sunday short stack

"So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality anymore than you can fake a good meal." - William Burroughs

• Some LA Times Festival of Books follow up from Patrick Brown and Cecil Castellucci.
  
• Paste has a survey of songs by musicians about other musicians.
• Browse pages from Philippe Halsman's Jump Book.
• 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced on the Internet Unless You're a Loser or Old or Something
• L Magazine's 2009 list of 8 NYC Bands You Need to Hear
• Eight books make Richard and Judy's Summer Read campaign. For something more eclectic, check the Wales Book of the Year longlist.
• UC Riverside's new literary journal The Coachella Review is looking for submissions.
• White People in Rap: A History
• Some responses to claims this week about the "true identity" of the Zodiac killer: Sarah Weinman on an earlier suspect and True Crime Report's debunking of Deborah Perez's story.
• Andy Warhol paints Debbie Harry on an Amiga.
• You little bastard. You've killed us all.