33 1/3 Series of books

Might submit one this year.

Bjork- Biophilia

Someone, submit a proposal about one of Bjork's GOOD albums!

the submission guidelines are rigorous (a good thing)

i submitted mine already -- i'd been working on it for a month and changed it around a little to fit the new guidelines. i agree, i appreciate the rigorousness.

no Tori! denied!

interesting list of proposals. did anyone on here put one in?

http://333sound.com/2014/03/05/open-call-2014-complete-list-of-proposals/

Missed the cutoff. I was considering proposals on Elvis's From Elvis in Memphis and Steely Dan's Gaucho.

fuck, i missed the cutoff

“Shaq Fu: Da Return” – Shaquille O’Neal

lol

they've gone for the 2 worst Blur albums too i notice. would love to read a Modern life Is Rubbish one.

I didn't have anywhere near enough time to redo my original Master of Puppets pitch from 2007. Rush's Grace Under Pressure or something Iron Maideny would be others I'd like to tackle someday.

i wonder if it's too soon to submit a proposal for Bangerz

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i guess 2 people didnt think so

LOL @

“American Water” – Silver Jews

“American Water” – Silver Jews

“American Water” – Silver Jews

“American Water” – Silver Jews

Interesting...

“Bad Hair Day” – Weird Al” Yankovic

“Big Shiny Tunes 2″ – Various Artists

“God Shuffled His Feet” – Crash Test Dummies

“Rant In E Minor” – Bill Hicks

“Super Hits Of The ’70s: Have A Nice Day”

Assault on Precinct 13 Soundtrack

Will smell bad by the time the publication date would roll around

“Bangerz” – Miley Cyrus

“Nothing Was The Same” – Drake

Would read anything about these records

“Beauty and the Beat” – The Go-Go’s

“Combat Rock” The Clash

“Devotion + Doubt” – Richard Buckner

“Elephant Eyelash” – Why?

“I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got” – Sinead O’Connor

“Kala” – M.I.A.

“Kate and Anna McGarrigle” – Kate and Anna McGarrigle

“Like a Prayer” – Madonna

“London Calling” – The Clash

“Middle Cyclone” – Neko Case

“Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols” – The Sex Pistols

“Parallel Lines” - Blondie

“She’s So Unusual” - Cyndi Lauper

“Wrecking Ball” – Emmylou Harris

33 1/3 will eat itself*

“Let Me Come Over” – Buffalo Tom

“Tallahassee” - The Mountain Goats

“Transcendental Youth” – Mountain Goats

Coulda swore this already existed

“Zen Arcade” – Hüsker Dü

*No diss intended. I'm a big fan of these artists/albums and the entries they've contributed to the 33 1/3 series.

Why "transcendental youth" of all MG albums?

I'd read these:

“Apple Venus Vol. 1″ – XTC
“Are We Not Men” – Devo
“Computer World” – Kraftwerk
“Hello Nasty” – Beastie Boys
“Kimono My House” – Sparks
“Living Colour” – Vivid
“Orbus Terrarum” – The Orb
“Shaq Fu: Da Return” – Shaquille O’Neal
“Silver Apples” – Silver Apples
“Skylarking” – XTC
“Spiderman of the Rings”- Dan Deacon
“Super Mario Bros.” – Koji Kondo
“Very” – The Pet Shop Boys
“Ys” – Joanna Newsom

“Super Mario Bros.” – Koji Kondo

iirc this is a video game and not an album?

Are those all being made? Whats going on? I dont want to read further upthread to find out so just give me a synopsis ASAP

Would def read a book only about Koji Kondo.

Vaguely curious about the "Big Shiny Tunes 2" one.

Also what is "1971" - The Beatles? A Bootleg? Or an imaginary album?

Rooting for:
“Big Science” – Laurie Anderson
“Bitches Brew” – Miles Davis
“Disco Volante” – Mr. Bungle
“Metal Machine Music” – Lou Reed
“Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols” – The Sex Pistols

What album on the list are they referring to as being released THIS YEAR? Or do they mean the 2013 albums?

iirc this is a video game and not an album?

i mean i'm assuming its just about the music which would be fairly interesting considering how iconic every single piece is now

would read the metal machine music one

Also what is "1971" - The Beatles? A Bootleg? Or an imaginary album?

I'm guessing it's one of those "What if the Beatles hadn't broken up?" fantasy records made up of songs from their solo records.

But I'm hoping it's not, and that it's written by Mark Shipper.

I want to read the Captain Beyond one.

would buy weird al and crash test dummies books in an instant.

Big Shiny Tunes 2 is giving me car sickness just thinking about it.

"We all know The Beatles broke up in 1970, but hey what if they didn't.. "

http://www.flixist.com/ul/210349-losing-my-virginity-the-royal-tenenbaums/The-Royal-Tenenbaums-Owen-Wilson-620x.jpg

one can only hope the non-broken-up beatles would have had the common sense to sequence "the lovely linda" and "oh yoko!" back to back.

and that it's written by Mark Shipper.
Did that ever come back into print? I guess a used copy is not too expensive.

It didn't, but yeah, used copies seem to be plentiful and cheap.

Feel like I lent or gave my copy to someone who didn't really appreciate it.

interesting list of proposals. did anyone on here put one in?

i did, but i haven't seen anyone mention it in "entries i'd like to read" lists. mine's the laura nyro eli and the thirteenth confession one.

feel like someone should cut-and-paste one album's worth of posts from the ILM eagles listening thread and pitch it to 33 1/3.

I'd read the throwing muses obviously (no, it isn't me, none of them are mine because too much was going on during the proposal window)

also apparently two people were just champing at the bit to get to write about pinkerton once it opened up, which sounds exactly right (although one of my favorite pieces of music writing ever was on that album, so hey)

a good book on No Other would be great

though that said, i would read it with trepidation; it's far too complex and subjective a record to write about with unchecked assertiveness.

feel like someone should cut-and-paste one album's worth of posts from the ILM eagles listening thread and pitch it to 33 1/3.

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I think they'd be into it. John D's book was an experimental format.

Also you guys strokes thread in the da capo book

which Strokes thread was this again?

C'mon everyone, let's be cool.

^ gets it

v doesn't.

>:-(

surprising no-one suggested any REM this time in the proposals list. i bet a New Adevntures.. one would be pretty popular.

Just finished the "Histoire de Melody Nelson" one. It's less about digging into the album than it is a long appreciation of/introduction to Gainsbourg. Overall very good. Hell of a lot of typos throughout, though, which I hadn't noticed in previous books in the series.
Up next is "SAW 2".

i want to write one on mgmt's congratulations.

i'll proofread it for you treezy

has there been one for robert wyatt's rock bottom?