33 1/3 Series of books

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

seconded: given how entrenched my idea of costello was ('singer-songwriter', boring old man, wasn't he punk once lol) it's amazing how much this book forces you (well, forced me) to consider the actual project of what he's doing in his early songwriting/recording. like if there was one kind of music criticism i'd like to see more of on a regular basis it's this kind of deeply engaged analysis.

and i totally cannot remember the name of the dude who wrote it, though i have a vague feeling he was on a mountian gaots record once

Franklin Bruno, right?

Franklin Bruno, and yes he played on Tallahassee and Sunset Tree. Was never into Costello beyond My Aim Is True, but it sounds like this book may help that.

Tim's proposal to write up Living in the Material World was sadly rejected.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 16 September 2006 20:41

You know that's my least favorite George Harrison album. (I did not propose a book for this series.)
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 16 September 2006 20:42 (3 years ago)

there's a more obvious Harrison LP awaiting a book in this series (and not All Things...). the series might end up rub if they don't consider it (much like Massanet is a humourless bastard for not writing a "Mass In A"...)

The Wilburys projects would make good books, yes.

"In my secret fantasy world I'm writing one of these on Secret Treaties."

Jon, I will read this!

yeah, armed forces book is great

the one that other guy from the mountain goats wrote was also great, actually

my brian eno 33 1/3 book is out this week! i know it says "pre-order" on amazon, but if you order it this week, i've been told that you'll get it in the mail next week. it'll also be in stores later this week.

Awesome. I'm ordering it. Has anyone read the recent Eno bio? Is it worthwhile?

yay.

Awesome news! Way to go Geeta! Stoked to read it.

i've never heard that album, maybe now would be a good time

I will order this posthaste!

I enjoyed the Eno bio greatly, lots of great info about his early years, one small criticism would be that it did skirt through the mid/late 80's onwards.

Although you can read about that in Eric Tamm's book, which is available on the internet. Like here for instance.
http://www.pdfhacks.com/eno/skinned_comments/pg_0006.toc.html

thanks, all!

alex: i never saw you last year, when i lived in SF! i'll be back soon for a visit -- we should hang out then.

Definitely. Email me when you are in town.

anyone read the Nick Drake one?

if you order it this week, i've been told that you'll get it in the mail next week.

willem -- order from amazon.com (amazon US) if you want the book now. feb 2010 sounds wildly wrong, in any case.

the book is out this week in the US. in the UK and europe, it's delayed from the US by six weeks.

Um, Amazon US still lists it only available as pre-order, and does not give a release date:

http://www.amazon.com/Brian-Enos-Another-Green-World/dp/0826427863/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255463685&sr=8-1

Whoops, release date is 10/15, supposedly, which is ... Thursday? Really?

yes, it's released on thursday, so if you pre-order it now, you'll definitely get it in the mail next week.

whoops, well i ordered it on the 12th through amazon.co.uk, i'll see it when it comes

yesterday, for the first time, i saw a small segment on the shelves in the local bookstore dedicated to the series! bought master of reality and the vu & n books with some coupons i got. halfway through john's book and it's a good read. (john = gary?)

J0hn = G.O.A.T.

Still no "Another Green World." Still listed on Amazon as a pre-order.

:(

Yeah, its like a tease at this point.

Publisher: Continuum (October 22, 2009)

Weird.

Are any of these on torrents? I know that is a dick question to ask but i am broke..

so are the writers

Especially if they don't take the books of pre-order status!

Seriously though, wanting to download these books? Fuck off with that.

Are any of these on torrents? I know that is a dick question to ask but i am broke..

― Adam Bruneau, Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:55 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dumbest post ever

SB'd

deej, it's ok. it's not like many of the series' authors post to ILX, so they'll never find out anyway.

My first bit of promotion: I wrote one about Flaming Lips' Zaireeka & it's supposed to come out next month. Don't settle for the bootleg version.

http://www.amazon.com/Flaming-Lips-Zaireeka-Mark-Richardson/dp/0826429017

Not to toot my own horn or anything but:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/sexymollusk/mermandiscobook.jpg

they finally caved in :)

is that real?!

Should've seen this coming, but currently on Amazon's Zaireeka page:

"Amazon.com Sales Rank: #300,206 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Popular in this category: (What's this?)
#13 in Books > History > Africa > Democratic Republic of Congo"

#13! Thank god for specialty charts, hey?

adam, libraries are legal and free!

anyone read the Nick Drake one?

― piscesx, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 11:39 (2 weeks ago)

I have a page in it, proudly. Also, I think Amanda did a gret job w/it.

Sorry Amazon is being slow.

The Strand Bookstore in NYC has the Eno book in stock: http://www.strandbooks.com/app/www/p/profile/?isbn=0826427863

Atomic Books also has my book in stock: http://www.atomicbooks.com/index.php/music-we-like-mostly/outsider-experimental/33-volume-67-brian-eno-green-world.html

Powells should be coming through this week. And hopefully the Amazon situation will get sorted out pronto as well.

And please, don't get the book on torrent! The book only costs around 8 dollars, I lost a lot of money writing it, and I'm a music journalist, so you probably have some idea of my shaky finances!

dang it, i just ordered it from Amazon UK and they estimate a Feb. 2, 2010 dispatch date. so i guess i'll be reading it next year then. ;-)

i asked about it when i was at borders and it looked like it had a november release date, weird. i'll get it from amazon or powell's when it's up there.

A magazine paid me actual $ to publish my rejected 33 1/3 proposal. And it's available for free on my blog. No torrents necessary!

Link please.

And congrats! That's awesome!