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In an enthralling Soundcheck interview with my two favorite party people (that would be Andrew W.K. and Phillip Crandall), John Schaefer reminded me of the video for Black Flag’s “TV Party” which seems especially timely since I received not one, but two invitations to “TV Parties” this evening to watch the new season of Orange […]

You are invited (if you live in the UK of course) to spend the weekend with a whole host of Bloomsbury authors talking about music festivals. There’s Gina Arnold (author of 33 1/3 Exile in Guyville), Ben Hallilgan (editor of Reverberations and Resonances and the forthcoming book The Arena Concert) and George McKay (editor of the forthcoming

Bloomsbury is extremely proud to announce the second of fourteen new 33 1/3 volumes…coming to a bookstore (and kindle/iPad) near you in: Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016 and Fall 2016. It was extremely difficult to select these titles from a pool of over 400 brilliant proposals so we hope you enjoy! To highlight each

After two months of reading, hair-pulling, late nights, temporary blindness, tears, laughter and pure joy we are ready to announce the next 14 titles to be published in the 33 1/3 series. We will begin announcing them on this blog next week. Thank you to all of those who submitted for your hard work and

We wrap up Beach Boys Week, in celebration of #94 in the 33 1/3 series, Beach Boys’ Smile by Luis Sanchez (out now!) with a video vault in celebration of “Surf’s Up” and Smile’s place in the canon. When I interviewed Van Dyke Parks in 2009 about his thoughts and recollections of being a working

Welcome to Beach Boys Week, in celebration of #94 in the 33 1/3 series, Beach Boys’ Smile by Luis Sanchez (out now!). This time around, Sanchez looks at the relationship between the band and comedy. A Beach Boy walks into a bar… There’s a peculiar moment captured during a Beach Boys studio session outtake that

Welcome to Beach Boys Week, in celebration of #94 in the 33 1/3 series, Beach Boys’ Smile by Luis Sanchez (out now!). In his first entry, Sanchez looks at the beach and surf movie legacy of Brian Wilson and Co. One of the greatest ironies of the Beach Boys early music is that, for all

Our latest Video Vault comes courtesy of our UK Marketer, Charlotte Rose. Take it away, Charlotte! This week, we’re taking a trip back to 1981: the year of Bob Marley’s untimely death; the year MTV first launched in the US; the year Queen Bee Beyonce entered into the world and last but no means least,

We’ve been busy! Hope you are not! MANY 33 1/3 events planned in the future. New York! Monday, May 19th, 7pm, Book Culture Kevin Dettmar reads from his 33 1/3 on Gang of Four’s Entertainment! He is joined by Hugo Burnham! Come meet Kevin, Hugo and the 33 1/3rd crew. More info here. Thursday, May

Marie Thompson is co-editor, with Ian Biddle, of Sound, Music, Affect (2013). A writer and researcher, based in Nottingham, UK, she recently completed her PhD thesis, ‘Beyond Unwanted Sound: Noise, Affect and Aesthetic Moralism’, at the International Centre for Music Studies, Newcastle University. She teaches at Lincoln School of Media, University of Lincoln. Marie is