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It’s weird enough returning to work from a perfect honeymoon (Banderas Bay, Mexico), but weirder still when you find out that (a) one of your editors quit while you were away and (b) the company chairman stepped down, too. Anyhoo, I’ve almost caught up with the backlog of stuff now, so we should have a […]

Thanks for reading the past couple weeks… David will be back in on Monday.

I saw a link to this over at Whitney Matheson’s Pop Candy blog. Apparently Slate is debuting the new Bob Dylan video and running a contest that can win you a guitar autographed by Dylan himself. It doesn’t say what kind of guitar they’re giving away–it’s always a little sad to see a legend’s signature

LD Beghtol has launched a beautiful new website for the 33 1/3 on The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs. It is still under development, so keep checking back. There should be even more on the way soon. Also, the book is now available from Amazon and other booksellers, even if it had a Dec 11

If you’d like to hear what $126,204.03 worth of original Velvet Underground acetate sounds like without actually shelling out the cash, the good folks at Moistworks have you covered. And if you’re into Lou Reed and martial arts, you can check out his workout dvd here. If you’d like a concise behind-the-scenes look at how

Alex Green will be on KYMC 89.7 in St. Louis talking with Matt Distelrath about the Stone Roses this Wednesday, December 6th at 6:15pm CST. Their website is under construction so there doesn’t appear to be an audiostream, so if you’re not in the St. Louis area you might try busting out the short wave

Looks like Jackin’ Pop, Idolator‘s answer to the Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop poll, is ruffling some feathers. Michelangelo Matos, author of the 33 1/3 on Prince’s Sign O’ The Times is the Jackin’ Pop editor.

Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger fame is also author of the forthcoming book on Joni Mitchell’s Court & Spark. On November 9th he sat down and talked with The Beat on KUOW in Seattle. You can find the link to the archive on this page.I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet–my work

Stephen Deusner has a nice write up of 33 1/3 Greatest Hits in last week’s Memphis Flyer. “Like most best-of compilations, 33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 is only a partial portrait of a larger subject, in this case Continuum’s popular series that features writers from different backgrounds extolling the virtues of their favorite albums.

Looks like this guy is going to get a pretty decent return on his investment.