Quick Clicks

The Mountain Goats announced US and European tour dates for this fall. They’ll be in NYC on December 1st and 2nd at Webster Hall and the Bell House, respectively.

Was Atticus Finch a classist? Probably.

Playlists from the cast of Mad Men are available to download on iTunes.

You can play Slate’s charming “How Will America End?” game right here.

Why didn’t I think of this. God DAMN it.

Here’s John Vanderslice. Being awesome. Enjoy.

The A.V. Club interviews Matt & Kim. Love them. But I Must. Stop. Writing about hipsters.

Quick Clicks

PopMatters takes on what Bob Proehl calls the “Ghetto of Genre” in music.

The Groove Effect lashes back– albeit a bit weakly, in my opinion– at critiques of hipster culture.

Web Del Sol lists its top 50 online literary magazines.

Director Guillermo del Toro weighs in on why vampires have become so popular on the NYT Op-Ed page.

I want these AC/DC Converse.

British lawmakers are considering legislating against undisclosed photoshopping of images.

Quick Clicks

PopMatters counts down 100 Essential Male Film Performances.

The Pixies are touring for the 20th anniversary of their seminal Doolittle album. Must. Get. Tickets.

The past, present, and future of Hipsters.

William T. Vollmann is a bad, bad boy.

Every Writer’s Resource lists the Best Online Literary Magazines. Feel free to protest/agree.

NYC is helping the homeless… by giving them one-way tickets back from whence they came.

Slate’s Grady Hendrix is glad that the current slew of pop culture vampires are, well, bloodless.