33 1/3 Series of books

so are the writers

Especially if they don't take the books of pre-order status!

Seriously though, wanting to download these books? Fuck off with that.

Are any of these on torrents? I know that is a dick question to ask but i am broke..

― Adam Bruneau, Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:55 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dumbest post ever

SB'd

deej, it's ok. it's not like many of the series' authors post to ILX, so they'll never find out anyway.

My first bit of promotion: I wrote one about Flaming Lips' Zaireeka & it's supposed to come out next month. Don't settle for the bootleg version.

http://www.amazon.com/Flaming-Lips-Zaireeka-Mark-Richardson/dp/0826429017

Not to toot my own horn or anything but:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/sexymollusk/mermandiscobook.jpg

they finally caved in :)

is that real?!

Should've seen this coming, but currently on Amazon's Zaireeka page:

"Amazon.com Sales Rank: #300,206 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Popular in this category: (What's this?)
#13 in Books > History > Africa > Democratic Republic of Congo"

#13! Thank god for specialty charts, hey?

adam, libraries are legal and free!

anyone read the Nick Drake one?

― piscesx, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 11:39 (2 weeks ago)

I have a page in it, proudly. Also, I think Amanda did a gret job w/it.

Sorry Amazon is being slow.

The Strand Bookstore in NYC has the Eno book in stock: http://www.strandbooks.com/app/www/p/profile/?isbn=0826427863

Atomic Books also has my book in stock: http://www.atomicbooks.com/index.php/music-we-like-mostly/outsider-experimental/33-volume-67-brian-eno-green-world.html

Powells should be coming through this week. And hopefully the Amazon situation will get sorted out pronto as well.

And please, don't get the book on torrent! The book only costs around 8 dollars, I lost a lot of money writing it, and I'm a music journalist, so you probably have some idea of my shaky finances!

dang it, i just ordered it from Amazon UK and they estimate a Feb. 2, 2010 dispatch date. so i guess i'll be reading it next year then. ;-)

i asked about it when i was at borders and it looked like it had a november release date, weird. i'll get it from amazon or powell's when it's up there.

A magazine paid me actual $ to publish my rejected 33 1/3 proposal. And it's available for free on my blog. No torrents necessary!

Link please.

And congrats! That's awesome!

Email me. I send link.

Sent you an email via ILX.

Ask and ye shall receive.

also sent.

a short film about Kevin and John.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g66CI3vS-7c

a search for album title and your name also works. never heard of the band or read any lovecraft but your description of the music makes me want to find out more. apart from that, i thought that's a terrific proposal and if i were etc... let's say i hope that one day you'll be able to write the book.

Thanks Willem! I felt very passionate about it til I got rejected. Then I thought about ten new projects :)

hey, you snooze you lose.

xp

:)

xxpost I didn't know the album title, though.

a short film about Kevin and John.

???

Just a joke because John wrote to me right after you.

@Geeta (& New Yorkers): GOT IT! thanks for The Strand tip (how appropriate name-wise). it's stacked on a table near (beside/behind) the music section, not on shelves. already enjoying from the Q-ride home - more feedback soon!

Awesome, Paul! I stopped by St. Mark's Bookshop and they had some copies of my Eno book too, in the music section.

just chiming in way late to the party to say that john d's 'master of reality' is fucken awesome

The Green World book's not out till January in the UK. Sadface.

Looks like Amazon finally has it available for reals, for reals.

Yeah, it's about time! As of this morning, Amazon.com officially has the Eno book in stock, with no shipping delays. That certainly took them long enough.

Yeah, finally my pre-order is in progress.

Awesome. Hope you like it.

Nick -- Amazon UK finally has the Eno 33 1/3 book in stock, as of today. So no waiting til January!

Geeta, are you going to do any readings and presentations at book stores for it?

I'd love to do some readings at bookstores, but right now I don't have anything on the agenda. If you have any ideas for venues, let me know!

i'm most of the way through the neutral milk hotel one after seeing all the love for it here. the interviews are interesting, but the writing is, uh, kind of terrible? :/

bought on the Amazon Kindle store, read a page or less. oops

i just got whiney's nation of millions of book in the mail this afternoon and i'm about 100 pages in--more impressive considering how much time ive spent going to my ipod to relisten to PE and other golden era rap. the whole things been great but so far the wattstax chapter has been particularly exceptional, i just reserved the dvd at the library here.

after i finish i'll try to post something more concrete, but right now i just wanted to lavish some praise

I've read several of these books and on the whole I've been disappointed. One or two (e.g. Bowie's Low) I've just had to stop reading, as they were such dull re-treads of oft-written ideas. But then I keep getting sucked into trying another (they're so short and inexpensive!). I enjoyed Darnielle's Master of Reality.

Anyway, I have Drew Daniel's volume on 20 Jazz Funk Greats and might give it a go -- I somehow doubt Drew will disappoint.

I suppose it's also my fault for buying a book about a much-written-about album such as Low.

These books used to be about albums from the canon (Dusty In Memphis, Pet Sounds, Low) but now it seems they're going wilfully *anti* canon (The Dreaming rather than The Hounds Of Love, Boys for Pele as opposed to Little Earthquakes, Aquemini as opposed to The Love Below/ Speakerboxxx etc). Not that i'm complaining!

I liked the one about Low.

Aquemini is way more hip-hop canon than Speakerboxxx.

yeah i was gonna say

who's writing the aquemini one