It’s Beck’s birthday today.  And we want to say that if the rumor is true, and he started his own private press, we’d buy everything he put out.  (Especially the possible Stephen Malkmus project…)

• A video on the rise and fall of the News of the World.

• I think what this person at Huffington Post is trying to say is that there is a psychological reason that you might like one sort of book and somebody likes another kind.  I could be wrong though…

• Marc Maron is interviewed.  He talks about his podcast, the dark side of comedians, etc. etc. etc.