33 1/3 Series of books

James Franco's piece is going to be just a page saying "I agree with the tune was space."

very cool. franco/gaitskill/tuneisspace orgy is quite the orgy.

I like the brutality of the new subtitle for the book

i kinda like the original subtitle to be honest. but, yeah, its blunt.

I don't like the new subtitle so much

oh woah i feel like the new subtitle's kind of hateful

i am excited for, like, the essays by ilxors and by ann powers, but if i just came across that book in a shop i would find it incredibly offputting

Yeah, I feel like whoever came up with the new subtitle was aiming for attention-grabbing and maybe a bit trolling but ended up with "in-joke very few people will get".

oof @ that subtitle

half the new essays sound excellent and the other half are on some serious "nope, get away from me" shit NICK HORNBY

I loved the Céline ref of the old title, tied in with the book nicely. The new title suggests a target market of a lower reading comprehension than the book (might) require, I mean, it's not exactly heavy lifting but it's not as lite as all that

the way it looks now suggests that its ostensible remit's moved quite beyond celine dion? which strikes me as a bit of a pity.

i mean, you know, interesting writing about pop music is a hard publishing market and you have to hustle, ain't no shame carl wilson do your thing etc, but :(

but maybe the yikes factor keeps it exciting- I for one can't wait to read what everybody else has to say because I'm guessing there's going to be some serious dissonance / disagreement and I think that's what makes carl's book already kind of a livewire experience

(obviously I'm incapable of being objective so I'm just being honest)

I just wish the cover image made some sort of sense.

Has anyone ever proposed one on Since I Left You?

"i'd read something that actually took 70s hard rock seriously, though."

Chuck Eddy to series

Open for proposals again:

http://333sound.com/2014/01/30/open-call-for-proposals-2014/

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

The following projects were contracted at some point but for various reasons are now cancelled.

The following albums are now fair game:
Tori Amos- Boys for Pele
The Clash – London Calling
Wu Tang – Enter the Wu (36 Chambers)
Weezer- Pinkerton
Bjork- Biophilia
Pulp- This is Hardcore

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

― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, January 31, 2014 8:36 AM (1 month ago)

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.