Mason Inman's Blog

Saturday, January 6

From the New Yorker (2007-01-08):

"I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it."

âJonathan Safran Foer getting Buddhist in his novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Yay!!!: Das Experiment: this depressing but moving film holds lessons for recent prison abuses in Iraq (read my post on this)

Yay: In the Mood for Love: tender and moving, but it didn't blow me away, like it did a couple of my movie buff friends

Yay: 2046: the sequel of sorts to "In the Mood...," I liked this one better; edgier and with an existential sci fi story embedded in it.

boingboing: David Pescovitz is co-editor of this directory of wonderful things.
inky circus: Anna Gosline, Anne Casselman, and Katie Law are the triumfemate behind this science-and-culture blog
Slashmark: Mark Husson is an unrepentant Star Wars fan.
Yingpow: Catherine Meng is a poet, music connoisseur, wandering worker.

Allmusic: helpful bios & discographies, and more authoritative and comprehensive than Amazon
Discogs: same kind of thing as Allmusic; started with electronic music, but now branching out to rap & indie rock
Freedb: an independent archive of CD album info
NewsGator: an online news aggregator that helps you pluck the diamonds from the manure, at home or on the road
Powell's Books: the best used bookstore in the world. (disclaimer: I used to work here, "The City of Books")