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In the next few weeks, we’ll be releasing a few new books in the series, including those on albums by Captain Beefheart, Steely Dan, the Minutemen, and A Tribe Called Quest. First up, though, is Matthew Stearns’ book on Daydream Nation. Here’s an extract. (Not sure that footnotes and blog entries mix too well, so […]
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A book recommendation prompted by a tip from Kate Schatz, the author of our upcoming PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me: A Story. Lost City Radio is a first novel by Daniel Alarcon. It’s a remarkably evocative portrait of a war-ravaged South American country, in which husbands/sons/boyfriends/lovers routinely disappear, in which very few people can even
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So, these are the 21 books we’ll be signing up for publication during 2008 and 2009. (And doubtless, knowing the history of the series, one or two of these will not appear until 2010…) In no particular order: Funkadelic: Maggot Brain – by Matt RogersSlayer: Reign in Blood – DX FerrisTori Amos: Boys for Pele
Just a quick one: If you sent in a proposal and have not yet heard from me, then please email the pitches33 yahoo account as soon as you can. As far as I can tell, I’ve responded to everybody now. (Not counting follow-up emails from some of you, which I’ll get around to when I
There was a piece on the series in the Arts section of yesterday’s Chicago Tribune – an overview of the whole project, followed by summaries of ten of the books. Here’s the article: Small wondersContinuum’s book series celebrates classic albumsBy Bob GendronSpecial to the TribuneMarch 18, 2007 Everybody has favorite records. To this degree, we’re
One of the non-33 1/3 music books we’ll be publishing in 2007 is Sweat by Joe Bonomo – an absolutely wonderful 400 page biography of the Fleshtones. (Who are playing at Magnetic Field in Brooklyn next weekend, a show I’m looking forward to very much.) Sweat is an affectionate, gritty, and improbably moving, chronicle of
Shed a tear tonight for the Bridge Gang, the London-based punk-pop trio who have, apparently, called it a day. Two stellar singles (one more to come, posthumously?), and that’s it. Perhaps that’s what a career should be. Imagine if the Smiths had released “This Charming Man,” “Reel Around the Fountain,” “The Hand that Rocks the
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I like to post this sales chart every three or four months. As always, it’s weighted towards those books that have been out for 3 years rather than 3 months. A few interesting moves: the top 3 is getting very tight – the long, long reign of Pernice and Miller may not last until the
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Some of you will know that I’ve started sending out emails of the “Sorry, we didn’t pick yours” variety, and this will be going on for the next several days. It’s a pretty dispiriting process, to be honest. And I wish it was possible to individualise these emails, to give at least a hint of
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If you’re in Seattle, don’t miss the reading/event tomorrow evening (Thurs 8th) at 7pm. It’s at the general store of Sonic Boom Records. Douglas Wolk will be reading from his Live at the Apollo book, and Michaelangelo Matos will be reading from his Sign ‘O’ the Times book. In completely unrelated news, artist Jim Mahfood
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