you're not my dream girl

You Ain't No Picasso offers up a new mix: 46 Songs No One Should Grow Up Without.

Nashville's Top 5 Neighborhoods for Dining Out

You're not watching David Lynch's Interview Project?!!?! For shame.

Remember when I couldn't come up with anything to ask Werner Herzog? Well, a bunch of other people did.

Dirty Projectors - "Stillness is the Move" (video)

Björk chats with All Songs Considered about some of her favorite artists and spins an eclectic mix of music.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Micmacs à tire-larigot (trailer)

Soul Sides compiles a mix of Michael Jackson deep cuts.

Did you buy Wilco (The Album) yesterday? Wash it down with Wilco (The Takeover).

a woman becomes a predator

Mark Bittman shows how 10 ingredients can last you a whole week.

Here's a glossary of summer drink ingredients.

And rounding out the food trifecta, we have this informative Q&A for "organic" food.

ReadTheWords will read aloud any text you feed it.

Intershame looks back at the times Fox News has mistakenly mislabeled Republicans.

If Everyday Life Was Directed by Michael Bay

NPR is streaming Wilco (The Album), out next Tuesday.

RIP Michael Jackson. Greg Kot counts down the essential albums.

so this is gonna make me happy?

Help Polyvinyl Save 10,000 Records From Destruction

I don't have an iPhone or care about sports, but the fact that you can now stream MLB games is pretty awesome.

Aquarium Drunkard offers up an alternative to the Neil Young Archives -- A Perfect Echo, Vol. 1 Part 1

Thanks to Stephen for pointing out Wikipedia's List of common misconceptions.

MUST WATCH: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Reports on Bonnaroo

Yesterday was Meryl Streep's 60th birthday! Celebrate with this montage.

David Cross shot a pilot with Spike Jonze and Will Arnett.

Why can't I think of anything to ask Werner Herzog?!

Old Folks Review Dirty Projectors, Interview Fiery Furnaces

NPR is streaming Björk's Voltaic.

this is hardly a terrible punishment in life

The Playlist compiled 10 Trailers You Haven't Seen From Cannes.

Sasha Frere-Jones profiles Sonic Youth for The New Yorker.

Terry Gross chats up Woody Allen for Fresh Air.

Seven Civil War stories your teacher never told you

The 10 Best Recut Movie Trailers

Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) reflects on the life and work of Charles Schulz (Peanuts).

David Berman (Silver Jews) is back on the scene with a book of illustrations.

AMC is streaming several BMCs (B-Movie Classics!).

MSNBC's interactive tour of the White House is pretty impressive.

maybe these days are over over now

How Many Balloons Would It Take to Lift a House?, ponders Slate.

Google Street View Introduces Double-Click "Pancake" Navigation; Jeff spends even more time on the internet.

Save the Salinger Archives!, cries Slate.

I cannot even begin to explain this Amazing Sculptural Book Art.

My grandmother actually sent me these 50 Strange Buildings of the World. Thanks, Mamaw!

Stream Sunset Rubdown's Dragonslayer, out June 23rd.

The Fiery Furnaces - "The End is Near" (mp3)

30 ROCK is a rip-off of THE MUPPET SHOW!

Nashville's Nolensville Road is one of America's Tastiest Streets!

when you go back to your good home

Esquire interviews Larry David; hilarity ensues.

New York Press interviews Stephin Merritt; sarcasm ensues.

Randall Roberts interviews Will Oldham; inscrutability ensues.

13 Places to Eat Before You Die by Anthony Bourdain

I actually dug last year's Quarantine, the US-remake of the Spanish [Rec]. Check out this trailer for the sequel to the latter.

Need to meet up in the middle? Mezzoman to the rescue!

Coming September 8th: Yo La Tengo's Popular Songs

"I ain't shoot nobody in like... since the early 90's, man." - Ghostface Killah

The Most Powerful Food Combinations

good news for you

Check out this tour of David Byrne's office: part 1, part 2, part 3.

Absolutely must-watch: Ants! (heats up around the three-minute mark ... be patient!)

Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhist order

Stream two albums coming out next week: Sonic Youth's The Eternal and the Dirty Projectors' Bitte Orca

Everyone on Earth is in Greg Mottola's Paul: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader ... and now Sigourney Weaver?

I love The Field's Yesterday and Today. The Field loves kraut rock.