“I think rock-and-roll is about crazy performance and crazy energy. It’s interesting to think about like Mick Jagger or someone who is probably a huge misogynist, but was also in drag all the time.” –Ponytail’s Willy Siegel on punk rock, gender, and sexuality.

• November will see the release of Blue Nights, a new book by Joan Didion. (h/t Michele Filgate)

• The Australian group Circle Pit has a new single out.

• Christopher Bird explains the upcoming Canadian election to non-Canadians.