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Marvel’s top 70 (!) covers of all time.

The A.V. Club lists 23 fictitious high schools whose students might not make it out alive.

Designer Daily displays the 25 worst album covers ever. I think I’m on a list fetish today.

Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at the history of the MP3.

What will happen to our over-the-hill rappers? I can’t believe Jay-Z is turning 40.

The Times profiles Radiohead and their fascinating decision to stop recording albums and focus instead on singles.

The Stone Roses’ self-titled turns 20.

Elle (?!) lists the 12 greatest female electric guitarists.

Well, mine doesn’t include any Peter Gabriel. At all.

This is how I fix my mother’s computer, every single time.

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After a brief hiatus, I am back. With a vengeance. To the future. In Black. Whatever.

So much good stuff today! Check it out:

This really hit home for me: Courtney Queeney describes the ambivalence she feels about being a female poet over at Bookslut.

I’m hooked on Boomkat. If you’re not already, consider this your permission get obsessed.

Pop Candy lists the 10 Best Album Covers of 2009 so far. The AOL Radio blog lists the 10 Worst.

A new Radiohead single appears to have leaked. Listen to it at Stereogum. You can read an excerpt of an interview with Thom Yorke in the current issue of The Believer. After work I’m going to buy a copy so I can read the full article and just enjoy The Believer’s amazingness in its entirety.

So… you found my iPhone, huh?

This great Slate article takes a look at “seeking,” the crux of most human and animal behavior, and how it is tied to the rise of Googling, Twittering, and texting. In a related article, the New York Times talks about how these same technologies are creating a wave of mistrials in courts all over the country.

The Telegraph remembers David Foster Wallace.

Poems for Shark Week. Oh, poets.org– how you amuse me.

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The Economist takes a look at what happens when writers quit drinking.

Eight flop albums by actors. Hilarious.

The Oxford American publishes a list of 50 greatest short stories.

John Stewart hosts a Douche-Off.

Carlene Bauer’s memoir is about being a… good girl?

Louis Menand reviews Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel: Inherent Vice.

The year of awkward young men. Oh god, I loved Adventureland.

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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.