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Rather short notice, but this evening at the EMP Pop Conference in Seattle, you’ll find a wonderful convergence of 33 1/3 authors. LD is writing the book about 69 Love Songs, Drew is writing about Throbbing Gristle, and Ann is writing about Kate Bush. More details about the entire conference can be found here. 2006 […]

Extraordinary news for long-time followers of the series: almost four years after we first signed up a book about My Bloody Valentine, the manuscript for Mike McGonigal’s homage to Loveless has finally arrived. (Mike wasn’t the original author, so it hasn’t taken him quite that long to write…) We’ll shoot for a pub date of

Following on from last week’s entry on Dave Stewart, here is the entry on Leonard Cohen from Michael Gray’s forthcoming Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. I’ll try to post one of these every week between now and the book’s release. (As always, do get in touch if you’re in a position to help spread the word about

Just a reminder that you still have about 10 weeks to submit an entry for our writing contest – if you’re under 21 years of age. The winning essay will appear in our forthcoming book 33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1, to appear this autumn. The rules: 1. You must be under 21, as of

From today’s New York Times (except the photo): The airlines have come up with a new answer to an old question: How many passengers can be squeezed into economy class? A lot more, it turns out, especially if an idea still in the early stage should catch on: standing-room-only “seats.” Airbus has been quietly pitching

A new band from Glasgow to enjoy: Butcher Boy. There are two songs on their myspace page so far – one fast, one slow. They’re both wonderful. (Thanks to Basil for the tip-off) Here’s their band bio: Butcher Boy likes a world where evenings unfold from blue to pink to black to grey. Where cranes

Next weekend, April 29-30, Jim Fusilli, author of our Pet Sounds book, will be appearing at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Details as follows: Next Saturday, April 29, at 10 a.m. at the Fowler Museum/Lenart Auditorium on the UCLA campus, Jim is appearing on a panel entitled “Finding the Groove: Stories from the

There will be a pretty cool event in Williamsburg on Thursday, to celebrate the publication of Ben Sisario’s Doolittle book. Details as follows: In a collaboration with Todd P., author Ben Sisario will host NIGHT OF A THOUSAND PIXIES, a reading and concert event on THURSDAY, APRIL 27 at UNION POOL in Williamsburg that will

It’s a momentous day here at Continuum HQ, as we’re hours away from sending The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia off to the printers. To celebrate, here’s the entry on one of England’s true musical legends, Dave Stewart. *** Stewart, Dave [1952 – ] David Allen Stewart was born in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, in the northeast

At least two wonderful pieces in this week’s New Yorker. The first is Anthony Lane’s article “High and Low”, about the proliferation (and success) of low-budget airlines in Europe: British Airways stopped laughing when EasyJet ran a flight from London to Glasgow for twenty-nine pounds. It was not only cheaper than flying with B.A.; it