- Ken Gourlay writes a letter to QueerPlanet claiming he is "being tried for Justin Berry's crimes".
- My mystery illness turns out to be shingles. I am going to live.
- Stop Buying, Start Trading- There's a cheaper, greener way to get your consumer fix- Peerflix lets you trade your DVD's for $1, Bookmooch turns your bookshelves into a lending library, LaLa makes CD trading easier than Fergie after hitting the crack pipe.
- Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies tells me "What do you? Now, what do you do best?" What does it tell you?
- Xiu Xiu Xiu: Drummer Ches Smith makes three. No word yet if this'll change Xiu Xiu's gloriously unlistenable sound.
- Following the popular trend of eulogizing New York in song (see Madonna's "I Love New York") Elton John writes "Candle in the Wind: 9/11 Edition". On his latest album, The Captain and the Kid, his Eltoness croons: "But I wouldn't have it any other way/ This city's got a thing about it, don't try to understand it/ New York City I'd really like to stay/ New York City I wouldn't have you/ I wouldn't have you any other way".