Music

• A bad week for dead tree music journalism as Christopher Weingarten said it’s dead (read Andy’s excellent analysis here as a companion piece), ex-Blender writer Jonah Weiner said it’s dead, and John Vanderslice not only said it’s dead, but also said he’s not authorizing any print advertising and is now relying on mp3 blogs to promote his albums.
• The band Barcelona noticed documentarian Jon Rawlinson used their song “Please Don’t Go” in the viral hit Kuroshio Sea aquarium video. It wasn’t authorized but when the band looked closer they noticed an upswing in sales, so they recorded a YouTube video thanking Rawlinson and introducing themselves to new fans. Isn’t that nicer than calling out the lawyers?
• Turns out pirates buy more CDs than average music fans. But everyone except the RIAA already knew that, right?

Art & Literature

• The always fabulous Lucy Knisley has put the comic diary of her recent trip to Paris online.
  

• Curt Purcell has an excellent review of Gilbert Hernandez’s “Speak Of The Devil” up at The Groovy Age of Horror.
  

• Another slice of life piece from Natasha Allegri that will induce envy in all the artist friends I know, including myself.

MP3s Worth Noting

• Bluebrain – Ten By Ten
• Jesse Matheson – Make Out
• Spiral Stairs – Maltese Terrier