- Andy Duncan approves of one of the first two installments of TNT’s "Nightmares and Dreamscapes."
- Kassia has an excellent post on the future of the record store over at MediaLoper.
- Music critic Michaelangelo Matos’ mix for the first half of the year.
- Another reason to love Liza Palmer; her take on the new anti-chick lit anthology: But, let me be serious — I know, it’s hard with all of these Cosmopolitans and shoe boxes littering my workspace — and well, to be quite frank – the cobwebs on these items are pretty out of control — because they’re fucking ancient. It’s just all so pathetic and junior high. I would hope that these people would do as I’ve done – just write books, live your life and go about your business…pursuit of happiness and all that. One would argue that those who constantly bitch and moan about the success of others could be categorized as frustrated and feeling…well, forgotten, ignored, unread and just unloved.
- The Watcher on what the new TV season press tour experience is like.
- Laila Lalami waxes wise on surviving the coverage of "the brink of war" in the Middle East.
- The WaPo reviews Eduardo Galeano’s new one. High on my must have list.
- New LBC Read This! pick announced today. Check in this week for the dish on the other nominated titles.