WFMU on the artwork of Aleksandra Waliszewska. (We especially love Dargeresque painting above.)

• Michael Pollan and Maira Kalman team up for an illustrated version of Pollan’s Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual.

• “The pleasures of reading Haruki Murakami could easily be mistaken for a list of his vices.” – Christian Lorentzen at The Observer.

• Ever wonder what would happen if you mixed H.P. Lovecraft with Charlie Brown?  Wonder no more.

• Edward Gorey: Total fashion icon.

• Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine starts a record label.

• Tom Waits gets some Fresh Air.