33 1/3 Series of books

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today is the 60th birthday of the 45 single, fwiw

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LMFAO

i've read a few of these things that definitely seem like they could've been cranked out in a week or two

(raises hand)

But only a lifetime of SotT love could adequately prepare you for that week, right?

2 weeks. and only a cross-country move and a new job and a blown deadline prepared me for it.

2010-2011 roster!

Portishead’s Dummy, by RJ Wheaton
Johnny Cash’s American Recordings, by Tony Tost
Television’s Marquee Moon, by Bryan Waterman
Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville, by Gina Arnold
AC/DC’s Highway to Hell, by Joe Bonomo
Ween’s Chocolate and Cheese, by Hank Shteamer
Radiohead’s Kid A, by Marvin Lin
Dinosaur Jr.’s You’re Living All Over Me, by Nick Attfield
Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace, by Aaron Cohen
Slint’s Spiderland, by Scott Tennent
The Rolling Stones’ Some Girls, by Cyrus Patell

Excited to see what Gina and Hank do.

couple all-time favorite albums on there, at least 2 or 3 others i'm interested in reading a book about. good to get confirmation nothing i would've pitched would've got picked so that i feel less guilty about not sending a proposal, though.

well the trick is pitching an book that people would want to read.

i have friends who are like "I'm getting my Das Damen pitch all ready!" and you wanna be like, "Uh..."

Special thanks to Matos for talking me out of my original pitch, which probably wouldn't have gotten picked.

haha...yeah i mean that was part of why i didn't, i knew there wasn't a booming market for any of the ideas i had.

that kid a wasn't ned's, was it?

you got all the way down these 8 whole posts and couldn't look back?

Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace, by Aaron Cohen - real interesting choice

that kid a wasn't ned's, was it?

Not unless I mysteriously changed my name to Marvin Lin, no.

When is the Skiz Fernando 36 Chambers book due out?

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Just read my first 3... Celine, Sabbath and Replacements. I liked them all, especially Sabbath but even Colin Meloy's memoir, so I guess I'm a fan of the non-traditional approach. ANy suggestions for what I should tackle next? Sounds like the Big Pink and Zep ones are of the same vein.

My favorites:

Low
Court and Spark
Exile in Main Street
Sign 'O The Times

The Zep is beautifully written. Can't go wrong with Erik Davis.

Dying to read the Pogues one. Anyone tackle that yet?

Geeta!

Yep, the Low & Court & Spark ones are really great as are the Throbbing Gristle and Minutemen books.

So far my least favourite ones have been OK Computer & Achtung Baby.

I'll third the Court & Spark recommendation, though it doesn't exactly fit your "non-traditional" criteria. Fairly straight analysis but very well done and nicely written.

The Joe Pernice book on Meat is Murder is a novella. Haven't read it so can't say if it was a success, but may be one to check if that's the kind of book you like.

Worst yet for me is the Jethro Tull. Followed by the Zepplin. Yawn.

Best is definitely the GnR (and I don't even own/like that album).

My favorites are the ones that are all "Here's what they were doing!! Here's how they made the album!!" So: Loveless, In the Aeroplane, and Doolittle.

I've read three: Zep IV and Sign 'o' The Times ruled, Forever Changes was boring. DYING to read Master Of Reality.

Anyone read the Big Star or Wire books yet?

The Joe Pernice is the only one I've read in this series that I'm not so crazy about. Gets points for pretty consistent and believable tone: this isn't too far what some stranger's 80's high school diary would read like, but nothing much happens (which helps with the believability factor but not so much with the reading pleasure), it's overly nostalgic about pre-modern means of getting/listening to/getting into music, and the characters aren't interesting. Nothing like the pretty much unqualified success of Master of Reality. The PJ Harvey one's also "non-traditional" I gather.

the Zep one is definitely my favorite of the ones I've read. read the Illmatic one recently and it was kind of disappointing considering how few volumes there are about rap albums, so bland and clinical.

damn there's still so many of these I wanna read...Armed Forces, Use Your Illusion, Aja, The Who Sell Out expecially.

The Use Your Illusion books have juicy remarks about how overrated Izzy was. The song by song analysis is useful.

*book had

I need the Aquemini book to come out bad. Anybody know anything about the authors N1ck Weidenfeld and Michael Schmelling?

"armed forces" book is probably in my top five music books of all time.

where's the another green world one already? so hoping it's good

i didn't think much of the Aja one. lots of very dry description of chord progressions and harmonies and lyrics with very little commentary or insight. cool if you're a musician or theory-head i guess but for me it was too much 'how' with not enough 'why.' and if you're more than a casual fan of the band you'll have already heard all the anecdotes he includes too.

The Village Green Preservation Society one is like the greatest Mojo article ever. Other than that, I fully agree with the other faves Loveless, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, Sign O' The Times, Led Zeppelin IV

Only one that has been a slog was Murmur

the There's A Riot Going On book is fabulous, just wonderful. the Paul's Boutique book is dry but good for factual info. the Daydream Nation book is drivel. these are all I've read.

The Low one was illuminating.

amazon re: Another Green World:

Product Details

* Paperback: 128 pages
* Publisher: Continuum (September 15, 2009)

wtf?

Nothing WTF about it, it just means Geeta's book is published or about to be.

The one on Harvest is pretty good.

xp considering it took like a million years seemingly and there is no fanfare on the blog, it is a bit wtf actually.

Actually I guess it sez way down in one post in like July that it's coming in late September.

geeta said on another thread that it was coming out in september iirc

yeah, but it's still only available for pre-order is my point.