xpost Elvis, I thought Kindle books were DRM'd though? Can Calibre epub them in spite of that?
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 15 April 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
I bought most these thinking I could put them on my non-Kindle ereader... turns out not. Can't even get to the damn files from their cloud reader bullshit. Ugh, fuck Amazon.
― smash williams, Sunday, 15 April 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
I bought most these thinking I could put them on my non-Kindle ereader... turns out not. Can't even get to the damn files from their cloud reader bullshit. Ugh, fuck Amazon. --smash williams
What's your ereader?
― azealia canks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 15 April 2012 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
Dang, I missed it.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 15 April 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
xpost... Kobo.
― smash williams, Sunday, 15 April 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
Calibre should convert them for you. You just need to download the plugin that allows it.
― svend, Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe I'm overlooking something obvious, but how do I download the files from the cloud reader so that I can convert them with Calibre?
― smash williams, Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
Amazon should have given you an option to download them as .azw (think that is right) files.
― svend, Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
Was able to get them by downloading the Kindle for Mac app then downloading the books there. It puts the azw files in the Library folder. Now to strip the DRM and convert them to epub.
Thanks for the help.
― smash williams, Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/17/jonathan_lethems_perfect_album
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
damn, too slow!
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 20 April 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago) link
yeah Fear of Music would have to have more uptempo songs to be a perfect album imo
― lathe darkman (some dude), Friday, 20 April 2012 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
Anybody else writing their proposal this weekend?
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 29 April 2012 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
Nate, I hope you're proposing a Fly To The Rainbow book. I think you'd absolutely kill it.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 29 April 2012 05:21 (twelve years ago) link
That would be awesome, but I'm going for something even more obvious ;)
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 29 April 2012 10:53 (twelve years ago) link
Damn. Got it submitted within 50 minutes of the deadline! Many thanks to the expert proofing by EZ Snappin and my buddy Bob Ham.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
sent mine 9 minutes ago. going bowling to celebrate!
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
good luck nate and anyone else who tried their hand at this!
Good luck everybody!
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
Hell yeah J.D. (J.D.)!
I feel like an immense weight has lifted off me. Now I'm off to DJ a metal show!
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
Hey everybody, John Mark from Continuum here. Thanks to everyone who submitted a proposal this time around. I'm looking forward to getting schooled.
Also, just a note about stores that carry the series: We can make the book available to them and ask them to re-order, but ultimately, it's a store's call if they want to dedicate the shelf space and $$$ to bring the books into the store. So if you notice a store that used to have a good selection and has let it fall off, ask them about it and then buy some when they get them in stock! They will be more vigilant about it if they're making a buck.Other stores I know of that do well with the series: Skylight in LA, Sonic Boom in Seattle, Atomic Records in Baltimore, Greenlight in Brooklyn, Word in Greenpoint...and uh, I know I'm missing a bunch here. Anyway, Amazon is good in a pinch, but I'm probably preaching to the choir when I say that the indies need the support.
IN OTHER NEWS: Anyone want a 33 1/3 tote bag? It's a nice high-contrast black and white design. First 5 people to email their address to johnm✧✧✧.bol✧✧✧@bloomsb✧✧✧.c✧✧ will get one in the mail. First two will get a signed copy of the Lethem/Talking Heads 33 1/3 as a bonus.
― JMB, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
make that johnmark dot boling at bloomsbury dot com.
― JMB, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
OK, that was fast... tote bags got snatched up quick.
― JMB, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
Tote bags are gone, so no need to send any more emails, please. thanks. I'm sending out six bags since caller #2 (fair and square) was a friend.
― JMB, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
I'm so lucky to live in Portland near Powell's. They always have the latest 33 1/3 in stock.
Cheers JMB!
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah, Powell's is great, duh. There's lots of bonus content here on their blog, conveniently tagged as 33 1/3.
― JMB, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
posted this over in the fear of music thread but it's relevant here:LA Review of Books has some great content about Fear of Music (in relation to Lethem's new 33 1/3 book)In-depth review: http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=587Podcast w/ Lethem (interviewed by Andy Zax, who produced all the recent Talking Heads reishes): http://lareviewofbooks.org/media.php?media=183&r_article=597
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
471 proposals this time. Wow! A lot of great ones that I would buy...
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 09:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.33third.blogspot.pt/2012/05/listomania.html ^^ full list. some odd choices, as expected (3 jandek proposals, for example). kinda sad there aren't some more electronic/dance records overall. still, would really love to read a good book on klf's 'chill out' - wonder if it was proposed by someone from ilm.
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
so have they decided that they'll re-do artists who have already been featured in the series? a lot of the proposals are repeats.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
iirc they said a while ago that they were open to repeating artists but haven't actually done so yet
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
ah ok. at this point it probably makes sense to do some repeats.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
there are already some repeat artist books -- 2 on the stones, 2 on radiohead.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
oh no kidding? did not know that.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
De La Soul Is Dead is the biggest "yes, that needs to be a book" album on the list for me
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, that'd be good! was just telling my friend that he should submit a go betweens proposal -- looks like a couple people beat him to it!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
also kind of intrigued by the idea of a volume on I, Jonathan, though it seems like a book about the Modern Lovers debut is more likely.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
i love that album so i liked seeing it ont he list, even though yeah it does seem a little implausible
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
lol thank me later
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
bunch of repeats in that list, they should've sorted them alphabetically...
The Mountain Goats All Hail West TexasThe Mountain Goats All Hail West TexasThe Mountain Goats All Hail West TexasThe Mountain Goats All Hail West TexasThe Mountain Goats All Hail West Texas
― koogs, Thursday, 3 May 2012 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
Artists getting more than one proposal:
The Mountain Goats (6)Bob Dylan (5)Manic Street Preachers (4)Pet Shop Boys (4)Richard Hell (incl. Voidoids) (4)The Beatles (4)Van Halen (4)Wilco (4)Danger Mouse (3)Fiona Apple (3)Frank Zappa (inc. MOI) (3)Fugazi (3)Jandek (3)John Lennon (incl. w/Yoko) (3)Rush (3)The Beach Boys (3)The Go-Betweens (3)The Mekons (3)The Monkees (3)The Waterboys (3)They Might Be Giants (3)Van Morrison (3)X (3)
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
surprised there's no Blur/Suede/Pulp in that list* and like FOUR Van Halen proposals! (no offence, fans of The Halen).
*nor books on them already.
― piscesx, Thursday, 3 May 2012 12:55 (eleven years ago) link
Dog Man Star is in there
― willem, Thursday, 3 May 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
...but if you meant in that list of multiple proposals please ignore my post
― willem, Thursday, 3 May 2012 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
wld read the shit out of a AHWT book. Also The Grey Album. Also a bunch more. Aw hell, here I go to amazon.
Should have pitched a EtWT one as the other one died.
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 3 May 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
whoever's gone for True Stories is outta their heads. i get the idea of some non-canon albums being better than the canon album of band X (Tusk over Rumours or whatever) or having better behind-the-scenes stories attached, so making for better books (De La Soul Is Dead over 3 Feet High.. ) but True Stories.. gimme a break that album's garbage. *give me a hundred pages about Remain In Light*!!
― piscesx, Thursday, 3 May 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
144 interesting pages about a mediocre album >>>>>>>>>> 144 boring pages about a great album
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 3 May 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
true, but that requires some mighty assumptions about which book would turn out boring or interesting
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
imo after they pick which ones to publish 33 1/3 should do something like share all of the pitches and let people vote on one. actually n/m i'm sure whatever act has the most rabid online fanbase would hijack that. but it would be fun to see the pitches.
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
xpost
I guess...? My only point is that the quality (or lack of quality) of the album/subject doesn't rub off on any analysis of it. I'd love to see a Bizarro-world 33 1/3 Series about really bad albums, reportage and historical analysis about how these turds got made, what the principals were thinking, how they tried to polish said turds, etc.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 3 May 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link