reminded me of mark leyner.
― scott seward, Saturday, 28 January 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
i would totally read a 33&1/3 book by mark leyner.
I think some dude must be joking, b/c I can't find a dedicated Tao Lin thread anywhere.
― jaymc, Saturday, 28 January 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
"I Smell Lana Del Rey"
― Rotary Boy of the Month (WmC), Saturday, 28 January 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
what bands haven't been covered by this series who would actually sell a bunch of books? looking over the list of already published volumes i'm drawing a blank.
looks like they're cool w/ different albums by bands who have already been covered -- there are two stones books out already.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 28 January 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
Steely Dan?
― Lady Writer, Male Seether (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 January 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
okay, for people thinking about this, i looked at the wikipedia page and found:
books about solo female artists: 6
books about solo male artists: 18
books about all male groups: 51
books about groups with female members: 10
― scott seward, Saturday, 28 January 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
some suggestions then:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bMJI7arDPqw/SUAcvJ62J7I/AAAAAAAAJ6Y/IKzM-f9jgd4/s400/Ronettes%2520-%2520Ronnettes2.JPG
http://www.oedipus1.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/The-Shaggs.jpg
http://cdn.hmvdigital.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/005/470/0000547052_500.jpg
and just to push it over the edge:
http://www.ong8ba8.com/images/12GirlsBandEasternEnergyFront.jpg
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 28 January 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
I'd read any of those ones.
― emil.y, Saturday, 28 January 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
that's 81.17647058823529 all male action for you math fans.
― scott seward, Saturday, 28 January 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
the new talking heads book will skew that number somewhat. hopefully, there is a chapter entitled: I, Tina.
― scott seward, Saturday, 28 January 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
If I had the stamina to actually write a book at this point in my life, I'd try doing one of these for Nuggets. I always wished there were more info in the boxed set notes.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 28 January 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
would totally buy a 'liliput' book no questions asked.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 28 January 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
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lol made you search
― markarles (some dude), Saturday, 28 January 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah I also pitched an Erykah Badu book but that got rejected too, with no ego-massaging nice words attached to it. I might re-pitch it with HEY ILXORS SAY YOU NEED MORE WHITE MEN WRITING ABOUT WOMEN ARTISTS. Y'all got my back right?
― Display Name (this cannot be changed):, Monday, 30 January 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
albums by women artists I would read books about:
Blue, Court and Spark, The Hissing of Summer LawnsBad Music For Bad PeopleTransient Random Noise Bursts with Announcements, Mars Audiac Quintetpretty much any Kate Bush albumNew Amerykah Part 1: Fourth World WarBlue Bell Knollanything by the Runaways/Joan Jettanything by BroadcastMayaNancy & Lee
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
seems like stereolab would be a good band for one of these books -- so many references in the music/art/lyrics to dig through.
― tylerw, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Jayne County.
― dlp9001, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
There's already a Court and Spark 33 1/3.
― jaymc, Monday, 30 January 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
then I guess I will have to read it
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
One of the best books in the series!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
Blue Bell Knoll
Oh hell yes! Would love that too
― future debts collector (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Do an Under The Pink book and lots of buyers will come out of the woodwork.
― Burritos are one of the things I'm nostalgic about!!! (Eazy), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder if the time is right yet for a Kraftwerk book. Already pitched twice, and know it's been turned down by a few other people pitching them too so it almost feels like it'd be a waste of time to try again.
― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 30 January 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
I do wonder about their absence. Also Depeche's, but I would wonder about that.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
another prodigy shoegazing person surely!― keythhtyek, Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:38 PM
...aaaaaand we've got a positive ID! ha, ha...Regarding Kraftwerk, there's this: http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=133992&SearchType=Basic
― JMB, Monday, 30 January 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
has anyone done colossal youth??
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 30 January 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
Re kraftwerk - Continuum published a whole book of essays devoted to Kraftwerk a year or so ago. Not part of the series, but...
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
'sup JMB
― andrew m., Monday, 30 January 2012 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
atm otm
― pplains, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
Weird. Howdy, atm!
― JMB, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
who is atm?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
he is a hippie dishwasher.
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
I'm too ADD to write 1,000 words on any topic, much less 30,000, but someone needs to take on Kris Kristofferson's first album.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
atm's me, amateurist. EX-hippie dishwasher. jmb is an ex-arkansan (hope he doesn't mind the reveal). couldn't resist sayin hi. xp and carry on.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 1 February 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
when i heard they reopened submissions i was like "finally, scott can write a book about katatonia's discouraged ones"
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2012 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
Addressing financial issues upthread:
I wrote one of these books, way back in 2005. I got the $3,000 advance, and after a few years, the book did earn out its advance and I started getting royalties. Not sure how much I've earned, as the cheques have come in in dribs and drabs, but it's in the $2,000-$3,000 range. So that's $5,000-$6,000 so far for 30,000 words. On top of that, I had some journalistic work specifically off the back of the book.
Certainly no one's going to write one of these books for the money, but I'd say that ultimately it does just about make financial sense as well, as long as you write about a fairly popular album.
― hugo_w, Thursday, 2 February 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
Your book was excellent.
― smash williams, Friday, 3 February 2012 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
Which book was yours?
― Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Friday, 3 February 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
Just going out on a limb here, but based on display name i'm guessing Low, which really was a great read.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 February 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
Matrix: Music From The Motion Picture by Hugo Weaving
― some dude, Friday, 3 February 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 February 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
I actually met Hugo Weaving once, and we talked about the ins and outs of being called Hugo.
But yeah, I wrote the Low one. And thanks for the kind words, smash williams!
― hugo_w, Saturday, 4 February 2012 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
low is one of the best ones imo http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― dave cool, Saturday, 4 February 2012 06:16 (twelve years ago) link
my friends' book/magazine store carries these, i took a picture of another friend's dog looking mildly interested in dave's book.
― sarahell, Saturday, 4 February 2012 09:41 (twelve years ago) link
has anyone ever suggested 'Pump Up The Volume' by MARRS? i mean i know the idea is to do albums per se, but there'd be enough material to do 8 chapters about that one song i'd have thought. and uh.. you know the original 12" was 33 1/3 RPM too! you could do a chapter on all the samples (of which there were meant to be literally 100s) and stuff about the 2 bands that made MARRS, the impact, the history etc. it's not a particularly well known story either and would surely make for a more interesting read than yet another book about some band who have been written about a million times before.
― piscesx, Saturday, 4 February 2012 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
"and stuff about the 2 bands that made MARRS"
reslly only one if you ask me. you gonna do a chapter on the loser ar kane b-side?
― scott seward, Saturday, 4 February 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
could you really write 90+ pages about one MARRS track?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 4 February 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
i totally could. i mean, i won't, but i could.
― scott seward, Saturday, 4 February 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
I'd be genuinely into a book on the Vengaboys' The Party Album. There's a surprising amount of backstory once you start reading a bit. The backgrounds of some of the members are also pretty intriguing (e.g., dolphin trainer). And then there's the eurodisco/klf element to some of their stunts (not to mention their attitude towards the music they produce).
― s.clover, Thursday, 1 March 2012 07:07 (twelve years ago) link