33 1/3 Series of books

I actually think writing about a really recent album (especially a divisive one) is a great idea. Kind of higher risk, but still something I've been kind of hoping they'd do for a while now.

if they hadn't already done Use Your Illusion in the last run i'd say Chinest Democracy would've been a good one to pitch.

i guess it depends on the angle, and i'm all in favour of doing recent stuff, but...idk, at least wait until the album promo cycle is over?

be the time you write it, the promo cycle will be long over fwiw

yeah i mean this next run wouldn't hit shelves til what, 2011, maybe late 2010? what Kanye does in the next couple years will definitely have some impact on how much people wanna read about that particular record by then, but i don't see anything wrong with taking a gamble that there'll still be interest.

Yeah, it seems like a book comes out anywhere from a year to three years after the title is chosen. (Five of the 21 titles chosen in January 2006 have yet to see publication, and I'm only aware of one case in which the project fell apart.)

of the 2 out of 21 picked in march 2007 have seen publication!

lol whiney idk if it's all the tweeting but yr typing has taken a turn for the worse in this thread

before you know it he won't even bother to type out "billyburg beardos" unabbreviated

can i just

abbreviating words saves you 30 oh fuck it

I'm out, but it was a total longshot anyway.

I can't believe they turned down my proposal for Rudimentary Peni "Cacophony"!

Oh wait, yes I can :)

Twas a fun proposal to write anyway! (and an honest choice)

James Franco is reading the Celine Dion book:
http://www.truveo.com/James-Franco-Has-No-Time-For-TV/id/652871651

my respect for dude ever increases

my crush on dude ever increases

where is Big Star "Third/Sister Lovers" book (ie, the only one of this series I would probably ever bother to actually read)

Speaking of Carl, via Facebook:

Carl Wilson is almost scared to say it aloud, but Carl's friends might want to watch the Colbert Report on Wed, March 4

As good a place as any to mention I'll be giving an essay/reading/Q&A on Joy Division this Sunday at Barbes in Park Slope (Brooklyn, NY, USA, the World, the Universe). 7PM. Only throw soft things.

Oh if only I lived in NY, I've been waiting so long to see the legendary Mr. Ott in a live setting...

His epileptic fits of transformative power and madness on stage, I hear, are unequaled.

I'm no Lady Sovereign.

which ones are upcoming?
anyone read the U2 book?

hope the da drought 3 one gets published

Zoinks.

Not totally news now but the shortlist was released the other day. Didn't make the cut, alas, so I decided to put up my proposal for the heck of it.

Obviously I haven't seen the complete proposals, but that's a pretty bland list. I was really excited by some of the titles on the original shortlist.

My Talk Talk pitch made it to the 150 but no further.

hope the da drought 3 one gets published

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^^ the one album on the list i think we can all agree needs a 33 & 1/3...

Your proposal is great, Ned.

That comments thread on the blog is a nightmare, though. It's amazing the guy doesn't just hang it all up with that many screeching jackals clogging his inbox.

I love the dude that thinks the writers should be able to crank these things out in a week or two.

i've read a few of these things that definitely seem like they could've been cranked out in a week or two (not always in a bad way, either).

Your proposal is great, Ned.

Seconded!

Thanks!

i would buy all this Ned A

Like I say in the blog post, apparently there was a pretty intense back and forth at Continuum between my proposal and the other one, so I like to think of that one as being pretty damn amazing, and look forward to seeing what it's all about.

someone should start a 34 1/4 series for the good ones that didnt make it in

I would read a series about singles called 45

Oh man, the comments in the comments section on the 33 1/3 blog are really depressing to me. How about that Bill Fox trolling, eh?

I would read a series about singles called 45

Create a blog on blogspot and stir false hopes.

45 words in 45 minutes

today is the 60th birthday of the 45 single, fwiw

The............................................ most..................................... interesting....................... thing.................. about.......................... Roxy............................. Music's...................

LMFAO

i've read a few of these things that definitely seem like they could've been cranked out in a week or two

(raises hand)

But only a lifetime of SotT love could adequately prepare you for that week, right?

2 weeks. and only a cross-country move and a new job and a blown deadline prepared me for it.

2010-2011 roster!

Portishead’s Dummy, by RJ Wheaton
Johnny Cash’s American Recordings, by Tony Tost
Television’s Marquee Moon, by Bryan Waterman
Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville, by Gina Arnold
AC/DC’s Highway to Hell, by Joe Bonomo
Ween’s Chocolate and Cheese, by Hank Shteamer
Radiohead’s Kid A, by Marvin Lin
Dinosaur Jr.’s You’re Living All Over Me, by Nick Attfield
Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace, by Aaron Cohen
Slint’s Spiderland, by Scott Tennent
The Rolling Stones’ Some Girls, by Cyrus Patell

Excited to see what Gina and Hank do.