Just like Pagliacci did, I try to keep my sadness hid
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Bookplates are wonderful things.
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Mesmerising website from comedian Demetri Martin. The short films (see "Episodes") are fantastic - like Steven Wright meets Wes Anderson. Strangely, more Juan Munoz figures like those in South Shields make an appearance (via Dan Germain).
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"Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson set out to catalog and trace the provenance of every stuffed polar bear in the entire British Isles". Wonderful idea.
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An extract from his new book Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand.
- Jarvis Cocker reads J. D. Salinger's The Laughing Man
One of my heroes and my favourite author combined. Available as a podcast (follow the link to itunes from jarvspace). - Taming of the shrews
Extract from Iain Sinclair's new book London: City of Disappearances (thanks Lucy).