i can rep for the dude who's doing the modern lovers book
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
cool! i feel like i haven't ever read anything particularly great about richman...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
Emily Mackay's a friend and a strong writer so I'm looking forward to Homogenic.
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
I'd like to read these five, more due to subject matter than author:
Björk’s Homogenic by Emily MackayMerle Haggard’s Okie from Muskogee by Rachel RubinSiouxsie and the Banshees’ Peepshow by Samantha BennettOl’ Dirty Bastard’s Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version by Jarett KobekWendy Carlos’ Switched-On Bach by Roshanak Kheshti
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link
― Memes of the Pwn Age (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
I'm still sulking over getting turned down 10 years ago, but Joe Gross wrote for my fanzine ages ago, so nice to see him on the list.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
xp, yeah that's true, though I meant something more specifically focused on Richman -- hoping this 33 1/3 will do the trick!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link
Have never heard of any of these authors, let alone anything they've written
my favorite thing about the list tbh, no disrespect but well-known usual suspects are generally gonna ride the horse they came in on. I have no idea what these ppl will write and I'm more excited to find out than I would be about somebody writing about something I've already read him/her writing about
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
"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 ?"
there is definitely an increased interest (among younger people) in ancient and analog synth stuff. and there is definitely a great book to be written about their pop history and the whole moog cash-in phenomena. wendy definitely got the ball rolling.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
Wait, is THE Ezra Furman going to be writing about Transformer? Wow. I'd want to read that. (FWIW, the extended personal essay inside his current album is well-written and affecting.)
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
I remember reading some p.decent academic pieces from Roshanak Kheshti re: world music & gender though it's worlds away from ILx music crit.
Ronen Givony seems like a way more Steve Reich/Terry Riley (or Boredoms) kinda dude, so it's a little surprising for him to be writing about Jawbreaker.
Agata Pyzik's writing on the relation between Bowie/Ultravox/Depeche Mode/etc & Eastern European kitsch as a kind of Orientalism in Poor But Sexy sets up her take on Tin Drum p.nicely.
― etc, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
I like the selection here, not familiar with any of the writers but definitely be interested in at least half of these books, especially Tin Drum and Homogenic.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
They should use the real album cover for the Modern Lovers one, rather than the 80s reissue with the band pic. (just being pedantic but it's iconic ffs).
― everything, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
I know what you mean, but I honestly can't think of any other profession that would work this way. Don't get good at music writing, or even write about music much, and you will get to write a book about it.
― Position Position, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:31 (eight years ago) link
a lot of the usual suspects have already written one though. makes sense that they would get tons of submissions from younger people the longer they do it.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link
if you were a smart college kid who could write a cool pitch that would end up looking pretty good at a future market research account manager job interview.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
If I weren't lazy and my net access wasn't limited to my phone this afternoon, I'd look up who Ezra Furman is.
May I asked which album you pitched clem?
― Fetty Wap Is Strong In Here (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
Black Vinyl Shoes. They--he--didn't seem to think the rest of the world was as enamored of the album as I am, plus it was a year where they blazed a trail in radical ways of looking at...no, I'm not still nursing a grudge.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
i aint never reading another one of these. tusk ruined them for me.
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 22:49 (eight years ago) link
ha I was just thinking "that's the one to avoid" this morning when pondering which one to read next
you could always start with the collections of excerpts:
http://www.amazon.com/33-Greatest-Hits-Volume-One/dp/0826419038
― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 23:05 (eight years ago) link
read all the ilxor ones. you can't go wrong there. geeta, wolk, d4ew, JD, etc.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link
Yeah. Those plus Erik Davis.
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 5 November 2015 00:07 (eight years ago) link
i'm right here you motherfucker
read all the ilxor ones. you can't go wrong there. geeta, wolk, d4ew, JD, etc. --scott seward
i'm RIGHT HERE, you motherfucker
― bricc baby hitlo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 November 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
should really get round to pitching mogwai young team one of these days...
because i love rejection obv
― you too could be called a 'Star' by the Compliance Unit (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 5 November 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
This series has basically become a music blog in book form.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 November 2015 02:57 (eight years ago) link
we luv you whiney no shade
― the tune was space, Thursday, 5 November 2015 02:58 (eight years ago) link
I am happy that my friend's proposal got picked, and sad for my other friends whose proposals got rejected this round- it's weird because people ask me for advice about their proposal and sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't and it's not a linear, predictable thing.
very excited at the prospect of a wendy carlos book too
― the tune was space, Thursday, 5 November 2015 02:59 (eight years ago) link
very sad / tough that the homogenic book is being written in the wake of mark bell's death, ugh
― the tune was space, Thursday, 5 November 2015 03:01 (eight years ago) link
Man, I totally forgot he died last year. What a loss.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 November 2015 03:02 (eight years ago) link
stoked on Workbook
― flappy bird, Thursday, 5 November 2015 03:05 (eight years ago) link
fwiw ezra furman is the brother of jonah furman from the late great mass band Krill
The series is doing its own surprise releases now:
We have a surprise for you, our beloved readers, that we’re pretty excited to share with you. This week, we will be publishing a new book in the 33 1/3 series on LCD Soundsystem’s Sound of Silver, written by Ryan Leas.The book is a new addition to our original spring/summer 2016 lineup; we wanted to publish a book on Sound of Silver alongside LCD Soundsystem’s recent reunion and upcoming new album release. It seemed to us to be the perfect time for a serious, in-depth examination of this important record, and of LCD Soundsystem’s influence on and contributions to the landscape of contemporary popular music.We hope you’re as delighted about the book as we are. Please do check it out – and enjoy seeing LCD Soundsystem live if you catch them at any of their upcoming festival performances, including their highly anticipated performance at the Glastonbury Festival next week.
The book is a new addition to our original spring/summer 2016 lineup; we wanted to publish a book on Sound of Silver alongside LCD Soundsystem’s recent reunion and upcoming new album release. It seemed to us to be the perfect time for a serious, in-depth examination of this important record, and of LCD Soundsystem’s influence on and contributions to the landscape of contemporary popular music.
We hope you’re as delighted about the book as we are. Please do check it out – and enjoy seeing LCD Soundsystem live if you catch them at any of their upcoming festival performances, including their highly anticipated performance at the Glastonbury Festival next week.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 16 June 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
anyone picked this LCD book up yet? looks great.
also nice to see the Tori Amos Boys For Pele one is finally coming out next year! 10 years after its original scheduled date.
― piscesx, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:45 (eight years ago) link
The Tusk one is seriously one of the worst books I've ever read. It is the ultimate COOL STORY BRO.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 7 April 2017 06:02 (seven years ago) link
I usually tear through these voraciously but I don't think I made it even halfway through that one. I don't know how it got past the proposal stage.
― Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 April 2017 12:05 (seven years ago) link
yeah the guy admits as much in the intro
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 7 April 2017 12:48 (seven years ago) link
He admits it shouldn't have got past the proposal stage? Wut?
― Position Position, Friday, 7 April 2017 13:03 (seven years ago) link
no, that the book is kinda crap
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 7 April 2017 13:27 (seven years ago) link
It could've been good if he'd written a book about the Fleetwood Mac album Tusk rather than a travelogue of a journey up his own asshole (with occasional Tusk-related commentary).
― Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 April 2017 14:13 (seven years ago) link
Rob Trucks is a freelance music and sports writer based in NYC. He has published four books on baseball
― heaven parker (anagram), Friday, 7 April 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
You make it sound quite good! (I've Not read it)
― Mark G, Friday, 7 April 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
It's not! (Don't waste your time.)
NB: I've liked or loved or LOOOOVED (the Celine and Darnielle's Sabbath book come to mind) every other 33 1/3 I've read.
― Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 April 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link
Tusk, OK Computer, and Wowee Zowee are all shit for those reasons. the Loveless one is sorta in between but I dug it.
best ones i've read are Song Cycle, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, Master of Reality, and There's a Riot Goin' On.
― flappy bird, Friday, 7 April 2017 17:03 (seven years ago) link
20 jazz funk greats is definitely my favorite
i picked up franklin bruno's armed forces one recently. that one RULES
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 7 April 2017 17:03 (seven years ago) link
I liked Armed Forces except for all the stuff about "He goes from a diminished C to a G7" or whatever was in there. Riot Goin on is v good too! Still have to read 20 Jazz Funk Greats
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 7 April 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
ah i love whenever the author is a musician/talks about the record in musical terms- though i understand how that could be tedious for people who don't care. that's honestly what I'm looking for in every 33 1/3 book i pick up. the Aja one is great for that reason
― flappy bird, Friday, 7 April 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
ah i love whenever the author is a musician/talks about the record in musical terms
That's fascinating given that you don't understand what a musician or a riff is.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 7 April 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
don't start that again
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 7 April 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
It could've been good if he'd written a book about the Fleetwood Mac album Tusk rather than a travelogue of a journey up his own asshole (with occasional Tusk-related commentary).― Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Friday, April 7, 2017 2:13 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Friday, April 7, 2017 2:13 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
So it's basically a book about the author and how the album relates to the author, rather than a book exploring the creation of the album? Sounds like a right snooze.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Friday, 7 April 2017 17:58 (seven years ago) link
yup, way too many 33 1/3 books are like that. a lot of the early ones are like that, newer ones less so
― flappy bird, Friday, 7 April 2017 18:05 (seven years ago) link