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So just in case you’re bored out of your skull at the moment with internet time to waste, here are links to some articles in which some hip people talk to other hip people, or themselves, about things which may prove tangibly interesting;

1.One of my current favourite music writers (and poster designers) Chris Summerlin can’t get an interview with Sonic Youth, so he instead interviews himself about Sonic Youth, and the reservations he has about the band and their legacy. It’s a couple of years old, but his observations are still mighty pertinent, even to a dedicated Thurston-lover such as myself; LINK.

2. Fantastic guitarist and noted asshole (allegedly..) Tom Verlaine is interviewed at length…. about books. In some ways this is completely pointless, as he doesn’t appear to be terribly enthusiastic about books and his choices don’t really relate back to his music in any real sense, so it’s probably pretty similar to any other conversation that could have taken place between two random literate New Yorkers. But on the other hand, it’s strangely brilliant and I wish more musicians would get interviewed about books; LINK.

3. Matthew Flux interviews Bryan Lee-OMalley, creator of the most enjoyable comic in the whole world ever, Scott Pilgrim. Matthew appears to have book#3. Why do I not have book#3?? LINK.