Novelist Jonathan Lethem writes about his dance moves, his record collection and his obsession with the Fifth Beatle

Apparently, the Famous Five are embroiled in a class war.
Seems to have been stoked on the occasion of some new TV project meant to revisit the Five in their middle age.

Reviews of the new Saunders collection are coming in

Here's an interview with the Minus 5, in two parts

Rick Rubin's task is to save the record industry, according to this NY Times Magazine story. I'm not really sure how taking band's concert and tshirt money accomplishes much, other than messing over the musicians. Rubin hasn't endorsed this yet (or come out against it); he's pretty busy redoing corporate architecture. Which I'm sure will not actually improve the music Columbia releases in anyway...