sunday short stack

"It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with them." - Isabel Colegate

• Iggy Pop is releasing a "Jelly Roll Morton-influenced jazz album inspired by French novelist Michel Houellebecq."
• Walt Whitman speaks!
• Tips on How to Enjoy the Upcoming Depression (via @mikhailg)
• Vice has an astounding set of photos of abandoned schools in Detroit.
• NPR thinks you must read Delirious New York, and I agree (via @sarahw).
• Brews and Books suggests a few great books about sexytime.
• LP Cover Lover is a blog devoted to "the world's greatest LP album covers, 45s too." (via @mackreed)
• Toys That Shouldn't Exist, But Do (via @hodgman)
• Read Jonathan Lethem's introduction to the recently re-released A Meaningful Life by L.J. Davis.