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The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here. I present an excerpt from beloved author and blogger Daphne Carr’s new 33 1/3 on Pretty Hate Machine. The book will available mid-March and will certainly blow your mind. Pre-order it from Amazon today and also be sure to check out Daphne’s website.From Daphne Carr: The […]

We received over 40 songs for the Understanding Records home recording contest, which have now been distributed to the panel of judges. Honestly I thought we would be lucky to get 10 submissions, so I’m pretty impressed by the number. And I have to say that the songs are really very well done, too! I

I was on a train this weekend reading a piece about John Cage by Alex Ross in the New Yorker (subscription required, sorry), and then today I see that Radiohead’s Thom Yorke (and other collaborators, including the prime minister and a tennis player) is releasing a charity single called “Two Minute Silence” for Remembrance Day,

Just in case you missed this one back in May, below is an excerpt from Joe Bonomo’s fabulous look at Highway to Hell. Available from the Continuum website and amazon now! Don’t have the cash for the book at the moment? I’ve got a lovely copy sitting on my desk with your name on it.

Great news from Spain: the first three series volumes to make it into Spanish editions are just about to go on sale over there: They’re being published by the new book arm of the record label Discos Crudos, and you can learn a little more about them here.

Brilliant.

We are very pleased to announce this fantastic addition to the series…out in November From the back cover… “Of all the seminal albums to come out in 1991—the year of Nevermind, Loveless, Ten, and Out of Time, among others—none were quieter, both in volume and influence, than Spiderland, and no band more mysterious than Slint.

Over on Pomo Jukebox, James Brubaker has written a review of Bryan Charles’ book about Pavement for the series. The whole review is worth reading (and you can do so here) but I particularly like this part: “Bryan Charles’ Wowee Zowee is a perfect example of why the 33 1/3 series is so successful and

The publication date is fast-approaching. Here’s a taste of what’s to come… Pre-order the book from our website here, and set your iphone countdown app to November 25th. EXCERPT: On December 12, 1920, artist Tristan Tzara wrote a manifesto on behalf of the international cultural movement called Dada. Divided into 16 parts, Tzara’s manifesto contained

James Franco was interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air yesterday, and talked a little bit about Carl Wilson’s 33 1/3 on Celine Dion and his work on General Hospital. On his time on General Hospital “I’d been discussing the idea [of doing a soap] with this artist named Carter. He’s a friend of mine, and I