NY Times offers this article on the state of Law & Order and this helpful graphic to keep track of cast members.

Another NYT article on the state of alt.country, which maybe doesn't exist anymore, if ever.

And the NYT explains how the demographics of record store shoppers has changed: they're old.

And the NYT tells you what happens when you try to pay a suggested donation at the MET
Newsday on Art Brut


Reuters on the New York Dolls

Download a demo of "The Tain" on the Decemberists myspace and read on their website about the new album, etc.

Quentin Blake got an honorary degree