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10 Great Band Blogs

Some artists take advantage of their literary chops by posting everything from poetry to food commentary, while others use Tumblr to share photos, live sets and spontaneous videos.  read more

Jersey Shore Meets Family Circus in Jersey Circus

Like Kanye West Tweets with New Yorker cartoons, Jersey Circus takes old Family Circus cartoons and adds quotes from Jersey Shore. You don’t have to be a fan of the show to appreciate the discordant humor (I’ve never seen an episode). But you’ll never look at little Joey the same way again. Some of our favorites so far but visit Jersey Circus to see them all....  read more

Bill Murray Reading Poetry to Construction Workers

Yep, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Bill Murray reads poetry to the construction workers building Poets House, an NYC-based poetry and literature archive. It’s the first-ever poetry reading at Poets House, and Murray chose Emily Dickinson’s I Dwell in Possibility for this auspicious occasion....  read more

Sleep Talkin' Man

Adam Lennard is living—or sleeping—proof of the power of the subconscious. Generally even-tempered and pleasant, at night Lennard becomes a much different kind of guy, chatting about everything from long-forgotten favorite childhood sweets to ducks on swings. Luckily for the rest of the world, Lennard’s wife, Karen Slavick-Lennard, has started a blog chronicling her husband’s midnight mumblings....  read more

Hipster Puppies Blog Gets a Book Deal

That highly effective workplace time-waster and home of pretentious pups...  read more

Five Blogs That Should Be Italicized

The night was late, the pages of editing were piling up, and—as always happens when you’ve been staring at a bunch of black marks on the bleached surface of a pulverized tree for too long—the comma stopped making sense. In fact, most of those squiggles, lines and dots on the paper in front of me started to bleed together and take on a leering shape of their own like the T-rex in that old Magic Eye. That’s when I wondered aloud if blog titles were ever italicized, was told that they weren’t, decided that they should be and resolved to...  read more

Nine Websites to Follow Through the Holidays

Most of us spend more time with our eyes trained on browser windows than stocking-bedecked mantelpieces...  read more

12 Music Bloggers Worth Following on Twitter

The fourth part in our Twitter recommendation series—after musicians, comedians and Trekkies—is Music Bloggers Worth Following on Twitter. We couldn't find Twitter accounts for Said the Gramophone or My Old Kentucky Blog, and Chromewaves is protecting his updates. But unsurprisingly, many music bloggers were early adopters of Twitter. In no particular order, here are a dozen of our favorites: 1. Stereogum - stereogum Why we follow: To make our guilty pleasures seem like high art. Scott Lapatine's tastes are wide open, giving equal time to Britney and Animal Collective. And his Breakfast At Sulimay's series, where old folks review hip-hop...  read more

6 Great Blogs Spawning Sure-To-Be-Great Books

How did people get book deals before there were blogs? I don't know, but that seems to be the way to go about it these days. Some of my favorite bloggers have either wrapped up manuscripts or inked new deals in 2008, and I'm excited for the chance to give my Google Reader a break and read their words and see their pictures on the page for a change. ...  read more

Time Demolishers: Second Rate Snacks, Album Atlas and How To Nail Jello To a Wall

Some blogs offer thoughtful insight and commentary on the political process, international relations or spiritual issues. Others take you through their play-by-play on attempts to literally nail jello to a wall. This post focuses on the latter category with three fun ways to vacuum up all that extra free time you have between conference calls (note to my staff: please don't read any further)...Second Rate SnacksReady to end the Ho Ho vs. Swiss Cake Roll debate? Head to Second Rate Snacks and vote for your favorite junk food. A great idea even if the lack of a hyphen between Second...  read more