We had discussed this a few times around here but I'm curious if anyone followed through. The last moments of 2008 marked the deadline for pitches to write a book in the acclaimed 33 1/3 series.

It was a fairly poor-kept secret that I submitted a proposal and it was on the brilliant 2004 album Anniemal by the Norwegian pop star Annie. It is my very favorite bubblegum pop record and an incredibly important record to me personally.

What about you guys? Did anyone else out there in TIG-landia submit proposals? Which albums did you choose?

And since there's no such thing as a bad reason to post this, here is the video to "Heartbeat", the best song on the album I proposed to write my 33 1/3 on: