sunday short stack

"Should we all confess our sins to one another, we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality." - Kahlil Gibran

• Beck's Record Club gets together for a day, records an iconic album, and posts the songs here. The Velvet Underground is first up.
• 20 Books of Shattered Childhoods
• Watch the trailer for Jonathan Ames's upcoming HBO series, Bored to Death.
• Watch the trailer for It Might Get Loud, Davis Guggenheim's documentary about Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White.
• 50 Best Websites for Moviemakers
• LA Weekly's Summer Fiction Sampler has new work from Michelle Huneven, Peter Gadol, and Charlie Haas.
• Mic to Mic streams the two previously unreleased Beastie Boys tracks from the Check Your Head collector's vinyl set.
• This photo essay collects abandoned places from all over the world.
• And for all the dads out there, the Top 7 Father's Day Films to Watch. Happy Father's Day!