sunday short stack

"Writing is like sex: a lot of trial and error."
- Winston Churchill

• YouTube comment or e.e. cummings?
• NPR has two exclusive first listens worth checking out: The Swell Season and the Ben Gibbard/Jay Farrar Kerouac project.
• 10 Coolest Bookstores in the U.S. (Go Skylight!)
• 10 Must See Bands at CMJ
• These cassette tape skeletons almost defy belief.
• The 18 Most Explicit Music Videos Ever
• The 2009 National Book Award finalists have been announced.
• Top 5 Songs to Hear After Being Dumped and some more suggestions @popcandy.
• Smithsonian magazine collects Great Road Trips in American Literature.
• The 15 Best TV Shows That Were Canceled Too Soon
• I must not be on this list because I don't blog about professorial things: 100 Best Professors Who Blog
• I wish upon a star that someone would take me to the Monsters of Folk show tonight at the Greek Theater. (Can't hurt, right?)