* Even though there’s nothing more depressing than the phrase “Buenaventura Press Gone Out of Business Sale,” I’m glad Alvin will be at San Diego, and it sounds like he’s bringing quite a treasure trove with him.
* Dan Nadel reports that Ben Jones is in Los Angeles to work on his Adult Swim show, which is great news because I thought its defeat in that online contest meant it was dunzo.
* Every so often the Internet collectively decides that an interview with a celebrity between whose brain and mouth, to paraphrase Hesh Rabkin, exists no interlocutor is worth your time. Once again the Internet is totally right–you really oughta read Dan Fierman’s interview with Bill Murray in GQ. Did I mention it features a portrait of Murray by Daniel Clowes? (Via Tucker Stone.)
* Vacon Sartirani’s “Mickey Mouse Against the Worms” is fucking me up.
* I give you Orko by Adam Kropinak. I think my favorite part of this is the faded, barely visible O on his cloak, like it’s some ancient rune the meaning of which is lost to time.
* Now that I’ve finally seen Mulholland Drive, it’s time to gorge myself on all the writing about the movie I’d avoided for lo these past nine years. Here’s Matt Zoller Seitz. Here’s Salon’s guide/FAQ kinda thing. Here’s Michael Joshua Rowin and Michael Koresky from Reverse Shot.
* And here’s Robyn wrecking shop on Letterman with “Dancing on My Own,” one of the best songs of the year. “I’m in the corner, watching you kiss her.” (Via Pitchfork.)