33 1/3 Series of books

this pitchfork article though:

At the time of its release in 2005, this title was the only book-length examination of Neutral Milk Hotel

I've really enjoyed several of these books, but as the catalog gets deeper I'm having a harder time distinguishing this series from a tall pile of MOJO.

http://333sound.com/2015/09/29/open-call-2015-the-shortlist/

Lulu (JM)-Lou Reed and Metallica

is this one of y'all

No Shlomo, no credibility. Seriously, it could be the best book in the entire series by miles.

One of the Pinkerton proposals on the list is from a writer who identifies as "non-binary transgender". Who knows if that has anything to do with the proposal, but it could make for an interesting perspective.

(GI) (JG) -Germs
Had to look this up to make sense of it. Wasn't familiar with the Germs discog.

Muppets FTW obv. Also, hope Cobra gets a book rather than Refried Ectoplasm, and impressed that at least two people pitched the former.

But I'd read books on most of these TBH. Most exciting shortlist in… well, ever really.

total jazz proposals: 1 (The Inner Mounting Flame-The Mahavishnu Orchestra)

I am so ready to pre-order a possible "Death of a Ladies Man" book.

For the most part this is the most uninspiring shortlist I've seen from 33 1/3.

YESSSS

is the quality of the output predictable by the albums that will be written up tho

not that i particularly care, have only read one of these things

i can't believe turn on the bright lights hasn't gotten a book yet, or anything by animal collective

Animal Collective fans can't don't read.

I would definitely read a book about Death of a Ladies Man

I doubt it's going to make it to the final list, but I would love an Uptown Saturday Night book.

yeees

can't believe there's still never been a Violator one.

Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat-Charanjit Singh

yessssss

of course, since 95% of these books appear to suck, i won't get my hopes up

also that book would sell 0.3 copies :(

disappointed that the Watertown pitch from the longlist didn't make it, one of my favorite albums ever

Brad I can't stand Lulu but I thought yr pitch was really strong, I'm having a hard time imagining the one that made the shortlist bettering it.

Everett True didn't make the shortlist:

http://www.collapseboard.com/everett-true/how-not-to-write-a-book-proposal-rejected-unknown/

I know True isn't to everyone's taste (to say the least) but this would have been a great pick IMO.

jesus christ shut up you fucking baby

also thank you simon, needless to say i am full of curiosity and dread about the one that made the shortlist

i suppose if i were E. True i would feel pretty good about proposing a Daniel Johnston book and i would be taken aback by rejection, but...yes, what Brad said

that E True proposal is terrible

I'm really pleased that Agata Pyzik got shortlisted, though she won't say what for. Presumably Kollaps or Solaris.

if you only read one of these books, read TWENTY JAZZ FUNK GREATS by Drew Daniel. by far my favorite

I think the True proposal is great, but I can at least acknowledge that it's tonally out of step with the last 10 years or so of unambitious "here's a personal essay"-style music criticism. The word "essay" should really be nowhere near music writing.

I'm not going to rank on True. There's nothing wrong with having a hard time handling rejection. I think it's a decent proposal. Is there any market on something like Kickstarter or Patreon for writing, or is it all shitty half-baked video game/board game concepts?

people kickstart books a lot but the whole process of writing a book likely changes in the process -- people are less likely to put aside 5k of their proceeds to hire a really good editor who'll help them shape the MS into something really great. Auteur theory is the lifeblood and Achilles heel of Kickstarter imo

there's a market for shitty half-baked writing about videogames! oh xp

i suspect true's deciding to go with 'tiresome self-promotion' rather than following the advice on the pitch guidelines didn't really help his case. also curious is this list on the website:

The following projects were contracted at some point but for various reasons are now cancelled.The following albums are now fair game:

Daniel Johnston-Hi, How Are You
Kate Bush-The Dreaming
Tori Amos-Boys for Pele
The Clash–London Calling
Wu Tang–Enter the Wu (36 Chambers)
Weezer-Pinkerton
Bjork-Biophilia
Pulp-This is Hardcore

like, johnston is kind of a sensitive case, and who knows what came up related to the cancellation of the previous one (which was to be by benjamin shapiro of VICE. hm)

patreon just got hacked btw

I have a (frankly amazing) pitch if wholly-fictional accounts of albums that no one cares about ever become fair game.

just posting here to add my voice to everyone laughing at Everett True itt

a music version of this could be good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Perfect_Vacuum

anybody who can write 50k words on, say, rosebud's "discoballs" deserves to be published.

http://333sound.com/2015/11/04/open-call-2015-results-the-16-new-books-in-the-33-13-series/

would probably read the Modern Lovers one...

Have never heard of Jawbreaker, let alone any albums they've made.

Uptown Saturday Night!

xpost Have never heard of any of these authors, let alone anything they've written

(except joe gross)

they are the fresh young faces

Agata Pyzik is great. Have no real interest in Japan but I'll get hers anyway.

ezra furman is a singer-songwriter guy i think

Yep.

Re another one---Will aging baby-boomers buy "Switched-on Bach" or is there crossover and newfound interest in that 1968 Moog synth prog classical approach that I have avoided ?

would red the Hag too.