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<a href="https://twitter.com/333books" target="_blank">@333books </a>Ally Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536007081333673207noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-4613602657024765342012-12-04T16:52:00.002-05:002012-12-05T09:51:24.732-05:00The 33 1/3 Author Q&A: Marc Weidenbaum<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Over the next few months, we’ll be
profiling the authors of the eighteen forthcoming 33 1/3 titles here on the
blog so you can get to know them, their writing, and what kind of twisted soul
chooses to think about just one album for months at a time. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Up now: Marc Weidenbaum, publisher of the
webzine <i>Disquie,t </i>focusing on the
sounds of ambient and experimental music. Which album had Marc wired? </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Aphex Twin’s <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II, </i>which
left Weidenbaum wanting to debunk myth that the album is indeed beatless. In
our interview, Marc tells us that “[it’s commonly asserted] that it has no
rhythmic content. I think this is, simply, false.”</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">33 1/3: What, in particular, drew you to writing about this
album?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Marc
Weidenbaum: After the almost 20 years now that I've spent with Aphex Twin’s <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i> since
its 1994 release, what drew me in particular was the album’s deep, resounding,
unrepentant murkiness—which is to say, its absence of what might be considered
particular. The record evades the idea of particular, except to the extent that
its pronounced murkiness is particular to it. Tracks seem to bleed together,
and to fall apart. The framing material abets in this: the general lack of song
titles, the hazy graphics, and the limited liner notes. Ambient music is often
packaged and promoted as being ephemeral, ethereal, but this album is more so
than most; it’s tantalizingly difficult to get a grip on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In many ways it is
music that one can get—that one inevitably gets—lost in. That was plainly
attractive in 1994. Come 2012, when I wrote the book proposal, the idea of
getting lost—at our initial moment of pervasive cell phones, GPS, search indexes,
Google Books, and so on—seems like a long lost ideal. I know that I am most
comfortable when I am least comfortable, and the fact that <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II </i>is still strange to me makes me
uncomfortable in a good way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">33 1/3: Describe for us the process of coming up with and
pitching your 33 1/3. Did anything surprise you? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">MW:<b> </b>This was the second time I'd submitted
a proposal to the 33 1/3 series. The first time was several cycles ago. I had
then proposed the self-titled debut album by the Latin Playboys, an adjunct
operation to Los Lobos featuring two members of that band plus the musician/producers
Tchad Blake and Mitchell Froom. It didn't even make the shortlist cut. This
time around, rather than simply select "the album I feel most passionately
about at this moment," I intended instead to select an album at a Venn
Diagram intersection of various essential things: It needed to be an album that
gave me an opportunity to dig into the things I am most focused on (i.e.,
technologically mediated sound, ambient music, electronic music, generative
music, sound art, field recordings), an album that was more myth and mystery
than it was a crucible of received collective wisdom. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Two final factors, in
discussion with various friends and colleagues, led me to focus on Aphex Twin.
The primary one was that of the three final contenders (the other two being the
Monolake and the Oval), Aphex Twin was the least conventionally understood. I
wanted the book to be of service to its reader, and I felt that an
underreported album would have a welcoming audience, especially a record, such
as this one, that doesn’t expend much effort in telling its own story. I
thought both Monolake and Oval would be fine choices, but in the end I couldn't
really focus on a specific album—much as I love <i>Hong Kong </i>and <i>94 Diskont</i>,
respectively—by either that I felt stood alone the way Aphex Twin's <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i> does. As
for the thing that surprised me the most, it was, simply, how excited I got as
I worked on the proposal. When I started the process, I was thinking the 33 1/3
series would be really neat to participate in. By the time I was deep in the
final editing of my proposal, I was heart-poundingly, evangelically excited at
the prospect of spending serious, purposeful time with this album.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">33 1/3: What do you want to explore about this band that you
feel hasn't been adequately covered elsewhere in music criticism or academic
writing?</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">MW: At
the most fundamental level of inquiry, I want to probe the one thing that is
pervasively understood about this record, the “fact” that is synonymous with <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i>, which
is the idea that it has no beats. This is commonly asserted about it, that it
has no rhythmic content. I think this is, simply, false. Much of the album has rhythmic content, even a consistent beat, if not two or more beats
working against yet in concert with each other. I want to explore the perceived
tension between ambient sound and rhythm. Perhaps, like a lot of monumental
artistic works that occur at major cultural junctures, the record simply gained
fame as exemplifying what came before it—as archetypal ambient music—when it's
really most notable, I think, as exemplifying what would arrive in its wake: a
culture wherein beats are so pervasive as to be able to serve as background
music. I don’t really know. It’s early in the writing process, but this is very
important to me at the moment, and was as I crafted the book proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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favourites? Why?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">MW: I've
easily read 20 of them—a dozen or so over the years in advance of my submitting
this proposal, and more since my book proposal was accepted, as a means of
getting my head straight in terms of the context in which my work will appear.
I tend to recommend the following four, and I am describing them here in the
context of my planning of the Aphex book:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1. Geeta Dayal's <i>Another Green World</i> (Brian Eno). To some
extent, my book about the Aphex Twin album is a response to Dayal's insightful volume.
This is largely a matter of subject material, but it's also one of consequence:
the Aphex Twin music in question, from a broad cultural vantage, picked up from
where Brian Eno had left off, and to tell its story is to tell a story of music
in the unforeseen popular wake of Eno’s esoteric earlier efforts. There are
structural similarities, too, in that like Dayal's, my book focuses on the core
album-as-subject, but also uses it as an opportunity to explore other closely
related records by the responsible musician, in particular <i>Selected Ambient Works 85-92</i>, which preceded <i>Volume II</i>, and some of the EPs and singles that immediately
followed it up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2. Erik Davis' <i>Led Zeppelin IV</i>. Like Davis’ book, mine
takes as its focus a populist outgrowth of loopy British occultism. One thing that
really stuck with me from his excellent volume is the way he handled the
visual/runic iconography of the Zeppelin classic: collating the collective
interpretations that have arisen, making a case for their participation in the album
as an album (that is, as an object, and not a mere collection of individual
songs). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3. Drew Daniel's <i>20 Jazz Funk Greats</i> (Throbbing Gristle).
Daniel's approach is perhaps foremost among the 33 1/3 books I’ve read in terms
of aligning with my sense of my own cultural perspective. There is in him a
wilful blindness to commonly perceived conventions of genre, along with
hierarchical matters of cultural institutions; that is core to the way Daniel,
as a member of Matmos and as a solo musician, participates in music and how he
explored that record in particular. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">4. Jonathan Lethem's <i>Fear of Music</i> (Talking Heads). I have
only just read this volume. It’s a little soon for me to project its impact on
my own work, but I am a long-time Lethem reader (take a peek at his extended
bibliography, and you’ll note two very early pieces of music journalism he
committed for <i>Pulse!</i> magazine when I
was an editor there), and I am fully aware of his influence on my thinking. I
cannot imagine anything I write will approach Lethem’s trademark ecstatic
responsiveness to subject matter. But there is one thing he did in <i>Fear of Music </i>that I think is essential
to the Aphex album’s consideration, which is the way he demarcated the moment
of the album’s initial appearance, and how different the world of today is from
the world of that moment. It is essential when depicting <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II </i>to do so with a sense of cultural
history, and from a variety of perspectives. Also, for what it’s worth, I’m
much more of a <i>Remain in Light</i> guy
than a <i>Fear of Music </i>guy, and that
had no adverse impact on my ability to appreciate this book—which gives me
comfort that diehard fans of Aphex Twin’s <i>Selected
Ambient Works 85–92</i> or <i>Richard D.
James Album </i>might still enjoy what I’m up to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">33 1/3: What was your first concert?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">MW: I
attended concerts semi-regularly as a kid and teen. My parents were very
culturally active, and they remain very culturally active in their retirement,
and they encouraged this in their children. I know I saw the jazz pianist Ahmad
Jamal play at a small arts center off Main Street in Huntington, the town on Long
Island where I grew up, sometime in my teens—I don't know why I decided to
attend the show, as I knew nothing about him, but his drummer blew me away; I
hope never to forget my sense of awe at his callisthenic musicianship. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In any case, I believe
that in the commonly held sense of the term, the very first concert I attended
was in 1981. I was barely 15 years old and on a weekend morning I opened the
New York <i>Times</i> and saw a full-page,
perhaps a full-spread, advertisement for Simon & Garfunkel playing a
reunion concert in Manhattan’s Central Park. A decade had passed since they’d
ceased performing as a unit. And better yet: the show was free. It was an amazing
show to be one’s first real massive concert experience—the sheer presence of
that many people, the indelible quality of those songs, and the communal sense
of rock-era hopefulness that somehow coincided with the start of what would be
Ronald Reagan's long and contradictory presidency. Less than a year earlier,
John Lennon had been shot to death mere blocks from where the concert was held.
On the day of the Simon & Garfunkel concert, it felt like eons had passed.
And when the show was over, a vast number of us walked back to Penn Station to
catch a train home, so many that we just filled the streets, from sidewalk to
sidewalk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">33 1/3: How do you listen to your music at home: vinyl, CD,
or MP3? Why?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">MW: Most
of my listening is to three sources: to MP3s, to streaming music, and to
generative sound applications. I listen to MP3s and streaming music for
convenience. I have various devices that play CDs, but just about every CD I
purchase or that I receive in the mail for promotional purposes I immediately
rip and listen to as a 320 kbps MP3. Streaming music is usually a low-fidelity
MP3 embedded in a webpage. I spend an inordinate amount of time on
SoundCloud.com, and on the websites of musicians and record labels, which generally
have streaming music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">33 1/3: Name a lyric from the album you’re writing about
that encapsulates either a) the album itself, b) your experience in hearing the
album for the first time, or c) your experience writing about the album, so
far.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">MW: This
is difficult to answer because there isn't much in the manner of a lyric on
Aphex Twin's <i>Selected Ambient Works
Volume II</i>. It's almost entirely instrumental, and to the extent that a
voice is heard, it's one that is muffled, clipped, edited, echoed until it serves
an instrumental function—the voice becomes a sonic element, textural rather
than textual, as the saying goes. To that extent, any such appearance here,
like the semblance of a woman's voice on the album's opening track, encapsulates
all three things you mention: One of the great benefits of a record with no
words is how it doesn't respond directly to your writing about it—it doesn't
purport to explain itself in the way that records that consist of words, such
as a traditional rock and rap records, explain themselves. This is very
enticing to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">Next
time: </span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB">Darran Anderson’s Serge
Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">. </span><i><span lang="EN-GB">Stay tuned.</span></i></div>
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Tis the season to spend money. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But maybe everyone on your list isn't deserving of the complete Beatles Vinyl Remasters (priced at a cool $350). </div>
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So why not spend a little less on 33 1/3-approved gear for
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1. For your lady friend who’s lost control: </div>
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Joy Division or Pink Floyd Nail Art</div>
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From <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/112005510/joy-division-only-nail-decals-unknown?ref=sr_gallery_7&ga_search_query=joy+division&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_ref=auto2&ga_explicit_scope=1&ga_search_type=handmade" target="_blank">Etsy</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/112005510/joy-division-only-nail-decals-unknown?ref=sr_gallery_7&ga_search_query=joy+division&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_ref=auto2&ga_explicit_scope=1&ga_search_type=handmade"></a></div>
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2. For the guy/girl who needs new headphones and hates beats
by dre: </div>
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Rebel Alliance Headphones </div>
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From <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/d935/" target="_blank">Think Geek</a></div>
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3. For the swooning lady in your life </div>
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Celine Dion’s “Belong” perfume </div>
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From <a href="http://www.99perfume.com/Celine_Dion/BELONG_Perfume/CEL31_prod.html" target="_blank">99 Perfume</a></div>
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4. For the guy who is just too cool </div>
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A Stone Roses Reni Bucket Hat</div>
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From <a href="http://www.coolfreak.co.uk/individually-hand-painted-reni--bucket-hat-the-stone-roses-jackson-pollock-style-paint-splashed--54-p.asp" target="_blank">Cool Freak</a></div>
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5. For the person who actually plays music often </div>
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A “Pick Punch” to make<span id="goog_771095190"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_771095191"></span> homemade guitar pics <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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From <a href="http://www.pickpunch.com/pick-punch1.html" target="_blank">Pick Punch</a></div>
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6. For the music lover who doubles as a cat lover</div>
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A Cat DJ Scratch Pad </div>
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From <a href="http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/dj-cat-scratching-pad" target="_blank">Uncommon Goods </a></div>
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7. For the guy/girl who was there from the very beginning. Throw
ya diamonds up! </div>
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Jay-Z Light Switch </div>
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From <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/116311641/jay-z-diamond-light-switch-plate" target="_blank">Etsy </a></div>
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Ally Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536007081333673207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-63125756404427953602012-11-13T13:28:00.001-05:002012-11-13T14:47:33.856-05:00The 33 1/3 Author Q&A: Pete Astor<!--[if !mso]>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">Over the
next few months, we’ll be profiling the authors of the eighteen forthcoming 33
1/3 titles here on the blog so you can get to know them, their writing, and what
kind of twisted soul chooses to think about just one album for months at a
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first: Pete Astor, who, aside from being an accomplished UK-based academic, is
also a prolific and acclaimed indie musician, both as a solo act and as part of
80s bands The Loft and the Weather Prophets. His album of choice? Richard Hell
and the Voidoids’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Blank Generation</i>. “</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As an archly
nihilistic teenager myself at the time, I was most impressed,” writes Astor in
his 33 1/3 pitch for the 1977 album. About Richard Hell,punk persona numero uno
behind it, he adds, “Here was an artist who could not only embody but also
frame the punk urge; just what was needed to make one of the defining records
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this album?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Pete Astor: It was a
formative part of my development. There was the right “fit” between <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Blank Generation</i> and me; just the album
a thoughtful, angry and quietly overdramatic adolescent needs. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">33 1/3: Who will you be reaching out to during the
writing process? Why?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">PA: I’ll be speaking to the
key players in the making of the record, including Voidoids members Ivan Julian
and Marc Bell, and producer Richard Gottehrer. I’m also in cordial contact with
Richard Hell, who has agreed to check facts and details. But, as his story is
very well-documented, both in the Richard Hell Papers in the Fales Downtown
Collection at NYU and in his upcoming autobiography, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I Dreamt I Was A Very Clean Tramp</i>, (due for publication by Ecco/
Harper Collins next year), he feels that direct participation in the study
would not be helpful. This of course is good for me, as I have access, but also
an appropriate distance: theoretically the basis for a perfect relationship!</span></div>
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and pitching your 33 1/3. Did anything surprise you? Did you start with one
idea and end up with another? </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">PA: I take the </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.frankohara.org/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Frank O’Hara</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> approach: “Just go on your nerve!” There’s lots of
reflection and rewriting, and eventually the smoke clears and you have
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">33 1/3: What do you want to explore about Richard Hell
and the Voidoids that you feel hasn't been adequately covered elsewhere in
music criticism or academic writing?</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">PA: For me, writing about
music, it is very important to strike a balance between the academic and the
rock journalistic approach. Being lucky enough to have been involved in both
worlds, (through my lecturing and research at the University of Westminster, as
well as having written for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NME</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mojo</i>) I hope I can use both
perspectives to understand the record. The thing is,I feel both approaches can—in
different ways—miss getting to the essence of what gives music value. On the
one hand, the rock journalistic approach can be beautifully in step with the
music itself—at its best the prose style chimes perfectly with what it’s
describing. The downside is that with this approach also comes an inbuilt
belief and acceptance of all the myths associated with popular music. This
means that many elements of what go up to make a great piece of music (or what
is thought of as a great piece of music) are left unexamined. The biography and
the story are all. </span></div>
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other hand, has a set of methods and tools at its disposal that can unpack
music in a way that reveals what is often hidden, offering insights into the
practices, texts and approaches that the musician takes that can be very
revealing. So, there can emerge an account of a “great” record that
illuminates it in a way that it never has been before. Where academic approaches
fail to communicate is where the rigor of the approach leads to a microscopic movement
of thought that causes the analysis to be in danger of collapsing under its own
weight. What I would like to do is to balance both these approaches, utilizing
the best from each: let’s say, a bit like a version of a 3D Star Trek chess!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">33 1/3: What 33 1/3s have you read? Which are your
favorites? Why?</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">PA: I’ve enjoyed lots of the
books in the series, but three that stick out for me are </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bryan
Waterman’s<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Marquee Moon</i>, Jonathan
Lethem’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fear of Music</i> and John
Niven’s<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Music From Big Pink.</i>Waterman’s
study of<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Marquee Moon</i> balances a
literary critical approach, while still telling the story of the record and
situating it within the larger context of New York itself. Jonathan Lethem
riffs beautifully on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fear of Music</i>,
putting the album’s creative achievement within a subjective framework of
impressions and observations. And John Niven’s book approaches a classic album
with perfect obliqueness–framing a great record by creating a fiction that
creates new and useful truths about a great record. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">33 1/3: What was your first concert?</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.hawkwind.com/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Hawkwind</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Clacton Town Hall, January 11<sup>th</sup> 1974
(thanks to </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Marmalade Skies</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">–home of
British Psychedelia–for the exact date). I was very lucky that, as a
thirteen-year-old, I was able to see this. For some reason, the school maths
teacher arranged a bus to see the show. I went because my friend was wearing a
Hawkwind badge to school (I wasn’t pinning my colours to the mast, even then!).
Being impressed with our taste, the older kids asked both of us if we wanted to
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So, I put on my best dirty clothes and off we went. I
can still recall the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">frisson</i> of seeing
Lemmy [aka Ian Kilmister] up onstage just before the music kicked in pulling on
a joint and passing it round to the group. This was it! And, they were <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so</i> good. Listening back to what they
were doing at the time it sounds very prescient: it’s no surprise to find out
that Johnny Rotten was a huge fan. Psychedelic punk rock and some secondary
smoke and I was away!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">33 1/3: How do you listen to your music at home:
vinyl, CD, or MP3? And could you tell us why?</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">PA: Sorry to say, but I
don’t really care! I’m a cultural listener. It’s the music–dubstep sounds
rubbish on my dock, but most other things are fine.</span></div>
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about that encapsulates your experience in hearing the album for the first time.</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">PA: “I was fourteen-and-a-half
and it wasn’t no laugh”: I was sixteen-and-a-half by the time the record came
out, but it was all still going on, as I’m sure you can imagine!</span></div>
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fine/ it corresponds to mine”: adolescent wishful thinking…looking forward to “deranging
the senses,” a la Rimbaud and getting a girlfriend...</span></div>
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throat and yelled ‘God’s consolation prize!’”: Poor me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“I could live with you in
another world”: I wished. But the combination of an imagined romantic
relationship together with the dream of escape was plenty to be going on with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“To hold the TV to my lips,
the air so packed with cash/ then carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in
the vacant lot./ To lose my train of thought and fall into your arms’ tracks/
and watch beneath the eyelids every passing dot”: There’s an energy here,
images colliding, teenage boxes being ticked, ticked, ticked! There’s quite a
lot I could say about this but just sing/ reading it back in my head is
exciting enough for me at the moment!</span><br />
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<![endif]-->Kaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112761425190290012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-22725116738756314022012-09-07T18:35:00.000-04:002012-09-07T18:35:11.446-04:00Competition: The WinnersSo, the goal of the contest was to choose which 18 of the 94 titles on our long-list would make it through to the final stage. We had over 350 entries from around the world - so thank you to everybody who had a go. (Including our dear former colleague who, with a little insider knowledge and a cunning fake name, managed to get 12 correct.)<br />
<br />
The top non-cheating score was 8 out of 18. And there were 8 of you who hit those dizzy heights. In no particular order:<br />
<br />
Laurent Derycke<br />
Avner Ben-Yishai<br />
Rhys Fraser<br />
John F<br />
Michael Demopoulos<br />
Will Pierce<br />
Paul Rothman<br />
Maurice Funken<br />
<br />
(Avner: not totally sure I got your name right, but that was the best my Hebrew detective skills could come up with - sorry if it's wrong!)<br />
<br />
I put those 8 names into a hat just now and pulled out one. So the winner of an entire set of all 86 books published to date in the series is:<br />
<br />
<b>Rhys Fraser</b><br />
<br />
Many congrats, Rhys - we'll be in touch.<br />
<br />
For the 7 runners-up, we'll be in touch with you too, as we'd like to send you each 5 books from the series, of your choice.<br />
<br />
Remarkably, of all the entries, every single person got at least one correct answer. All the entries, that is, except for Candace Mills - Candace, for such a rare display of skill, we'd like to offer you 5 free books as well. We'll be in touch!<br />
<br />
Thanks again to all who entered, and we'll have more contests in the run-up to the series' 10th birthday, a year from now. Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-11605400863415623452012-08-31T09:10:00.000-04:002012-08-31T09:10:21.190-04:0018 New Titles<br />
Bloomsbury is thrilled to announce that we'll be publishing the following 18 titles in the 33 1/3 series during 2013 and 2014:<br />
<br />
Andrew WK: I Get Wet, by Phillip Crandall<br />
Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Vol II, by Marc Weidenbaum<br />
Beach Boys: Smile, by Luis Sanchez<br />
Bjork: Biophilia, by Nicola Dibben<br />
Bobbie Gentry: Ode to Billie Joe, by Tara Murtha<br />
Danger Mouse: The Grey Album, by Charles Fairchild<br />
Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, by Mike Foley<br />
Devo: Freedom of Choice, by Evie Nagy<br />
Gang of Four: Entertainment! by Kevin Dettmar<br />
Hole: Live Through This, by Anwyn Crawford<br />
J Dilla: Donuts, by Jordan Ferguson <br />
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, by Kirk Walker Graves<br />
Michael Jackson: Dangerous, by Susan Fast<br />
Oasis: Definitely Maybe, by Alex Niven<br />
Richard Hell and the Voidoids: Blank Generation, by Pete Astor <br />
Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire de Melody Nelson, by Darran Anderson<br />
Sigur Ros: ( ), by Ethan Hayden<br />
They Might Be Giants: Flood, by Alex Reed and Philip Sandifer<br />
<br />
We sincerely hope that you'll enjoy the books on this list when they publish; these were the proposals that most inspired and excited us. (Although there were many, many others that could also have made wonderful books: if we ever figure out how to publish more of this work without diluting the series too much, we'll let you know!)<br />
<br />
I'll post again very shortly about the <a href="http://www.33third.blogspot.com/2012/08/competition-time.html">Competition</a> results.<br />
<br />
There are still dozens of you who sent in proposals that ended up being turned down, and then requested feedback. I'm way behind on that, for which I can only apologise but I will respond to all of you before the end of September.<br />
<br />
And finally: a massive <b>Thank You </b>to everybody who's taken part in, and helped out with, this process over the past several months - it's been a pleasure. <br />
<br />
DavidDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-63988020575115989412012-08-05T07:23:00.001-04:002012-08-05T07:23:27.699-04:00Competition Time!<br />
On <b>Friday August 31st</b>, we'll be announcing the 18 titles that have made the cut out of the 471 that we received back in the spring. <br />
<br />
To win an entire set of the series (all 86 volumes published so far), we have a simple task for you. Look at the shortlist of 94 possible titles below, and pick out the 18 that you think we'll end up selecting. The person who gets the closest to getting all 18 right will win the contest. (And in the event of a tie, we'll figure something out...)<br />
<br />
Send your entry (one per person only) to:<br />
<br />
<b>thefinaleighteen at gmail dot com </b><br />
<br />
before the end of Thursday August 30th.<br />
<br />
Your email *must* have the subject line "My List of 18" - anything without that will not be accepted. <br />
<br />
Good luck!<br />
<br />
**<br />
<br />
Andrew WK I Get Wet<br />
Rush 2112<br />
The Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde<br />
J Dilla Donuts<br />
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers<br />
Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Vol II<br />
Outkast Stankonia<br />
Black Flag Damaged<br />
Sigur Ros ( )<br />
M.I.A. Arular<br />
Wilco Being There<br />
Randy Newman Good Old Boys<br />
Rammstein Sehnsucht<br />
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<br />
Nico Desertshore<br />
Jandek Chair Beside A Window<br />
Parliament Mothership Connection<br />
Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express<br />
Eminem The Slim Shady LP<br />
Daft Punk Discovery<br />
Richard Hell Destiny Street Repaired<br />
Rush 2112<br />
Frank Zappa Joe's Garage<br />
Oasis Definitely Maybe<br />
The Mekons Rock'n'Roll<br />
The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues<br />
X Wild Gift<br />
Nocturnal Emissions Spiritflesh<br />
Danger Mouse The Grey Album<br />
Phish Billy Breathes<br />
The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat<br />
Richard Hell and the Voidoids Blank Generation<br />
Jay-Z The Blueprint<br />
Gang of Four Entertainment!<br />
Can Tago Mago<br />
Serge Gainsbourg Histoire de Melody Nelson<br />
Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind<br />
Ashlee Simpson Autobiography<br />
Crass Christ - The Album<br />
Smokey Robinson Going to a Go-Go<br />
Helmet Meantime<br />
The Game The Documentary<br />
Janis Joplin Pearl<br />
Gil Scott-Heron Winter in America<br />
The Godz Godz 2<br />
The Incredible String Band Wee Tam and the Big Huge<br />
Queen News of the World<br />
The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks…<br />
Half Man Half Biscuit Back in the DHSS<br />
Big Black Songs about Fucking<br />
Black Flag Damaged<br />
The Wrens Meadowlands<br />
ELO Out of the Blue<br />
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso<br />
Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables<br />
Insane Clown Posse The Great Milenko<br />
The Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas<br />
Drake Thank Me Later<br />
Bobbie Gentry Ode to Billie Joe<br />
Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible<br />
They Might Be Giants Lincoln<br />
Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul<br />
Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill<br />
Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely<br />
Lady Gaga The Fame<br />
Pet Shop Boys Very<br />
Van Halen Van Halen<br />
Motley Crue Too Fast for Love<br />
David Bowie Diamond Dogs<br />
Beat Happening Beat Happening<br />
Woody Guthrie Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti<br />
Diamanda Galas Malediction and Prayer<br />
The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy<br />
The Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas<br />
The Beach Boys Smile<br />
Michael Jackson Dangerous<br />
Hole Live Through This<br />
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Double Fantasy<br />
The Dismemberment Plan Emergency & I<br />
Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Singers<br />
Tubeway Army Replicas<br />
Devo Freedom of Choice<br />
Jay-Z The Blueprint<br />
Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell<br />
Bjork Biophilia<br />
Van Morrison Astral Weeks<br />
PJ Harvey Let England Shake<br />
Refused The Shape of Punk to Come<br />
Sloan Twice Removed<br />
Tricky Maxinquaye<br />
Husker Du New Day Rising<br />
They Might Be Giants Flood<br />
The Congos Heart of the Congos<br />
Gogol Bordello Gypsy Punks: Underdog World StrikeDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-65942881284728655082012-07-11T09:16:00.000-04:002012-07-11T09:16:56.126-04:00Abbey RoadIf you're in the mood for a stunning, sumptuous, beautifully produced coffee table book about a legendary recording studio, then I do believe we have just the item for you.<br />
<br />
<i>Abbey Road: The Best Studio in the World</i> is by Alistair Lawrence and comes with a foreword from Sir George Martin. It publishes next week in the UK, and in October in North America. Here's a short piece of descriptive copy about it:<br />
<br />
<b>The first photographic celebration of the most famous recording studio in the world, publishing in its 80th year. Unprecedented access to the Abbey Road archive - from Edward Elgar to the Beatles, Kate Bush to Elbow the most famous artists in the world have recorded here. This gorgeous book includes material on the artists, the engineers, the technology and the history of Abbey Road. It's an incredible document of cultural history, for anyone who values music and how it's made.</b><br />
<br />
There's a link to the book on Amazon.co.uk <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Abbey-Road-Best-Studio-World/dp/1408832410">here</a>, and to the book on Amazon.com <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Abbey-Road-Best-Studio-World/dp/1608199991">here</a>.<br />
<br />
Also (and this is the kind of thing I get pathetically excited about), there's a limited, numbered special edition of the book (200 copies only - each signed by Sir George) which you can pre-order through the <a href="http://www.bloomsbury.com">Bloomsbury website</a> or find in a handful of specialist bookstores. <br />
<br />
And finally, there's a piece on the book at the Abbey Road website, <a href="http://www.abbeyroad.com/News/Article/251/Abbey-Road-The-Best-Studio-in-the-World">here</a>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnc9gaVjFzCQL_9SswY0P1SOV5_oW82lY6VHD-N4K8c9OlJUyV5ZGxF-PuNzYX7Bg5T5QXary71ijSTCsJGDF0KEy8PPPSGvEIMfOJ9eWoHQ3zZaOPomJBX_EKYKblZr5s-qD/s1600/Abbey+Road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="362" width="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnc9gaVjFzCQL_9SswY0P1SOV5_oW82lY6VHD-N4K8c9OlJUyV5ZGxF-PuNzYX7Bg5T5QXary71ijSTCsJGDF0KEy8PPPSGvEIMfOJ9eWoHQ3zZaOPomJBX_EKYKblZr5s-qD/s400/Abbey+Road.jpg" /></a></div><br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-91430309221998964472012-07-03T13:15:00.000-04:002012-07-03T13:15:53.791-04:00Pitchfork Fest!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the first time ever, <a href="http://pitchfork.com/festivals/chicago/2012/">Pitchfork Music Festival</a>, the biggest indie festival in the US, is hosting a literary section. They're calling it the <b>Book Fort</b>, and it will host several awesome vendors, including <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/">McSweeney's</a>, Chicago's own <a href="http://www.featherproof.com/Mambo/">Featherproof Books</a>, and many more. Oh, and us--yep, two of us from team 33 1/3 will be there, both repping our books and hanging out for the readings and discussions. P-fork says:
<blockquote>Heralded for its innovative publications, Chicago-based Featherproof Books is the perfect host for this year's PMF Book Fort. Armed with literary ammo and manned by some of the most dangerous minds in indie publishing, the Book Fort offers the chance to learn about up-and-coming young writers, leaf through books hot-off-the-presses, and find your next book-club read. Panel discussions and readings will contribute to the festival's stimulating creative atmosphere.</blockquote>
We're still locking down details, but if you're in Chicago <b>July 13-15</b> and are coming to the Pitchfork Music Festival, come say hi and pick up a book or two. (Plus, have you seen that lineup? It's pretty great!) See you there.Kaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112761425190290012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-39650028119567563972012-06-28T10:42:00.001-04:002012-06-28T10:43:46.903-04:00Big Star documentary gets a blogWe've posted here before about <i><a href="http://www.bigstarstory.com/">Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me</a></i>, a feature documentary on "rock's first cult band." We here at 33 1/3 are big fans of the band (and are very proud of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Big-Stars-Radio-City-33/dp/0826428983">Bruce Eaton's take on Big Star's <i>Radio City</i></a>).
Now the filmmakers behind the doc--who, it should be mentioned, crowdfunded the doc via Kickstarter--have started an <a href="http://bigstarstory.tumblr.com/">awesomely obsessive Tumblr</a> about the band and its doings, and it's worth a look not just for Big Star fans but for music fans in general. From the blog: <br>
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<blockquote>This is the vinyl lathe at Ardent Studios in Memphis. The Omnivore reissue of THIRD/Sister Lovers was mastered on this machine as were the original Big Star records in the 1970’s. Ardent is one of the few studios that masters their own vinyl reference disks. It was purchased from STAX Records in the heyday and came with their technician, Larry Nix. </blockquote>
How cool is that? I don't even think I've seen a vinyl lathe before.
<i>Nothing Can Hurt Me </i>was featured as a work-in-progress at SXSW this year; We'll make sure to track its progress and keep you updated.Kaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112761425190290012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-54336433751135089242012-06-01T20:31:00.003-04:002012-06-01T20:32:09.701-04:00Talking Heads & New York Times Book Review<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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Hold on tight. “This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no
fooling around.” Jonathan Lethem’s monograph on Talking Heads’ “Fear of
Music” isn’t your everyday, step-by-step, track-by-track snapshot of a
great record. “This ain’t the Mudd Club, or CBGB, I ain’t got time for
that now.” And, most definitely, Lethem’s contribution to Continuum’s
“33 1/3” series isn’t a quick spin down memory lane. It’s obsessive,
passionate and personal. In short, the name of this new book by Jonathan
Lethem is “Fear of Music.”</blockquote>
The rest of this lovely review by <a href="http://patirwinmusic.com/">Pat Irwin</a> can be found <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/books/review/jonathan-lethem-on-talking-heads-fear-of-music.html?ref=books"><b>here</b></a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-18431439604316470202012-06-01T08:42:00.000-04:002012-06-01T08:42:27.015-04:00The 94I'm very pleased to announce that the following 94 proposals are still in the running, from the 471 that we received during March and April. <br />
<br />
Andrew WK I Get Wet<br />
Rush 2112<br />
The Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde<br />
J Dilla Donuts<br />
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers<br />
Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Vol II<br />
Outkast Stankonia<br />
Black Flag Damaged<br />
Sigur Ros ( )<br />
M.I.A. Arular<br />
Wilco Being There<br />
Randy Newman Good Old Boys<br />
Rammstein Sehnsucht<br />
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<br />
Nico Desertshore<br />
Jandek Chair Beside A Window<br />
Parliament Mothership Connection<br />
Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express<br />
Eminem The Slim Shady LP<br />
Daft Punk Discovery<br />
Richard Hell Destiny Street Repaired<br />
Rush 2112<br />
Frank Zappa Joe's Garage<br />
Oasis Definitely Maybe<br />
The Mekons Rock'n'Roll<br />
The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues<br />
X Wild Gift<br />
Nocturnal Emissions Spiritflesh<br />
Danger Mouse The Grey Album<br />
Phish Billy Breathes<br />
The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat<br />
Richard Hell and the Voidoids Blank Generation<br />
Jay-Z The Blueprint<br />
Gang of Four Entertainment!<br />
Can Tago Mago<br />
Serge Gainsbourg Histoire de Melody Nelson<br />
Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind<br />
Ashlee Simpson Autobiography<br />
Crass Christ - The Album<br />
Smokey Robinson Going to a Go-Go<br />
Helmet Meantime<br />
The Game The Documentary<br />
Janis Joplin Pearl<br />
Gil Scott-Heron Winter in America<br />
The Godz Godz 2<br />
The Incredible String Band Wee Tam and the Big Huge<br />
Queen News of the World<br />
The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks…<br />
Half Man Half Biscuit Back in the DHSS<br />
Big Black Songs about Fucking<br />
Black Flag Damaged<br />
The Wrens Meadowlands<br />
ELO Out of the Blue<br />
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso<br />
Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables<br />
Insane Clown Posse The Great Milenko<br />
The Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas<br />
Drake Thank Me Later<br />
Bobbie Gentry Ode to Billie Joe<br />
Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible<br />
They Might Be Giants Lincoln<br />
Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul<br />
Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill<br />
Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely<br />
Lady Gaga The Fame<br />
Pet Shop Boys Very<br />
Van Halen Van Halen<br />
Motley Crue Too Fast for Love<br />
David Bowie Diamond Dogs<br />
Beat Happening Beat Happening<br />
Woody Guthrie Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti<br />
Diamanda Galas Malediction and Prayer<br />
The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy<br />
The Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas<br />
The Beach Boys Smile<br />
Michael Jackson Dangerous<br />
Hole Live Through This<br />
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Double Fantasy<br />
The Dismemberment Plan Emergency & I<br />
Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Singers<br />
Tubeway Army Replicas<br />
Devo Freedom of Choice<br />
Jay-Z The Blueprint<br />
Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell<br />
Bjork Biophilia<br />
Van Morrison Astral Weeks<br />
PJ Harvey Let England Shake<br />
Refused The Shape of Punk to Come<br />
Sloan Twice Removed<br />
Tricky Maxinquaye<br />
Husker Du New Day Rising<br />
They Might Be Giants Flood<br />
The Congos Heart of the Congos<br />
Gogol Bordello Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike<br />
<br />
If I've managed to figure out the technology, everybody who originally sent in a proposal <i>should</i> have just received an email, bearing either good or bad news. If for some reason you haven't received that email from me, and you're finding out via this blog post, I'm sorry - that was not the intention.<br />
<br />
I should reiterate here that many, many of the proposals that didn't make the cut were really very strong - it was a real pleasure and an honour to read them all. And I do hope that the authors of those proposals post them online somewhere for others to enjoy. <br />
<br />
As for the next stage: we'll do our damnedest to push through to the final decisions in the next 2 months and we'll keep everyone posted. I hope you'll forgive us if it takes a little longer than late July, though - we want to get this as right as we possibly can!<br />
<br />
Anyhow: comment away, and feel free to ask questions, as usual...<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-58735208955972026712012-05-31T12:51:00.002-04:002012-05-31T12:52:22.723-04:00Lethem in Waltham, Mass June 6<a href="http://jonathanlethem.com/cover_fear.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://jonathanlethem.com/cover_fear.jpg" width="145" /></a><b>I am just going to post this again verbatim because it will almost certainly sell out and will be a really fun night. Here's a link to some great coverage in the <i><a href="http://thephoenix.com/Boston/arts/139314-jonathan-lethem-braves-talking-heads-fear-of-musi/">Boston Phoenix</a></i>, and here's an <a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/paper-trail/8846-jonathan-lethem/">interview from <i>Pitchfork</i></a>... There's also a rave review on the way in this weekend's <i>New York Times Book Review. </i>Link to ticketing site is below!</b><br />
<br />
<b>Wednesday, June 6th at 7:00pm</b><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.backpagesbooks.com/lethem">Back Pages Books</a> presents <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A BOOK, A BAND, A BREW </b></span><br />
<br />
Featuring<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.jonathanlethem.com/">Jonathan Lethem </a>reading from his 33 1/3 volume on Talking Heads Fear of Music (book)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.winterpills.com/">Winterpills </a>playing a selection of Talking Heads cover songs (band)</li>
<li><a href="http://watchcitybrew.com/event/stay-tuned-for-books-brews/">Watch City Brewery</a> beers (brew)</li>
</ul>
WATCH CITY BREWERY<br />
256 MOODY STREET<br />
WALTHAM, MA 02453<br />
<br />
Tickets are $22 and include a copy of the book and a complimentary drink from the bar.<br />
It
is expected to sell out, so don't wait until the last minute. It is
also worth mentioning that this is Jonathan's only east coast tour date,
so...<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.backpagesbooks.com/lethem">CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS. </a></b></span><br />
<br />
<br />
(and for those of you who can't make it for whatever reason, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/04/30/151721016/jonathan-lethem-on-the-song-that-puts-the-fear-into-fear-of-music?ps=mh_frhdl1">here's a link to an excellent interview with NPR's music blog The Record</a>.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-40615592740695379242012-05-18T11:50:00.001-04:002012-05-18T11:50:49.032-04:00Dead Trend hits the roadMike Fournier, author of the 33 1/3 on <a href="http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=125704&SearchType=Basic">The Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime</a>, will be hitting the road starting today with band in tow to support his novel <a href="http://threeroomspress.com/"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Hidden Wheel</span></a>. You can read more about Hidden Wheel and the band Dead Trend<a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-27/arts/31397890_1_dream-band-new-band-mike-watt"> in this article from the Boston Globe.</a><br />
<br />
5/18: Brooklyn NY. Book Thug Nation. With Mike Faloon, Mike DeCapite, & Tobias Carroll. 7 PM<br />
5/19: Harrisburg PA. Midtown Scholar. With Mike Faloon. Early reading: 2 PM<br />
5/20: New Brunswick, NJ. Rehab House. With Black Wine and Mike Faloon. Hit me for info. 7:30 PM<br />
5/22: Philadelphia PA. Megan’s house. Brunch matinee! 12:30PM<br />
5/22: Philadelphia PA. Beaumont Warehouse. 6 PM<br />
5/25: Baltimore MD. Atomic Books. With Laura Barcella. 7 PM<br />
5/27: Richmond VA: Chop Suey Books. Early show. 3 PM <br />
5/29: Durham NC: Regulator Books. 7PM<br />
6/4: Atlanta GA. Wonder Root. 6 PM<br />
6/6: Nashville TN. Portland Brew. With Todd Dills and Quincy Rhoads. 6PM<br />
<br />
Some pics and a short write up of a recent Dead Trend show with Mike Watt and J Mascis (among others) can be found <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/05/mike_watt_celeb.html"><b>here</b></a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-53757643407553058042012-05-17T16:27:00.005-04:002012-05-17T16:27:52.668-04:00June 6 / Lethem in Boston (well, Waltham, but close enough)<a href="http://jonathanlethem.com/cover_fear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://jonathanlethem.com/cover_fear.jpg" width="145" /></a><b>Wednesday, June 6th at 7:00pm</b><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.backpagesbooks.com/lethem">Back Pages Books</a> presents <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>A BOOK, A BAND, A BREW </b></span><br />
<br />
Featuring<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.jonathanlethem.com/">Jonathan Lethem </a>reading from his 33 1/3 volume on Talking Heads Fear of Music (book)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.winterpills.com/">Winterpills </a>playing a selection of Talking Heads cover songs (band)</li>
<li><a href="http://watchcitybrew.com/event/stay-tuned-for-books-brews/">Watch City Brewery</a> beers (brew)</li>
</ul>
WATCH CITY BREWERY<br />
256 MOODY STREET<br />
WALTHAM, MA 02453<br />
<br />
Tickets are $22 and include a copy of the book and a complimentary drink from the bar.<br />
It is expected to sell out, so don't wait until the last minute. It is also worth mentioning that this is Jonathan's only east coast tour date, so...<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.backpagesbooks.com/lethem">CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS. </a></b></span><br />
<br />
<br />
(and for those of you who can't make it for whatever reason, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/04/30/151721016/jonathan-lethem-on-the-song-that-puts-the-fear-into-fear-of-music?ps=mh_frhdl1">here's a link to an excellent interview with NPR's music blog The Record</a>.)<br />
<br />
And keep an eye on our<b> </b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/33.3books"><b>facebook</b> </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/333books"><b>twitter</b> </a>pages. I'm going to be giving away some signed copies of the book in the next few days.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-11200640057767495482012-05-17T12:35:00.002-04:002012-05-17T12:35:55.407-04:00More RIPs...<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k8TBmeK9Abg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D780hW7nsas" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-49588591924585923952012-05-15T23:16:00.000-04:002012-05-15T23:16:49.146-04:00An Update on the 471So - these 471 proposals are taking a little more time than I originally thought. There is a lot of very, very promising material here and there's a hell of a lot of work that's gone into most of these.<br />
<br />
I'm about halfway through so far. Let's say that we'll post the "Long List" on here, at some point during the weekend of June 2nd and 3rd. That should be enough time. As for how big that list will be, exactly, I can't be sure. Maybe around 125 proposals still in the running at that point?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-54089323163553152222012-05-14T15:22:00.001-04:002012-05-14T15:22:26.689-04:00Amazon IssuesIf you've purchased a copy of Geeta Dayal's book on <i>Another Green World</i> from Amazon.com and they've sent you one of their wrongly printed, wrongly formatted, oversized editions of the book, please send it to us here at Continuum/Bloomsbury in NYC and we'll replace that copy, free of charge, with a correct edition. <br />
<br />
(And if this happens with any other volumes in the series, via Amazon, the same applies. In the meantime, we're working hard to get them to stop doing this stuff...)Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-70057391882763179612012-05-01T21:24:00.000-04:002012-05-01T21:24:50.653-04:00Listomania!<br />
OK, well that went a little crazy in the last few hours - I thought we'd end up with around 250 proposals but it's <b>471</b>, if my counting is correct. (Down on how many we received last time, but considering how much work we were asking you to put into these, this time around, it's truly remarkable.) <br />
<br />
They're listed here in the order in which we received them - which makes for a more absorbing list than the alphabetized version, anyway! <br />
<br />
To reiterate: it's a real honour to receive all these proposals, and we're genuinely excited to read them. I haven't yet figured out the nuts and bolts of the process, but it's likely that - like last time - we'll cut this down to a longlist and then either to a final list of confirmed titles, or we'll have one more shortlist in the middle. If we have any questions about your proposal, we'll be in touch. And, as always, we'll do what we can to keep the series balanced, fun, interesting, and at least slightly unpredictable...<br />
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**<br />
<br />
Brad Mehldau Trio Day Is Done<br />
The Twilight Singers Blackberry Belle<br />
The Cure Disintegration<br />
The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues<br />
Godflesh Streetcleaner<br />
Can Tago Mago<br />
Prince Dirty Mind<br />
The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat<br />
Serge Gainsbourg Histoire de Melody Nelson<br />
Air Moon Safari<br />
AZ Doe or Die<br />
The Kinks Something Else by the Kinks<br />
Big Daddy Kane Long Live the Kane<br />
Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind<br />
Ashlee Simpson Autobiography<br />
Paul Simon Hearts and Bones<br />
Crass Christ - The Album<br />
Smokey Robinson Going to a Go-Go<br />
My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything<br />
Sparks Kimono My House<br />
Dennis Wilson Pacific Ocean Blue<br />
Neurosis Times of Grace<br />
The Frames For the Birds<br />
Disco Inferno D.I. Go Pop<br />
Alanis Morrissette Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie<br />
Jonathan Richman I, Jonathan<br />
Minor Threat Out of Step<br />
Helmet Meantime<br />
U2 Rattle and Hum<br />
Arcade Fire The Suburbs<br />
Helmet Meantime<br />
Beyonce I Am…Sasha Fierce<br />
Lisabo Ezlekuak<br />
Various Artists Nuggets…<br />
Phil Spector A Christmas Gift for You…<br />
Midnight Oil Diesel and Dust<br />
Yes Close to the Edge<br />
Danger Mouse The Grey Album<br />
The Wrens Meadowlands<br />
The Decemberists Castaways and Cutouts<br />
The Fall Dragnet<br />
R.E.M. Automatic for the People<br />
Phish Billy Breathes<br />
Pete Seeger Darling Corey<br />
You Am I Hourly Daily<br />
The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat<br />
The Wipers Youth of America<br />
Phish A Live One<br />
Drexciya Neptune's Lair<br />
Richard Hell and the Voidoids Blank Generation<br />
Bright Eyes Fevers and Mirrors<br />
The Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead<br />
Jay-Z The Blueprint<br />
Gang of Four Entertainment!<br />
The Fall Hex Enduction Hour<br />
The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues<br />
Paul McCartney McCartney 2<br />
Stereolab Emperor Tomato Ketchup<br />
Daft Punk Discovery<br />
Morrissey Vauxhall & I<br />
Frank Zappa Lumpy Gravy<br />
Richard Hell Destiny Street Repaired<br />
X Under the Big Black Sun<br />
Gang of Four Entertainment!<br />
The Church Starfish<br />
Rush 2112<br />
Frank Zappa Joe's Garage<br />
Oasis Definitely Maybe<br />
Paul and Linda McCartney Ram<br />
Suede Dog Man Star<br />
Emperor Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk<br />
The Mekons Rock'n'Roll<br />
The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues<br />
X Wild Gift<br />
Nocturnal Emissions Spiritflesh<br />
The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet<br />
Ol' Dirty Bastard Nigga Please<br />
Van Morrison and the Chieftains Irish Heartbeat<br />
John Mellencamp The Lonesome Jubilee<br />
King Crimson Discipline<br />
The Game The Documentary<br />
The Style Council My Ever Changing Moods/Café Bleu<br />
Eric Bibb Booker's Guitar<br />
Hum You'd Prefer an Astronaut<br />
Janis Joplin Pearl<br />
The Black Crowes The Southern Harmony…<br />
Paul Weller Wildwood<br />
Kruder & Dorfmeister The K&D Sessions<br />
Gil Scott-Heron Winter in America<br />
Josh Ritter The Animal Years<br />
The Dictators The Dictators Go Girl Crazy!<br />
Juliana Hatfield Bed<br />
Walter Carlos Switched-on Bach<br />
The Stooges Fun House<br />
Pet Shop Boys Fundamental<br />
Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<br />
Miles Davis In a Silent Way<br />
Various Artists Kill Bill Vol 1 Soundtrack<br />
David Bowie 1. Outside<br />
The Godz Godz 2<br />
Neil Young Chrome Dreams<br />
Chris Watson Stepping into the Dark<br />
Billy Joel The Nylon Curtain<br />
The Blues Brothers Briefcase Full of Blues<br />
The Grateful Dead EUROPE '72<br />
The Incredible String Band Wee Tam and the Big Huge<br />
The Beatles Revolver<br />
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night<br />
Gary Glitter Glitter<br />
The Band The Band<br />
Queen News of the World<br />
Jandek Six and Six<br />
The Monkees Pisces Aquarius Capricorn and Jones Ltd<br />
Ry Cooder Paris, Texas - Original Soundtrack<br />
Half Japanese 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts<br />
Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica<br />
The Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes<br />
Scott Fagan et al Soon: A Rock Opera - A Cast Recording That Never Was<br />
Van Morrison Saint Dominic's Preview<br />
Daughters Hell Songs<br />
The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks…<br />
Bob Dylan Self Portrait<br />
Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible<br />
They Might Be Giants Lincoln<br />
Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys<br />
War The World Is a Ghetto<br />
Sinead O'Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got<br />
XTC Skylarking<br />
Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul<br />
Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill<br />
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Tender Prey<br />
U2 Pop<br />
Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely<br />
The Strokes Is This It<br />
Cherish the Ladies Woman of the House<br />
The Jam All Mod Cons<br />
Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home<br />
The Dandy Warhols Odditorium or Warlords of Mars<br />
Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball<br />
Depeche Mode Some Great Reward<br />
Nirvana Incesticide<br />
Lady Gaga The Fame<br />
Talking Heads True Stories<br />
Pet Shop Boys Very<br />
Amy Rigby Diary of a Mod Housewife<br />
The Mekons Rock'n'Roll<br />
Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow<br />
The Dandy Warhols Come Down<br />
Neil Young On the Beach<br />
Richard Hell and the Voidoids Blank Generation<br />
The Dream Syndicate The Days of Wine and Roses<br />
Van Halen Van Halen<br />
Diamanda Galas Plague Mass<br />
Combustible Edison I, Swinger<br />
Fugazi Red Medicine<br />
Bee Gees Best of the Bee Gees Vol. 1<br />
Rufus Wainwright Want<br />
Jean Michel Jarre The Concerts in China<br />
Motley Crue Too Fast for Love<br />
Jim O'Rourke Insignificance<br />
Metallica Master of Puppets<br />
Bright Eyes Lifted<br />
David Bowie Diamond Dogs<br />
Beat Happening Beat Happening<br />
Animal Collective Feels<br />
Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River<br />
Woody Guthrie Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti<br />
John Hartford Aereo-Plain<br />
De La Soul De La Soul is Dead<br />
Ed McCurdy The Best of Dalliance<br />
They Might Be Giants Flood<br />
Alice Cooper Welcome to my Nightmare<br />
Various Artists Big Hits of Mid America Vol. III<br />
Blue Oyster Cult Some Enchanted Evening<br />
The Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas<br />
Jackson Browne Running on Empty<br />
Harry Nilsson A Little Touch of Smilsson in the Night<br />
The Go-Betweens 16 Lovers Lane<br />
Cardiacs A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window<br />
Manic Street Preachers Journal For Plague Lovers<br />
Blondie Parallel Lines<br />
The Long Blondes Couples<br />
Boards of Canada Music Has the Right to Children<br />
The Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree<br />
Low The Great Destroyer<br />
Dave Matthews Band Under the Table and Dreaming<br />
Eminem The Slim Shady LP<br />
The Beatles The Beatles (The White Album)<br />
Tindersticks The Second Tindersticks Album<br />
Ultravox Vienna<br />
John Prine John Prine<br />
Cat Power Moon Pix<br />
Diamanda Galas Malediction and Prayer<br />
Procol Harum A Salty Dog<br />
The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy<br />
Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables<br />
Taylor Swift Fearless<br />
Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield Again<br />
The Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas<br />
Saves the Day Stay What You Are<br />
Neurosis Through Silver in Blood<br />
Simple Minds New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)<br />
Why? Elephant Eyelash<br />
The Kleptones A Night at the Hip-Hopera<br />
Lady Gaga Born This Way<br />
Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible<br />
Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding<br />
The Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)<br />
The Beach Boys Smile<br />
Janet Jackson Control<br />
Gogol Bordello Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike<br />
Underworld Everything, Everything<br />
John Cale Paris 1919<br />
Jandek Ready for the House<br />
The Arcade Fire Neon Bible<br />
Pere Ubu The Modern Dance<br />
Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway<br />
Michael Jackson Dangerous<br />
Ayumi Hamasaki I am… <br />
Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West<br />
Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik<br />
Heart Dreamboat Annie<br />
Various Artists The 1969 Warner / Reprise Songbook<br />
Donna Summer Live and More<br />
Green Day Dookie<br />
Alex Chilton Like Flies on Sherbert<br />
The Lemonheads Come On Feel the Lemonheads<br />
Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out<br />
X Under the Big Black Sun<br />
Morrissey Vauxhall & I<br />
Hole Live Through This<br />
Lady Gaga The Fame Monster<br />
Led Zeppelin Presence<br />
Refused The Shape of Punk to Come<br />
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Double Fantasy<br />
The Hold Steady Separation Sunday<br />
Richard Hell and the Voidoids Blank Generation<br />
R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi<br />
Bang Camaro Bang Camaro<br />
Jawbreaker Dear You<br />
Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream<br />
The Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas<br />
The Dismemberment Plan Emergency & I<br />
Cyndi Lauper She's So Unusual<br />
Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Singers<br />
Sigur Ros ( )<br />
M.I.A. Arular<br />
Wilco Being There<br />
Doug Sahm Doug Sahm and Band<br />
The Drive-By Truckers Southern Rock Opera<br />
Fela and Afrika 70 Zombie<br />
Sinead O'Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got<br />
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds The Firstborn is Dead<br />
KISS Destroyer<br />
Weezer Weezer<br />
Duran Duran Seven and the Ragged Tiger<br />
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine<br />
Iron and Wine The Creek Drank the Cradle<br />
My Morning Jacket Z <br />
The Beach Boys Smile<br />
Randy Newman Good Old Boys<br />
Green Day American Idiot<br />
Rammstein Sehnsucht<br />
Jackson C. Frank Jackson C. Frank<br />
The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks…<br />
The Gun Club Fire of Love<br />
Various Artists The Best of James Bond<br />
Throwing Muses Throwing Muses<br />
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<br />
Nico Desertshore<br />
Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time<br />
The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy<br />
Donny Hathaway These Songs for You, Live!<br />
The Go-Betweens Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express<br />
Minor Threat Complete Discography<br />
The Beach Boys All Summer Long<br />
Tori Amos Little Earthquakes<br />
Jandek Chair Beside A Window<br />
Parliament Mothership Connection<br />
Yes Tales from Topograhic Oceans<br />
Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express<br />
Queen News of the World<br />
The Doors Strange Days<br />
The Tragically Hip PhantomPower<br />
New Order Power, Corruption and Lies<br />
The Saints (I'm) Stranded<br />
Faye Wong Anxiety<br />
Urge Overkill Saturation<br />
Bronski Beat The Age of Consent<br />
My Chemical Romance Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge<br />
Scott Walker The Drift<br />
Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible<br />
Van Halen 1984<br />
Moodymann Silent Introduction<br />
The Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas<br />
Tubeway Army Replicas<br />
Boards of Canada Geogaddi<br />
Devo Freedom of Choice<br />
The Go-Betweens Before Hollywood<br />
The Monkees Head<br />
Jay-Z The Blueprint<br />
Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell<br />
Bjork Biophilia<br />
Randy Newman Good Old Boys<br />
The Pretenders The Pretenders<br />
The Microphones The Glow Pt. 2<br />
Madonna American Life<br />
Stevie Nicks Bella Donna<br />
Faith No More Angel Dust<br />
Primal Scream XTMNTR<br />
M.I.A. Kala<br />
The Clean Boodle Boodle Boodle<br />
Van Morrison Astral Weeks<br />
The Shaggs Philosophy of the World<br />
Miles Davis Filles de Kilimanjaro<br />
PJ Harvey Let England Shake<br />
Refused The Shape of Punk to Come<br />
Vangelis Chariots of Fire<br />
Mike Watt Ball-Hog or Tugboat<br />
Elvis Presley The Sun Sessions<br />
Townes Van Zandt Flyin' Shoes<br />
Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<br />
Grandaddy The Sophtware Slump<br />
Sloan Twice Removed<br />
Paul Simon Graceland<br />
Blondie Parallel Lines<br />
Operation Ivy Energy<br />
Counting Crows August and Everything After<br />
Cream Wheels of Fire<br />
Tricky Maxinquaye<br />
Wolf Parade Apologies to the Queen Mary<br />
Husker Du New Day Rising<br />
Willie Nelson Red Headed Stranger<br />
They Might Be Giants Flood<br />
The Exploited Troops of Tomorrow<br />
Oval Systemich<br />
Camper Van Beethoven Tusk<br />
Juliana Hatfield Hey Babe<br />
Squeeze East Side Story<br />
The Congos Heart of the Congos<br />
Gogol Bordello Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike<br />
Booker T and the MGs Green Onions<br />
Giant Crab A Giant Crab Comes Forth<br />
Kraftwerk The Man-Machine<br />
Jason and the Scorchers Lost & Found<br />
Roxy Music Stranded<br />
Fiery Furnaces Blueberry Boat<br />
Animal Collective Sung Tongs<br />
Queen A Day at the Races<br />
New Model Army Thunder and Consolation<br />
Genesis Selling England by the Pound<br />
John Lennon Live in New York City<br />
Various Artists No New York<br />
Pet Shop Boys Behaviour<br />
Pet Shop Boys Introspective<br />
Half Man Half Biscuit Back in the DHSS<br />
Built To Spill There's Nothing Wrong with Love<br />
Echo and the Bunnymen Crocodiles<br />
Shane McGowan and the Popes The Crock of Gold<br />
Grinderman Grinderman 2<br />
Various Artists K-Tel's Dynamite<br />
The Silver Jews Tanglewood Numbers<br />
Bob Marley and the Wailers Catch a Fire<br />
Malcolm McLaren Duck Rock<br />
Big Black Songs about Fucking<br />
Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road<br />
Fugazi In on the Kill Taker<br />
Duran Duran Rio<br />
The Pharcyde Labcabincalifornia<br />
Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine<br />
Black Flag Damaged<br />
U.K. U.K.<br />
Todd Rundgren Something/Anything<br />
The Monkees Pisces Aquarius Capricorn and Jones Ltd<br />
Broadcast The Noise Made By People<br />
The Wrens Meadowlands<br />
Kevin Coyne Marjory Razor Blade<br />
Tears for Fears The Hurting<br />
Fugazi Repeater<br />
Poe Haunted <br />
Bob Dylan Self Portrait<br />
Kate Bush The Sensual World<br />
Company Flow Funcrusher Plus<br />
Danger Mouse The Grey Album<br />
Talk Talk Laughing Stock<br />
Black 47 Fire of Freedom<br />
Joanna Newsom Ys<br />
Electric Light Orchestra Out of the Blue<br />
Danger Mouse The Grey Album<br />
Art Brut Bang Bang Rock and Roll<br />
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso<br />
The Psychedlic Furs Talk Talk Talk<br />
Clutch Clutch<br />
Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables<br />
The Mothers of Invention We're Only In It For The Money<br />
Insane Clown Posse The Great Milenko<br />
Laura Nyro New York Tendaberry<br />
The Clash Sandinista!<br />
The Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas<br />
Junie When We Do<br />
Drake Thank Me Later<br />
Rush Grace Under Pressure<br />
Madonna Like A Virgin<br />
Bobbie Gentry Ode to Billie Joe<br />
Fiona Apple When the Pawn…<br />
Andrew W.K. I Get Wet<br />
Van Halen Diver Down<br />
Badfinger Straight Up<br />
Britney Spears In the Zone<br />
George Benson Breezin'<br />
Voivod Nothingface<br />
KISS Music from the Elder<br />
Bruce Springsteen Born To Run<br />
Against Me! Reinventing Axl Rose<br />
Various Artists No New York<br />
The Kinks Arthur of the Decline and Fall of the British Empire<br />
Rush 2112<br />
Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream<br />
Todd Rundgren Todd<br />
The Soft Boys Underwater Moonlight<br />
Pete Rodriguez I Like It Like That<br />
The Chills Kaleidoscope World<br />
M. Ward Transfiguration of Vincent<br />
The Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde<br />
J. Dilla Donuts<br />
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers<br />
Various Artists Music from and Inspired by Mission Impossible 2<br />
The Who Quadrophenia<br />
The Isley Brothers 3 + 3<br />
Mayo Thompson Corky's Debt to His Father<br />
Queen Hot Space<br />
John Lennon John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band<br />
John Cage and David Tudor Indeterminacy<br />
Van Halen 5150<br />
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers<br />
Shuggie Otis Inspiration Information<br />
dc Talk Jesus Freak<br />
Rick James Street Songs<br />
Faust The Faust Tapes<br />
Hanson Middle of Nowhere<br />
The Mekons So Good It Hurts<br />
Fiona Apple When the Pawn…<br />
Wilco A Ghost Is Born<br />
Iggy Pop New Values<br />
Parliament Mothership Connection<br />
Harry Belafonte Calypso<br />
The Beatles The Beatles (The White Album)<br />
Café Tacuba Re<br />
Gillian Welch Time (the Revelator)<br />
Eminem Relapse<br />
John Mayer Room for Squares<br />
Sloan Twice Removed<br />
The Dixie Chicks Taking the Long Way<br />
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<br />
Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Volume II<br />
Firesign Theatre Everything You Know Is Wrong<br />
Tori Amos American Doll Posse<br />
Outkast Stankonia<br />
Thin Lizzy Vagabonds of the Western World<br />
Black Flag Damaged<br />
Bad Brains Bad Brains<br />
Lou Reed The Bells<br />
Exuma Exuma<br />
Joe Jackson Look Sharp!<br />
The Arcade Fire Funeral<br />
Bee Gees and Various Artists Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack<br />
John Cage and David Tudor Indeterminacy<br />
Shudder to Think Pony Express Record<br />
Brian Eno and David Byrne My Life in the Bush of Ghosts<br />
Los Lobos KIKO<br />
The KLF Chill Out<br />
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**Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.com133tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-73873233713595692442012-05-01T13:36:00.003-04:002012-05-01T13:36:52.704-04:002x Lethem in the LA Review of Books<a href="http://c324004.r4.cf1.rackcdn.com/cssimg/larb-banner-65.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://c324004.r4.cf1.rackcdn.com/cssimg/larb-banner-65.gif" /></a>A long--and fascinating--review of the Jonathan Lethem 33 1/3 (with a discussion on the dying forms of books and LPs) appeared yesterday on the <b><a href="http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?type=&id=587&fulltext=1&media=">Los Angeles Review of Books website</a>.</b><br />
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AND, the LARB also ran <a href="http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?type=interview&id=597"><b>an hour long audio interview of Lethem by Andy Zax</b></a> over the weekend as well.<br />
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More info on the recently closed (as of this morning) call for proposals for the series will be forthcoming. Sit tight!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-19238790558476616792012-05-01T07:12:00.002-04:002012-05-01T07:12:38.738-04:00That's all, folks!As of RIGHT NOW, the window for proposals has closed firmly shut.
Once we've managed to shovel through it all, we'll post here a list of all the albums for which we received proposals.
If you submitted, and received an autoreply from the gmail account, you have nothing to worry about. (Well, aside from the stress of whether your proposal gets picked, obviously...) If you submitted a proposal and did *not* receive an autoreply, please email me immediately, to my work address - david dot barker at bloomsbury dot com - we'll make sure that everything's OK.
And finally - a huge, enormous, heartfelt THANK YOU to everybody who sent in a proposal. It's a real privilege to be able to read, be entertained by, and learn from your work. We'll do our very best to make this entire process as clear, smooth, and democratic as we can, and we'll post more about the timeline soon.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-18048895278695654602012-04-27T16:58:00.001-04:002012-04-27T16:58:36.537-04:00Lethem in Details<a href="http://www.details.com/blogs/daily-details/2012/04/when-music-and-books-collide-jonathan-lethem-on-talking-heads.html">“<i>This ain't no party/ This ain't no disco/ This ain't no foolin' around</i>. No, this is music criticism, and in the right hands it's serious business. The latest installment in the addictive 33 1/3 line of music books—each of which pairs an author with an iconic pop album—finds novelist Jonathan Lethem in deep consultation with his 15-year-old self over the secret messages hidden all over Talking Heads' third album, <i>Fear of Music</i>. …When Lethem's really on a roll, as he is through most of this, overthinking becomes contagious.”</a><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xzORu1dqEE0" width="420"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-18773144474448634102012-04-27T09:32:00.001-04:002012-04-27T09:32:38.978-04:005 THINGS:<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/26/jonathan-lethem-on-the-power-of-talking-heads-fear-of-music.html">1. <b>At <i>The Daily Beast</i>, Brian Gresko interviews Jonathan Lethem about his 33 1/3 on Talking Heads Fear of Music</b></a><b>:</b><br />
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Lethem analyzes each of the songs in his book, alternating between close readings of lyrics, song structure, and meditations on the album as a whole. “Cities” is imagined as a “metropolis on wheels,” “Memories Can't Wait” becomes “a dreadnought of a song, [wearing] an exoskeleton of reverb and sonic crud as it grinds grimly uphill.” His prose is as sharp as ever, and his visual evocations demand accompaniment by the tracks themselves. As he puts it in the epigraph, “turn it up, for f--k's sake.”</blockquote>
2. Lethem reads at Skylight Books in LA this Sunday the 29th at 5pm. <a href="http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/jonathan-lethem-discusses-and-signs-his-book-talking-heads-fear-music-part-33-13-series"><b>More details here.</b></a> <br />
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3. The open call for proposals to write a book in the series ends on MONDAY, APRIL 30TH. So get down to it this weekend. <a href="http://www.33third.blogspot.com/2012/01/call-for-proposals-for-33-13-series.html"><b>Guidelines and helpful Qs and As in the comments here</b></a>.<br />
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4. The Lethem volume is finally available via <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1441121005">Amazon.com in the US</a></b> if you are so inclined.<br />
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5. Not particularly related to anything, but David has my copy of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/books/the-one-james-brown-biography-by-r-j-smith.html"><b>The One</b></a> that I'm looking forward to reading eventually. But in the meantime, this weekend I re-read <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/being-james-brown-rolling-stones-2006-cover-story-20101224?print=true">this fantastic 2006 Rolling Stone piece</a> Lethem wrote on James Brown.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-72567758712872662452012-04-25T15:43:00.000-04:002012-04-25T15:45:52.451-04:00Lethem at Skylight Books 4/29<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/jonathan-lethem-discusses-and-signs-his-book-talking-heads-fear-music-part-33-13-series">Sunday, April 29 <br />
5:00pm<br />
Skylight Books<br />
1818 N. Vermont Ave.<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90027</a></b><br />
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<b>With the band Big Mess playing some Talking Heads classics live on stage.</b><br />
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This is the last west coast event scheduled with Jonathan for his Talking Heads 33 1/3. He will also be reading in Waltham, Mass in early June. <b><a href="http://www.backpagesbooks.com/lethem">More on that here.</a></b><br />
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Also, we're getting down to the last couple days of the 33 1/3 open submission period, closing April 30th. <a href="http://www.33third.blogspot.com/2012/01/call-for-proposals-for-33-13-series.html">Guidelines and more comments than you can shake a stick at can be found here. </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-1348570007149637802012-04-22T07:57:00.001-04:002012-04-22T07:57:27.759-04:008 days and counting...Just over a week to go, if you're planning on submitting a proposal for the series, this time around. We have 100 proposals in so far - so if you are sending one in, it looks like you have a half-decent shot!
I haven't read any of the proposals submitted yet, but the spread of subject matter is wonderful - can't wait to see what we end up with. Thanks to everybody who's sent one in so far, and we're looking forward to seeing what else comes in between now and Monday 30th April...Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.com11