The Gatsby influenced post-power pop/yacht rock Eric Carmen album.

• Michael Kimball talks to Sheila Heti.  There’s more talk of Super Mario Bros. than you might expect.

• That time John Leonard wrote about Günter Grass.

• Danny Melendez of Shakefist Magazine shot some videos at our Greatest 3-Minute Punk Stories event.

• Calm down about Girls.

• Taylor Swift as Joni Mitchell?  Totally not sure if that’s a brilliant idea or the worst mistake in the entire history of humanity.

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