Carnival of souls

* It was indeed a technical error caused by a sole employee that de-listed some 57,310 books from Amazon’s sales rankings over the weekend, rather than a sinister Rod Dreher-orchestrated plot that required account cancellations to rectify or something.

* Supposedly terrible comic book movie update: Tom Spurgeon is a Punisher War Zone skeptic, while Topless Robot’s Rob Bricken is a The Spirit believer. I think I’m going to have to see them both and make up my own mind. While loaded.

* Trent Reznor is interviewed by Digg founder Kevin Rose using the top 10 reader-submitted questions as voted for by Digg’s users. Lots of interesting stuff in there about navigating competing and emerging business models as an artist in a time of uncertainty and technological transition; I think the insights are useful whether you’re in Nine Inch Nails or doing comics.

* Tom Spurgeon spots a new John Hankiewicz mincomic in collaboration with Jeremy Onsmith, Fine Tooth Comics.

* The House Next Door’s Melissa Tuckman interviews documentarian Ondi Timonder, the director of the splendid Dandy Warhols/Brian Jonestown Massacre documentary Dig!

* Those were the days, my friend. We thought they’d never end.

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* Finally, the Best of Bowie Loves Beyonce!

Remember: The prettiest stars are always in your Bowie Loves Beyonce tumblelog.

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