Some pretty good Monday links:

Here is the Islands shortfilm/music video about the whale: Tsuxiit
A good reminder of two good Islands shows we saw last year.

Four new unmastered Art Brut songs here for download

Here is a Neil Gaiman short story download: How to Talk to Girls at Parties

And here is some information about the film version of Coraline.
The picture looks good, but I'm not sure about the casting: Teri Hatcher and Dakota Fanning?

WFMU blog on Charlton Comics. Good read, but neglects to mention the Question, who according to Wikipedia, was introduced in Charlton Comics.

The Washington Post conducted a social experiment in which expensive violinist and expensive violin go busking. Do Americans care?

NPR shows to stream. Iggy Pop. Lily Allen.