Articles written by authors, guests and the 33 1/3 team.
Just a quick reminder for anyone who missed it first time around, we are currently accepting new proposals for the series, and the deadline is Wednesday Feb 14th. Below is the original announcement: *** We’re now accepting proposals for future 33 1/3 books, to be published in 2008 and 2009. Here are some rules, guidelines […]
If you’re yearning for a free copy of Mike McGonigal’s Loveless book, here’s your chance. Or actually, here’s your chance, thanks to the good people at To Here Knows Web. Which reminds me, we haven’t had a competition on here in a while. I’ll see if we can think of something good.
Very nice to see this Fionn Regan video doing the rounds – I’m not sure which backdrop I like the most. There’s something about the swimming pool that appeals, but those cows are awful cute too. All of which reminds me, you might want to check out our brand new history of the music video,
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Franklin Bruno, author of our Elvis Costello book in the series, has a new blog and a new band. There are a couple of free songs to download on that page, too – they’re both good, but “Professionals in Cancun” is a cracker.
These are the first two reviews on Amazon of Mike McGonigal’s Loveless book (which is now IN STOCK!!) – both written long before the book was actually written. I love that 12 out of 61 people found the one-star review helpful. 11 of 13 people found the following review helpful: Um…, October 30, 2004Reviewer: Trevor
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Sean Nelson, author of our Court and Spark book and all-round superstar, can be heard discussing his book on 94.7 KUOW FM in Seattle, tomorrow (Friday) at 2pm Pacific Time. Here’s an extract from Sean’s book. *** “The Same Situation” is a continuation of “People’s Parties” on many levels; the fact that the two songs
In exciting movie news, the film rights for John Niven’s Music From Big Pink novella have been optioned by producer/writer/director team Stephen and Jez Butterworth, who together made Birthday Girl in 2001, starring Nicole Kidman as a mail-order bride. (Happens to me every day.) Jez Butterworth is a highly regarded playwright and screenwriter whose credits
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I was contacted recently by someone who’s interested in helping us turn some 33 1/3s into audiobooks. Either they’d be straight readings by the authors (or an actor, I guess), or we’d mix it up with actual interviews with band members, etc. Any interest, if these were downloadable for $5 or $10?
Probably only of interest to about two of you, but what the heck – it looks like the adorable Fionn Regan is sneaking over to NYC to play a couple of low-key warm-up shows for his headlining UK tour kicking off in late January. He’ll be at the Mercury Lounge on Wednesday 17th (he’s on
One of the more entertaining reviews we’ve had since the series started in 2003, courtesy of Tom Nissley in The Stranger.
