spring is Kevin Courrier’s expert telling of the many stories behind Trout Mask Replica. Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 4 of the book, “A Little Paranoia is a Good Propeller”… *** As for the “strange music,” which would ultimately comprise Trout Mask Replica, the inspiration for it
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Sorry it’s been so quiet around here. Normal service will be resumed shortly. In the meantime, a few of you might be interested in our recently published book Inside the Music of Brian Wilson, by Philip Lambert. It’s already been reviewed in the LA Times, the London Times, Mojo, Popmatters, and the New York Post
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Another of the new books in the series for Spring (although good god it’s cold here today! and we’re heading down south tomorrow for a week’s holiday – doesn’t look much warmer even there…) is Michael T. Fournier’s ode to Double Nickels on the Dime. Here’s an extract from the book’s second chapter, “History Lesson
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Nike has done Guns N’ Roses. So have we. Puma did A Tribe Called Quest. Ours is on the way. And New Balance is going for Joy Division (which, by the way, would really complete Mr. Sumner’s tennis ensemble in the video below). We also covered Joy Division. MC Hammer?Uh, not yet… We do have
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There’s a piece in today’s Guardian about the upcoming Only Ones reunion shows, featuring the wonderful John Perry on guitar, author of our Jimi Hendrix 33 1/3 book. Much more about this over at John’s myspace page, which is in the links to your left. Any chance of a few shows in the US, Mr.
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In case anyone’s interested in some tentative dates for future books, I’ve put together this season-by-season overview of the whole series. (Here, Spring runs from March to August, and Autumn runs from September to February. It’s a crazy publishing thing.) Autumn 2003 Meat is Murder – Joe PerniceThe Village Green Preservation Society – Andy MillerThe
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Just to keep the YouTube theme going throughout the weekend, here’s some amazing footage of New Order playing a half-hour live set for Radio One back in 1984. (Check out the 275-285 logo on the posters on the walls: I can hear Peter Powell’s voice, just by looking at those damn things.) Once you get
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I just wanted to share this link for Mr. Dante Fontana’s Visual Guidance, LTD. for your weekend YouTube viewing pleasure. I ran across this a few weeks ago on WFMU’s blog and put it in my feed reader and have since been delighted to find 3-5 music videos waiting for me every night when I
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