A new book chronicles the fading “ghost signs” of New York City.

• Jeffrey Eugenides is Michael Silverblatt’s latest guest on Bookworm.

• Kio Stark thinks you to learn anything without going back to school.

• Salon does a roundup of great indie bookstores.

• Mayor Michael Blooberg sucks more and more every day.

• At Pitchfork, Brandon Stosuy talks to Ian MacKaye about the Fugazi live show archive.

• Quintron and Miss Pussycat are back.

• Daniel Blumberg from Yuck has some artwork he’d like to sell you.

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