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OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2022
It’s here! The 2022 33 1/3 open call for proposals starts… NOW! If you’re a 33 1/3 fan, music writer, or music lover now is your chance to submit to the series. All guidelines can be found here. The deadline for proposals is October 20th at 11:59 PM EST. We can’t wait to see what you’ve got!
New 33 1/3 Title Coming Spring 2018: Tin Drum
Ladies and germs! May we present Agata Pyzik who will pen the 33 1/3 on Japan’s 1981 album Tin Drum. This book is one of 16 new titles in the 33 1/3 series. Give it a good long listen… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVPNUygTmRo?list=PL9BE36C6E59C12149] We caught up with Agata to learn more about her listening and reading habits… 33 1/3: What was your favorite book or record store growing up? AP: first book, which really impressed me and sort of introduced to grown-up reading was One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez which I read when I was 12. What followed immediately…
New 33 1/3 Title Coming Fall 2018: Switched-On Bach
Ladies and germs! May we present Roshanak Kheshti who will pen the 33 1/3 on Wendy Carlos’s 1968 album Switched-On Bach. This book is one of 16 new titles in the 33 1/3 series. We caught up with Roshanak to learn more about her listening and reading habits… 33 1/3: What was your favorite book or record store growing up? RK: Phonolux Records, Nashville, TN 33 1/3: What is your favorite book or record store in the world? RK: City Lights Books in San Francisco 33 1/3: What are you listening to right…NOW? RK: South African house music…
New 33 1/3 Title Coming Spring 2018: Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
Ladies and germs! May we present Jarett Kobek who will pen the 33 1/3 on Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s 1995 album Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version. This book is one of 16 new titles in the 33 1/3 series. Give it a good long listen… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHnsDSh8-8w] We caught up with Jarett to learn more about his listening and reading habits… 33 1/3: What was your favorite book or record store growing up? JK: The Strand, New York, NY 33 1/3: What is your favorite book or record store in the world? JK: City Lights, San Francisco, CA…
New 33 1/3 Title Coming Spring 2018: Okie from Muskogee
Ladies and germs! May we present Rachel Rubin who will pen the 33 1/3 on Merle Haggard’s 1969 album Okie from Muskogee. This book is one of 16 new titles in the 33 1/3 series. Give it a good long listen… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYY2FQHFwE] We caught up with Rachel to learn more about her listening and reading habits… 33 1/3: What was your favorite book or record store growing up? RR: New Era Bookstore, Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 33 1/3: What is your favorite book or record store in the world? RR: Skippy White’s, Boston, MA 33 1/3: What…
New 33 1/3 Title Coming Spring 2017: The Modern Lovers
Ladies and germs! May we present Sean L. Maloney who will pen the 33 1/3 on The Modern Lovers eponymous 1976 album. This book is one of 16 new titles in the 33 1/3 series. Give it a good long listen… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KB_YzJH0Bk] We caught up with Sean to learn more about his listening and reading habits… 33 1/3: What was your favorite book or record store growing up? SM: Lazer Music, North Reading, MA. It was not the coolest record store and it certainly wasn’t the best record store but it was within walking distance…
New 33 1/3 Title Coming Fall 2018: In on the Kill Taker
Ladies and germs! May we present Joe Gross who will pen the 33 1/3 on Fugazi’s 1993 album In on the Kill Taker. This book is one of 16 new titles in the 33 1/3 series. Give it a good long listen… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Pf1jwMCuo] We caught up with Joe to learn more about his listening and reading habits… 33 1/3: What was your favorite book or record store growing up? JG: Kemp Mill Records in Falls Church, Va. (R.I.P.), where I worked from fall 1989- spring 1992. One of the most important…
New 33 1/3 Title Coming Spring 2017: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Ladies and germs! May we present Andrew Barker who will pen the 33 1/3 on The Pharcyde’s 1992 album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. Give it a good long listen! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GRPcvFTY4c] We caught up with Andrew to learn more about his listening and reading habits… 33 1/3: What was your favorite book or record store growing up? AB: Rhino Records (Claremont, CA) 33 1/3: What is your favorite book or record store in the world? AB: Skylight Books (Los Angeles, CA) 33 1/3: What are you listening to right…NOW? AB: Kamasi Washington, The Epic 33…
New 33 1/3 Title Coming Fall 2018: 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Ladies and germs! May we present Ronen Givony who will pen the 33 1/3 on Jawbreaker’s 1994 album 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. Give it a good long listen! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Ivu6fZzdg] We caught up with Ronen to learn more about his listening and reading habits… 33 1/3: What was your favorite book or record store growing up? RG: Whitlock’s Book Barn, New Haven, Connecticut. 33 1/3: What is your favorite book or record store in the world? RG: Tower Records Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. 33 1/3: What are you listening to right…NOW? RG: Elvis…