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David Toop, author of Sinister Resonance, is interviewed by Keith Connolly of No-Neck Blues Band fame in the new issue of Bomb. “When I came across Sinister Resonance at the bookshop I was eerily drawn to it by its title. Then I flipped through it, and there were Machen, and Blackwood, and Malevich, and so […]

Those of you in the UK might be interested to watch Mastermind tomorrow evening, on BBC2. The four contestants will be, as usual, answering general knowledge questions and will then each be grilled on their specialist subjects: “Topics are the Tudor monarchy, the travelogues of Michael Palin, postage stamps of the 19th century and Belle

So, it looks like we’ll publish 9 volumes in the series during 2010. Those that have published so far in the year are: The Flaming Lips – Zaireeka, by Mark Richardson (January)Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – Facing Future, by Dan Kois (January)Public Enemy – Nation of Millions, by Christopher R. Weingarten (April)AC/DC – Highway to Hell, by

The complete list of published 33 1/3s is finally up, ordered by volume number. You can find them on the right column under Useful Information. Or you can click here. Each of the titles links back to the corresponding page on the Continuum website. Some of the more recent titles have electronic previews available there,

Buddy Holly Elvis Costello Roy Orbison Rivers Cuomo Ben Gibbard (only cause he looks sooooo good)

How I Found My Musical Ground Notes by Michael Alec Rose Author of Audible Signs I wrote Audible Signs (just published by Continuum) for anybody who loves music, for everybody who feel passionately that this love can be investigated but never fully explained, for all who seek (like me) new ways of conversing intelligently about

Inspired genius.

Of the many many hundreds of proposals we’ve received since 2003 for books in the 33 1/3 series, if I remember correctly only one has offered to tackle its subject in the format of epic verse. And annoyingly I can’t remember what the album in question was – but it certainly wasn’t Men at Work’s

From the blog of Natalia Cecire at UC Berkeley: (via Philip Nel) “This is perhaps the best use of puerility I’ve seen in a while, and like some of Mark Twain’s funniest rants, it’s characterized by an unusual energy, a full-fledgedness that’s hilarious, in part, because it’s so very cute–an impotent, multidirectional, adorable rage. This

Michaelangelo Matos, author of Vol.10 in the series, on Prince’s Sign ‘O’ the Times, has a good piece up today at the Daily Beast, on the song of the moment, Cee-Lo’s “Fuck You”. (Although labeling it as such makes the song seem more fleeting than it is: I’m pretty sure this thing has some serious