33 1/3 Series of books

I think some dude must be joking, b/c I can't find a dedicated Tao Lin thread anywhere.

"I Smell Lana Del Rey"

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.

Steely Dan?

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

some suggestions then:

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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

I'd read any of those ones.

that's 81.17647058823529 all male action for you math fans.

the new talking heads book will skew that number somewhat. hopefully, there is a chapter entitled: I, Tina.

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.

would totally buy a 'liliput' book no questions asked.

I think some dude must be joking, b/c I can't find a dedicated Tao Lin thread anywhere.

― jaymc, Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:06 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol made you search

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?

albums by women artists I would read books about:

Blue, Court and Spark, The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Bad Music For Bad People
Transient Random Noise Bursts with Announcements, Mars Audiac Quintet
pretty much any Kate Bush album
New Amerykah Part 1: Fourth World War
Blue Bell Knoll
anything by the Runaways/Joan Jett
anything by Broadcast
Maya
Nancy & Lee

seems like stereolab would be a good band for one of these books -- so many references in the music/art/lyrics to dig through.

Jayne County.

There's already a Court and Spark 33 1/3.

then I guess I will have to read it

One of the best books in the series!

Blue Bell Knoll

Oh hell yes! Would love that too

Do an Under The Pink book and lots of buyers will come out of the woodwork.

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.

I do wonder about their absence. Also Depeche's, but I would wonder about that.

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

has anyone done colossal youth??

Re kraftwerk - Continuum published a whole book of essays devoted to Kraftwerk a year or so ago. Not part of the series, but...

'sup JMB

atm otm

Weird. Howdy, atm!

who is atm?

he is a hippie dishwasher.

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.

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.

when i heard they reopened submissions i was like "finally, scott can write a book about katatonia's discouraged ones"

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.

Your book was excellent.

Which book was yours?

Just going out on a limb here, but based on display name i'm guessing Low, which really was a great read.

Matrix: Music From The Motion Picture by Hugo Weaving

lol

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!

low is one of the best ones imo http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

my friends' book/magazine store carries these, i took a picture of another friend's dog looking mildly interested in dave's book.

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.

"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?

could you really write 90+ pages about one MARRS track?

i totally could. i mean, i won't, but i could.

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).

it's true about the LOW book - I learned from that when I was keen to find about that Bowie era.

o hullooo, the pinefox!
what other 33 1/3 books have you read, and how art they?