D.X. Ferris will author one of the first of the popular 33 1/3 books on heavy metal, according to a press release. The book series "documents some of the most important albums ever made," and Ferris will turn his attention to Slayer with 33 1/3: Reign in Blood. For the book, which is due out in Spring 2008, he's turning to like-minded Slayer fans for their input, via MySpace. "This is a cool project, and your questions will make it better," says Ferris. "And that way, in a few months, once you've dropped a few bucks on the thing, you won't put it down and think, 'I wish he would have written about this, that, and the other thing.'"
Chip Scanlan, Alex Kotlowitz, Michael Tisserand and several members of the AAN Editorial Committee will head the writers' portion of the program at the annual conference, which will be held Aug. 10-11 on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Ill. A design track has been added this year as well; Robb Montgomery, Luke Hayman, Lesa Snider King and members of the Design and Production Committee will head that program. The registration fee is $75 for AAN members.
The Fort Collins Weekly, headed by AAN veterans Joel Dyer and Greg Campbell, entered into a "partnership" earlier this month with Northern Colorado Communications, a regional publishing group owned by Nevada-based Swift Communications. Last week, NCC announced that it would be changing the paper's name to Fort Collins Now. However, in a press release issued the following day, the Rocky Mountain Chronicle proclaimed that it had registered the name "Fort Collins NOW" with Colorado's Secretary of State, according to the Coloradoan. The Chronicle, whose masthead also boasts several AAN vets, says it is willing to relinquish the name. "But we have some stipulations," says associate publisher Josh Johnson, tweaking his competitor. "We want fruit pies. And not just any fruit pies, but local, independent pies."
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