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Hey tyler hopefully this doesn’t violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here:
https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/
The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I can’t wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! ❤️
Mar 27, 2024
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Shameless self promotion alert -- my new book (published by the good folks at HoZac) is officially out on Friday and some of the advance press is now starting to land, which is fun to see. (You can order it here, if you're so inclined: https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/)
Our friends at Flood Magazine were among the first to write it up and decided to feature a book about EPs by.... posting a playlist of some of my/contributors' favorite songs from their favorite EPs. Sounds about right!
"His new book An Ideal for Living: A Celebration of the EP, both makes a case for the format’s legitimacy and backs that claim up with a fairly bulletproof top-25 EPs list for every decade dating back to the 1950s. From the Joy Division release referenced in the book’s title to the iconic Simon & Garfunkel collection depicted on the book’s cover and well beyond, duBrowa is intent on helping readers understand the value of these truncated tracklists as being much more than an afterthought in an artist’s oeuvre."
BONUS POINTS FOR THE USE OF THE WORD OEUVRE. :)
May 30, 2024
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WHAT A GOOD DAY TO BE ALIVE
New album coming out in September, Blurryface is 10 AND Clancy is 1! I'm so so excited for the new album and good lord am I excited for the lore. Speaking of the lore, my friends are so sick of me rambling incoherantly they've said I can present on it at our next slideshow night. Safe to say there is a document OPEN and being worked on relentlessly. Revisiting all the lore from Vessel (yes I think it starts there) all the way to Clancy is so exciting and so nostalgic. I first started listening in 2015 when Blurryface came out and learnt all the lore during the Trench era and revisiting it is so crazy. Realising I've gained all this knowledge from albums and music videos is crazy work because good god I am discusting educated on this nonsense. If anyone would like a link to the document where I'm going through the lore in chronological order, split into the songs I think are lore accurate, just ask! I'm happy to send you the link.
May 26, 2025
One of my favorite books about music. Checks all the boxes for me.
Here's the official blurb:
SELLOUT: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007)
The stories of 11 bands and their major label debut albums, including:
Green Day, Jawbreaker, Jimmy Eat World, Blink-182, At the Drive-In, The Donnas, Thursday, The Distillers, My Chemical Romance, Rise Against, Against Me!
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