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Peter Maranzano kindly writes from New Jersey to point out that in the May issue of Mojo magazine, there’s a short feature “In the Studio” with Sonic Youth, talking about their upcoming album. And there in the studio with them is a fine-looking copy of Don McLeese’s excellent MC5 book, Kick Out the Jams.

Something about being down in Atlanta for the Pop Culture Association Conference makes me think of Warren Zanes’ book about Dusty in Memphis – book no.1 in the series. It was three years ago, at this same conference (in New Orleans on that occasion) that I was editing Warren’s manuscript, and discovering for the first

I don’t read enough Canadian fiction. But A Complicated Kindness, lent to me by Ms. Alex Kaminska here at Continuum, is a wonderful novel about Nomi, a teenage Mennonite, who really really wants to be living a different kind of life. Preferably in the East Village. Although she doesn’t say pre- or post-hipsterisation. Here’s an

The fourth and final book we’ll be publishing this spring (it could have been more, but some authors are running a little late…) is Dan LeRoy’s wonderfully comprehensive history of the Beastie Boys during their Paul’s Boutique era. (Apologies for the cover image not being up yet on Amazon.com – it’s not like we haven’t

The folks over at Popmatters are running a week of features about the series. It kicked off today with a good interview with Jim Fusilli, author of our Pet Sounds book.

Several months back, we set a quiz: you had to predict where in the sales chart two books (those on Neutral Milk Hotel and the Band) would be, by the end of March. The more alert of you will have noticed that it is now April. The results: Kim Cooper’s NMH book is currently sitting

The third of our quartet of new books for the spring is Doolittle, by Ben Sisario. Our good friends at Amazon.com are still saying that the book is “not yet released”, but don’t believe them – they’re wrong. It’s in the usual stores (the Barnes & Noble at Union Square in NYC has a big

Following the lead of the great TMFTML, here is what my iPod thinks of my life, in its charmingly random way: How does the world see you?“I’ve Got Something on my Mind” The Left Banke Will I have a happy life?“Miracle Drug” A.C. Newman (mmmm, Vicodin) What do my friends really think of me?“Don’t Let

You’ll be glad to know that I’ve reached the halfway point in my proofreading odyssey through The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. The goal is to get it done by midnight on Sunday. Losing an hour early on Sunday morning won’t help, nor will getting drunk at the Flaming Lips show on Saturday night. But both look

Good to see the ‘trot getting some love from the ‘fork today. The new EP is out next week. Today’s eclipse, as seen from a tiny Greek island. If you look really closely, you might just be able to make out Sumire, from Haruki Murakami’s beautiful Sputnik Sweetheart. There’s a big piece on Guillemots in