I just hope whenever they do a Roxy one, that it's not one of the first two albums. I love them, but there has been too much ink spilt about the Eno years. My vote is for one of the next three (unsurprisingly) or Avalon--the latter is a GREAT subject for one of those books, such a deeply weird record
― iago g., Saturday, 29 May 2010 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed reading the Nation Of Millions book by Christopher Weingarten of this parish over the last couple of days. It's a great, punchy piece of journalism. The extended comparison of the changing line up of the J.B.s to the progression of various tracks on the album is masterful and he nails the oft suggested but rarely convincingly well explained theory that hip hop can be seen as an Afro American form of folk music (with the recontextualization of samples and raps working in the same way as folk memory) in a few short, crystal clear passages.
I'd also recommend the Matmos guy's book on 24 Jazz Funk Greats. In fact his own theorising is much more illuminating than the actual interview sections.
― Duran (Doran), Sunday, 20 June 2010 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Finally got my first few of these. I'm not going to name the ones I don't like, but I really, really love Drew's 20 Jazz Funk Greats book.
― Grisly Addams (WmC), Friday, 16 July 2010 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
friend loaned me the In the Aeroplane Over the Sea one. it was okay. reading about how Schneider got the distortion on there was probably the most interesting thing, but I imagine I could've found that out from Tape Op or something if I had really cared. was surprised at how little this record actually sold, always seemed to me like it was way more popular than it actually was.
― Major Lolzer (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 16 July 2010 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Is the Skiz Fernando 36 Chambers book ever coming out?
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― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 16 July 2010 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i just read the Big Star Radio City one -- pretty great overall. Nice to have some tech-y info on a lot of this stuff + some pretty good access to all of the bandmembers including Chilton. Even the personal stuff, detailing the author's time playing with Alex, is well done. way fucking better than the bio that came out a little while ago.
― tylerw, Friday, 16 July 2010 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
so far i've read and enjoyed:
Led Zeppelin IV Let's Talk About Love: A Journey To The End Of TasteSign o' the TimesMaster of RealityAnother Green WorldArmed ForcesABBA GoldEndtroducing
have but need to get to:
Live at the ApolloExile On Main Street LowUse Your Illusion I and IILoveless
― deep purple yoda (Ioannis), Friday, 16 July 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Live At The Apollo is the best I've read, keep it top of your list
― oh sh!t a ¯\⎝⏠___⏠⎠/¯ (sic), Saturday, 17 July 2010 05:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Read the Eno book a week or two back - it's great. Hoping to get to the Wire and Big Star books soon.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Saturday, 17 July 2010 08:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Whiney's was terrific. I've always had in my head a want to get a FREEDOM IS A PATH SELDOM TRAVELLED BY THE MULTITUDE tattoo and now I know the whole story, I want it even more so. Thinking that next payday it will happen. It sucks beyond belief that Wattstax isn't available on dvd over here yet.
― one man meme-denier (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 17 July 2010 10:34 (fourteen years ago) link
are you sure you can't make yr DVD multi region somehow? Wattstax would reward any such efforts grandly
― the crucible of easily debunked e-mail fwds (stevie), Saturday, 17 July 2010 13:18 (fourteen years ago) link
the only one I've read is the Forever Changes one...that was really good!!
― The Uncanny X-Men feat. Jah Wobble & Keith Levene (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 17 July 2010 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
have read two of these in the past couple days - the 'another green world' one is fantastic, i recommend. props 2 geeta if she still reads ILX! the bowie 'low' one is ok, something a touch dissatisfying about it that i can't quite put my finger on.
― Bucks Fizz in spoonerism controversy (haitch), Friday, 20 August 2010 09:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Any idea when the next call for submissions will be?
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Friday, 20 August 2010 12:19 (fourteen years ago) link
the last 2 rounds were in early '07 and early '09, so if they're doing it on any kind of steady schedule there might be another in a few months, although I have no idea if that's actually the case.
― richie goingham (some dude), Friday, 20 August 2010 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Have read three over the last week, including Whiney's "Nation Of Millions" one, which was excellent and really made me want to school myself better in all its sources and antecedents. Even though I grew up through the ascendance of hip-hop, my daily life, and my access to non-chart music, was so constrained that outside of "Rapper's Delight," Run-DMC's "Walk This Way" and the Beasties, it all pretty much passed me by. Currently reading Franklin Bruno's "Armed Forces."
― Shock and Awe High School (Phil D.), Monday, 30 August 2010 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks Phil!
― hold me, thrill me, kiss me, lil b (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 30 August 2010 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
and Sam P and Doran... wow!
― hold me, thrill me, kiss me, lil b (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 30 August 2010 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Did the Tori one threatened/promised many years ago ever surface?
― piscesx, Monday, 30 August 2010 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
if Marooned was ILX the book, 33 1/3 is at least in part ILX the book series
cant wait for cankles's take on Big Star
― markers, Monday, 30 August 2010 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
more accurately, ILX's book & ILX's book series
― markers, Monday, 30 August 2010 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd not read any of these before today, but I bought Dan Kois' book about Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's Facing Future. I got it mostly because it was the first book in the series where I know/knew absolutely nothing about the artist or album. Pretty interesting so far. Hope to finish it tonight/tomorrow.
― john. a resident of chicago., Wednesday, 1 September 2010 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
eno book was okay, felt a little dry, like it was walking the perimeter of the album. but i dunno what i was expecting.
― LAMBDA LAMBDA LANDA (Beatrix Kiddo), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Throbbing Gristle one is my favorite.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i was a little disappointed by the book on "another green world" too. it only seemed to scratch on the surface or something. i mean it is such a rich album and a booklet with hundred small pages cannot do it justice. what was missing too was the personal touch. if you write a book about an album you need to have a story of your own listening experience with it. otherwise it is rather pointless, i think.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
whiney i havent read yours but i'm looking forward to the time where i can put on the album sit down and chill w it
― real s1ock (s1ocki), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
:)
― miccio kurihara (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
whiney i would enjoy having an in-depth nerd-out about the original recording of 'funky drummer' sometime
― the parking garage has more facebook followers than my band (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
In stock!
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, 5 November 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
The world is yours.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 5 November 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
ha! seeing all the responses to my eno book on this thread now...i should read ILX more.
i met eno in person recently, and was gratified to learn that he had read the book (and loved it!) i wrote about the experience here:
http://www.theoriginalsoundtrack.com/2010/11/meeting-brian-eno/
― geeta, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Whoa!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
omg fantastic, looking forward to reading that entry later tonight
― markers, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Congratulations Geeta. That's amazing. What a great note.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
aw that's great. i recall reading somewhere recently that eno was giving copies of yr book to any friend who'd accept it, anyone remember where that was?
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
read the NMH one, it's a great insight to the recording of the music and a lot more, rather than just somebody talking about how much they love it.
― jumpskins, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Rites of Spring - 'I poised,bottled it, keeled over, and had a massive panic attack. And survived.'
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i recall reading somewhere recently that eno was giving copies of yr book to any friend who'd accept it, anyone remember where that was?
I guess he only has four friends?
― i'm assuming that it's tity boi, host of the mixtape (sic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
bono, the edge, adam clayton, larry mullen jr
― balls, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 00:34 (thirteen years ago) link
This makes sense as Chris Martin probably only THINKS he's Eno's friend.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
loooool xp almost shot gin out my nose
― in a merzbow world, how is kanye ambitious?? (ilxor), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 05:46 (thirteen years ago) link
man that story's so good! what a great dude
― just sayin, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link
and geeta i wish i'd seen you speak at the frieze art fair, i only found out abt it when i got to the fair on the saturday (too late)
― just sayin, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
That is amazing Geeta.
I read the Illmatic one and it gave me a whole new perspective on it; never knew his brother was shot just before it was made and the impact that had on it.
― wheezy f baby (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 10:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Fabulous Geeta, well done all round!
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Geeta's book just arrived from Amazon, along with the Armed Forces and Facing Future ones. I think I've read a dozen of these now and not had a dud yet.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Recently finished the Eno book, Geeta, and absolutely loved it. Learned a lot about his creative process that I found fascinating.
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Have Eno book ordered. Just finished 75 and 76 this afternoon... Spiderland and Kid A, in which Continuum neatly book end left field indie rock in the 1990s.
Most fascinating thing: finding out that Will Oldham was briefly a roadie for Glenn Danzig and Samhain and had a Misfits style Devil lock haircut when he was 15.
― Carl Jung Jeezy (Doran), Monday, 29 November 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Looking for a Van Dyke Parks jpeg, I came across this blog entry about sales to date. Interesting that even Carl Wilson's Celine Dion book is outsold by the Neutral Milk Hotel one. It's a shame to see generally that boring books about obvious big rock albums (OK Computer) outsell brilliant ones about more specialist (or, well, black) records (Live at the Apollo, Sign O' the Times, Riot Goin' On) but not that surprising. Geeta's is doing amazingly well.
http://33third.blogspot.com/2010/10/league-table-october-2010.html
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Saturday, 4 December 2010 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
the OK Computer one was, I thought, pretty bad, and it would be a shame if people had their minds shaped on the whole series by reading it first.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 4 December 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link