33 1/3 Series of books

Who is RJ Wheaton?

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can't say i've loved every book i've read in this series, but i'm glad it exists and keeps chuggin' along. why hasn't there been a feelies crazy rhythms one? because i'm the only one who would buy it it?

Talking Heads' Fear of Music by Jonathan Lethem - this will publish in March/April 2012

This is just about the news of the century, for me.

Cohen's a really good writer; I need to get this.
Who was doing Aquemini?

i was at my friend's house this weekend and she had a copy of the "wowee zowee" 33 1/3 book out but i was struggling to read the spine from across the room and i thought someone had written one of these on white zombie.

ha, i would so rather read a "white zombie" 33 1/3 book than a "wowee zowee" one.

i would actually pick it up.

I'd buy a Feelies book too!

that's two of us. actually, if i was feeling ambitious, I'd pitch a volume on The Good Earth. but that'd sell even less copies than the Crazy Rhythms book, I'm sure.

At least with Crazy Rhythms you could talk about all the time that predates it, the evolution of the songs and sound, etc.

true, true. maybe i should do this. do they accept proposals from no-name jerks from the internet?

All the time!

sweet!
Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace - just published
Portishead's Dummy - just published
Talking Heads' Fear of Music by Jonathan Lethem - this will publish in March/April 2012
Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville by Gina Arnold - we don't yet quite have the final manuscript, but fully expect to publish this in May/June 2012
The Feelies' Crazy Rhythms by tylerw - yeah right

Jonathan Lethem on Fear of Music--now THAT I will get!

Any recent reviews? I'm looking at the Some Girls and Achtung Baby ones.

Talking Heads' Fear of Music by Jonathan Lethem - this will publish in March/April 2012

This is just about the news of the century, for me.

― Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Thursday, November 17, 2011 3:04 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

!!!!!!

they've picked the wrong Talking Heads album like but hey should be good.

waaah what happened with the Tori one?? man alive..

and indeed ILM backs me up on that first point
Talking Heads studio albums poll

looking forward to a Fear Of Music book all the same.

Any recent reviews? I'm looking at the Some Girls and Achtung Baby ones

xxponst: i seem to recall someone giving the thumbs up to the some girls one here awhile back (on a different thread). i picked up a copy but am waiting for my deluxe reissue to start it though

I still really, really, really hope someone does one of the behind-the-scenes type ones about Blur's "13" someday

only loujag could do it justice

I actually love it more than loujag

"Blur - 13" would be great

Really interested in the Dummy one, although I think I might even be more into reading one about Third at this point.

A longer book about the More Songs/Fear/Remain trilogy would be the ideal, but oh well. Looking forward to this one.

Talking Heads' Fear of Music by Jonathan Lethem - this will publish in March/April 2012

This is just about the news of the century, for me.

― Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Thursday, November 17, 2011 3:04 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

!!!!!!

― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why can't anyone spell 'canceled' right

can you spell "pedant" with one d?

;)

they're just publishers nbd

ha!

wait they spelled it 'cancelled', that's ok

lol u irish

Both are acceptable in Webster's (though "canceled" is listed first).

Man, if Sinker did one on Dragnet or Y, I would buy five copies instantly.

Really interested in the Dummy one, although I think I might even be more into reading one about Third at this point.

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, November 18, 2011 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The author participated in that One Week One Band tumblr a week or two ago and tackled all things Portishead, not just Dummy. http://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com

are the cancelled projects the writers' or publishers' decisions?

could be either i think. some writers giving up, some writers coming up with stuff the publisher's not convinced by.

true, true. maybe i should do this. do they accept proposals from no-name jerks from the internet?

Tyler, I hope you're really considering doing it! I know at least two of my friends would definitely buy it. Or I'd buy it for them as a gift. dan selzer would surely buy one so there's five copies secured already - go for it dude! ;-)
IIRC, the publisher's open to pitches from anyone.

could be either i think. some writers giving up, some writers coming up with stuff the publisher's not convinced by.

kind of makes you wonder about their selection procedure. like many others I submitted a proposal which wasn't accepted. I wouldn't have given up nor would (imho) Continuum have been unconvinced by what I would have written. I'm sure many others would have been the same, and yet the slots they could have taken have now gone to waste.

IIRC, the publisher's open to pitches from anyone

there are specific times when proposals are accepted, now is not one of them.

I said anyone, not anytime ;-)
I agree with you re. the selection process - with so many cancellations one could question its quality. Would you care to share the album title you had proposed?

sure, it was a Peter Hammill album, Over. would not have been a best seller, admittedly.

There's quite a dedicated Hammill following in the Netherlands (admittedly, a small market), so with a bit of adequate marketing it could sell reasonably well I'd say

I'm sure Italians would buy it, if they still have any money by the time it comes out

I've only got the Abba Gold, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, and Master of Reality ones in this series...what're normally regarded as the best? Fancy putting a few on my Xmas list...

i ranked my favorites upthread, i've read a couple since then so i'll add those and do it again:

Led Zeppelin IV by Erik Davis
Aja by Don Breithaupt
Use Your Illusion I and II by Eric Weisbard
The Who Sell Out by John Dougan
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Christopher R. Weingarten
Born In The U.S.A. by Geoffrey Himes
Electric Ladyland by John Perry
Sign O' The Times by Michaelangelo Matos
Armed Forces by Franklin Bruno
Let's Talk About Love: A Journey To The End Of Taste by Carl Wilson
Exile On Main Street by Bill Janovitz
Double Nickels On The Dime by Michael T. Fournier
In Utero by Gillian G. Gaar
Radio City by Bruce Eaton
Illmatic by Matthew Gasteier
Let It Be by Colin Meloy

like many others I submitted a proposal which wasn't accepted. I wouldn't have given up nor would (imho) Continuum have been unconvinced by what I would have written.

Having had my proposal for a book on Black Vinyl Shoes (and power-pop more generally) rejected a number of years ago--which, ditto, I never would have abandoned and, in my very unhumble opinion, would have been excellent--I'm glad that the secret curse I put on the entire series is finally starting to take effect.

They are still publishing books, guys, so it's not like these six or so cancels has affected output (also six cancels from six different writers doesn't seem like a lot to me). Folks get busy, get other better offers, or realize that the project isn't worth the time, I don't know, it doesn't surprise me at all. That said I am bummed that Skiz Fernando's Wu-Tang book isn't ever coming out cuz while his book on Rice & Curry: Sri Lankan Home Cooking sounds interesting it isn't really the same sort of reading.

Either way if your proposal is a good one, resubmit it again.

that's not how it works, Alex in SF

Sorry I'm not totally clear on the rules submission (I know they periodically do open calls). Can you not resubmit a tweaked proposal?