Sonic Youth is releasing a new CD via Starbucks. Crazy. The special edition CD will feature covers of Sonic Youth songs by Beck, Jeff Tweedy, etc., as well as Sonic Youth tunes as played by Sonic Youth that have been carefully selected by Dave Eggers and Eddie Vedder. That Dave Eggers. Is there anything that he can’t do? (Thanks to Nic for the linky link.)

This American Life: The Parody. Oh, if there was ever a radio show ripe for mocking, this is it. This week’s episode: Going Postal.

The paperback cover of Neal Pollack’s Alternadad is a huge - HUGE - improvement over that pierced-lip rubber ducky hard cover. The paperback will look like this:

If you missed it (I’m still playing catch up) - the NYT Book Review ran a fascinating article that describes why this woman is one of the most powerful people in publishing: