>>Forget subversive political statements. A few minutes on KaZaA has quickly convinced me of a little pet theory: that Radiohead named their new album Hail To The Thief simply to see how many of their fans can fucking spell. The answer, unsurprisingly, will depress you. I. BEFORE E. EXCEPT AFTER. C. YOU DUMB. CUNTS.

>>Lists Of Bests: "The best of the Best Of lists, all in one place." Brilliant! Via Prolific.

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That's a fucking genius graphic right there, boys.

>>OH MY GOD "SK8ER BOI" IS BEING MADE INTO A MOVIE. Please, please, PLEASE don't let this be a joke...

>>NY Public Library re-opens an outdoor reading room in Bryant Park. Cool beans. Via Gawker.

>>Zwan's tour diary is a LiveJournal. That's pretty funny, yo.

>>Via REMHQ.com is a link to Shynola.com, the website of the excellent animation/design company responsible for many fine videos like Radiohead's "Pyramid Song" and the Queens Of The Stone Age's "Go With The Flow." The giant-size stills from their videos make excellent wallpaper; I'm using the squirrel from Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet" at the moment...

>>Very, very funny Cremaster vs. X-Men 2 vs. A Mighty Wind comparison chart. Via Fluxblog.

>>Prince's ex is suing him with a laundry list of not-very-nice accusations. Yikes.

>>Pink won't be "yapping about her problems" on her new album, sez Linda Perry. Awwww. But sorta good. But sorta awwww.

>>My Brother, The Licensed Know-It-All -- excellent NYT article on amateur (but duly licensed) tour guides, and Spring Street. Oh, just read it. Via So Much Modern Time.

>>The Punisher will be filming in Tampa, FL, an hour north of my hometown. Too bad it's gonna be a very, very lame movie. (Thanks to my sister for the tip -- not that she's reading, I don't think)

>>This NYT piece on the Matrix (the songwriting team) told me something surprising -- one of them is Lauren Christy, who you may remember from songs on the Batman & Robin and Great Expectations soundtracks. I always kind of liked those songs...

>>Radiohead's Hail To The Thief promo campaign is awesome. As is to be expected.

>>Elvis Costello and Diana Krall are getting married. Errrrm. OK... He makes great music, but he's a bit of a philandering asshole, isn't he? He just divorced Cait O'Riordan in November...

>>Apple Music Service has sold a million songs in one week. They were expected to hit that milestone in a month. Wow. (And interestingly enough, more than half of the songs downloaded were in the context of full-album downloads...)

>>The Strokes part ways with producer Nigel Godrich, opting instead for the producer of their first album. Way to progress, boys. CALL MIRWAIS!

>>The weblog of Galactus, Devourer of Worlds. That'll do nicely. Via Ultrasparky.

>>Good news: Instant Live is a service which can provide soundboard-quality recordings of a concert within five minutes after its end. Bad news: It's owned by ClearChannel. Sigh. (Link requires free New York Times registration)

>>X2 opened with $85.5 mil domestic and $70 mil from overseas. Nice bit of news, though of course I would've preferred a Spider-Man-level opening... ah well.

>>Excellent and insightful profile of William Gibson at The Guardian. Worth reading even if you think you know the whole story, and if you don't know who he is then read this right now... via Linkmachinego.

>>I just realized that every morning, I check my favorite blogs before I check my e-mail. Is that wrong?

>>The term "bling bling" has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Okiedokie.