Articles written by authors, guests and the 33 1/3 team.
The current issue of Vital Source, Milwaukee’s free monthly arts magazine, carries the first review (by Barry Wightman) of our series anthology. I like the way Barry has captured the spirit of the series by throwing so much of himself into the review: *** Full disclosure: I am reviewing this book but I did not […]
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These were the best-selling 33 1/3 series books on Amazon.com last week. The Stones book, almost two years old now, is showing Keefesque stamina at the moment – I think due to the release of Robert Greenfield’s book about the same album. 1. Guided By Voices2. Neutral Milk Hotel3. Rolling Stones4. Beastie Boys5. Pixies6. Bob
I’m really enjoying Wandering Eyes, the debut album by Angela Desveaux. It’s a pretty straightforward – but beautifully done – country/pop record, mixing uptempo songs with yearning ballads. The whole thing has more than enough hooks and odd little touches to make it memorable. (Emma says it sounds like the Dixie Chicks. I’ve never heard
There was a good piece in the Guardian last week about the Canterbury Scene, by Jonathan Coe. Click here for the whole article, or make do with this paragraph: *** Definitions can be tricky. Perhaps, once the neuropsychologists have had their say, we should then invite the musicologists along to decide what the “Canterbury scene”
It’s a happy accident that our 33 1/3 books about The Who and Guided by Voices have published pretty much simultaneously. Today it’s the turn of John Dougan’s book about The Who Sell Out. If you’re in Nashville, you might want to get to Grimey’s on Halloween, starting at 6pm, where John will be signing
Marc Woodworth’s excellent book about Bee Thousand is now in stores – or at least it should be, within the next couple of days. It’s definitely in stock at Amazon, despite their lack of a cover image. Word is that Mr. Pollard loves the book – and stay tuned for news of a possible book
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No reason why you should be, but if you’re looking for a novel to read, I can recommend The Zero by Jess Walter. From what I can tell, the book isn’t selling too well, despite the publishers’ 100,000 copy print run. The problem is not that The Zero is a bad novel (I enjoyed it
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1. OK, so progress with the Mountain Goats is being made. I’ve only listened so far to All Hail West Texas, and I like several of those songs – but I am absolutely blown away by “The Mess Inside”. 2. Universal is releasing The Complete John Peel Sessions by the House of Love shortly –
I’m having fun working my way through Matthew Stearns’ (rather late!) book about Sonic Youth, for the series. Something of a monster record to write about, but he has a lot of fun with it. I hope you’ll have fun with the book, when it’s out early next year. This is the closing section of
