It's been a while...

Here are some hits on Destroyer:
NY Times article
Merge has a contest for all you photoshoppers
3 hive has a legal mp3 of s track from the new album, which is now up on emusic

here is a John Darnielle poem. He reports that he is about to record a new album.

New Fiery Furnaces mp3s are hitting the blogs
Here's an article about the FF

loose fur video linked from Drag City

David Berman commentates on the contents of Cassie's ipod.

Here's an article about Robyn Hitchcock.


George Saunders wants e-books.

After the scandal broke over James Frey's falsehoods in his hit book A Million Little Pieces, Saunders penned a humorous essay stemming from the events. It was a confession to Oprah Winfrey that all of the fiction he'd written had, in fact, been true. But Saunders had a hard time getting the piece published quickly, and now it feels dated. "There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity," he says.

And here's an update from Yo La Tengo in Nashville.

OK, hopefully more productive now.