The WQXR blog asks: “Is the Vanger family in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo based on the family of Richard Wagner and his descendants” after an LA Times article points out the similarities.

• Ray Bradbury, Tony Kushner, Laurie Anderson and Frank Stella talk Moby-Dick on a rerun of Studio 360’s “American Icons” series.

• What do Jami Attenberg and Wal-Mart have in common?

• New York Starbucks coffee to go up ten cents.

• D’Angelo covering Soundgarden is the sound of babies being made.

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