Life and Letters: The Unfinished: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker Can't right now, but on my 'read ASAP' list, comprehensive 'DFWallace's literary quest' — the excerpts I've seen have been v.…

Tor & Sufjan Stevens – Illinoize (The Remix Tape) at Pretty Much Amazing! This is good. Listen to it now. (tags: music) DIVYA SRINIVASAN – ANIMATION DEMO REEL (3 min, 2009) Fantastic…

Great ideas generator – Dracos.co.uk Like all those other name generators, but for w2.0 ideas. (tags: www culture) 17 creative websites to bookmark (unless you are dumb)! – BOOOOOOOM! I concur! (tags:…

Watch a world exclusive clip of Armando Iannucci's In the Loop. Warning: strong language | Film | guardian.co.uk Oop, and related to the CR Blog post, the actual article, including the first…

David O'Reilly Wins the Berlinale Golden Bear – Jotta Nice little interview with David O'Reilly on the eve of winning the Golden Bear Award. (tags: cartoons design) BD Horror News – 'Let…

The Complex Bond Between Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle and His Fans — New York Magazine Very interesting profile of — well, actually more of a superfan I can't work out how NYMag…

Disquiet » Turning Japanese From 1999, email interview precursor to a later phone call between disquiet and a then 21 Bogdan Raczynski. I don't know if I actually learned anything, but I…

gorillavsbear.net: new beach house :: "play the game" (queen cover) I didn't realize how much I missed these guys until right now. Bonus points to linking that excellent Grizzly Bear cover version…

Watch "Sita Sings the Blues" on Reel 13 | REEL 13 No more hacked up clips! It's the full thing. Now to find a way to save the stream… (tags: movies video)…

CRYPTACIZE: mix #1 – "a rainbow's revenge" Cryptacize, in addition to being a swell band in their own right, have been putting together a bunch of good soul/jazz/world/synth mixes on their brand…