Brooklyn Vegan — Musician, performance artist and crowdfunding genius Amanda Palmer has announced she'll be releasing a book she wrote called "The Art of Asking or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help". Today she released the cover photo... more info

Topix — Rob Zabrecky had the world by the tail in the mid-1990s. As lead singer of new waveinspired pop group Possum Dixon, he was one of the prime instigators in transforming once-sleepy Silver Lake into the indie-rock capital of the universe. more info

Prefix — The Third Day of The 2013 Newport Folk Festival featuring Beck, Bombino, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Michael Kiwanuka, The Lumineers.   ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/newport-day-3-the-fort-adams-portrait-sessions-the/ more info

Nialler9 — The 7-day gig guide to Dublin music and events this week. Highlights:  Longitude Festival, Grizzly Bear, Beach House and more in Iveagh Gardens, Jeffrey Lewis, Amanda Palmer, last ever Altars Of Plagues Dublin show,  Space Dimension Controller. If ... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Friday's Highlights1. The Weather - not a drop of rain and very little mud to wade through - perfect!2. The Hives - Hate To Say Told You SoGo TryCheck out this awesome remix3. Amanda Palmer covering Dresden Dolls' Girl AnachronismAmanda Palmer got a ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Seven writers (including Margaret Atwood and Julian Barnes) reflect on failure at the Guardian. The Guardian interviews singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer. NYRB Classics is offering a collection of the first 300 books it published at half price. The Chi... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian profiles author Lauren Beukes. "She looks angelic. Appearances can be deceptive. This is South African author Lauren Beukes, and she's written a brilliant but brutal sci-fi thriller about a time-travelling serial killer. It should be the... more info

Starpulse — The tragic outcome of last week's Boston Marathon bombings is still fresh in the minds of many who are suffering, yet there are some individuals ready to capitalize on it by shocking an already vul... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Boston-based musician Amanda Palmer has generated an outpouring of responses to her posting over the weekend “A Poem for Dzhokhar,” in reference to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. more info

ContactMusic — Amanda Palmer’s “Poem for Dzhokhar” has sparked wide-scale debate; not only on her blog, where it was posted, but beyond there in the wider... more info