news on Colin Meloy solo stuff and new Decemberists

An article on Paul Auster, and here is a PA timeline

I don't play video games, and I don't really understand the underlying concpet ,but this Lego Batman thing seems kind of neat.

Apparently the Lemony Snicket project The Composer is Dead , will become a book sometime in 2009. Carson Ellis is doing illustrations.

Here's a review of a Michael Chabon talk at Yale

Here is an interview with Brett Morgan about the Chicago 10 film which seems like a pretty interesting project; apparently Steven Spielberg has already purchased remake rights with Aaron Sorkin to write.