Impose Magazine — This is so last week, but the ever so great NY Tyrant Giancarlo DiTrapano breaks down what's wrong with anything called "The Best Of," especially those pesky anthologies that proliferate this time of the year. Giancarlo has some special words for Dav... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — PopMatters offers a couple of streaming (and downloadable) holiday mixes. The Wham City Collective is sharing its annual Baltimas holiday album compilation. David Sedaris reads from The Santaland Diaries at Morning Edition. Yesterday's updates to the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Enslaved @ Grand Ballroom in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Mark Dresser @ The Stone * David Sedaris @ Barnes & Noble * Bonobo, Thunderball @... more info

Time — The comic actress and author of Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People talks about crafts, the magic of resourcefulness and the joy of working with her brother, writer David Sedaris more info

Brooklyn Vegan — a scened from Sunday's parade (more by Chris La Putt) today in NYC * Zion I @ Brooklyn Bowl * Swingadelic @ Maxwell's * R. Crumb @ Barnes & Noble * Jim Campilongo @ Living Room * David Sedaris @... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... Brand New Moods presents: - Karate "Pockets" There's an old saw that goes, "There are two kinds of people in the world..." Vis-a-vis Karate's mixture of emo, jazz, and post-rock (a libation they've blended much more palatably tha... more info

The Telegraph — Toby Clements enjoys two lovely new books about squirrels more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming Bob Dylan's forthcoming album, The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (out October 19th). The Guardian interviews David Sedaris about his new book, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk. The Age on the Man Booker prize: "The best way to look at literary... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — 2010 has been a banner year for fairy tales written for adults. Kate Bernheimer's Horse, Flower, Bird, Jim Knipfel's These Children Come at You with Knives, and Other Fairy Tales and the recently published compilation My Mother She Killed... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — I have been a fan of the writing of David Sedaris for years, but his last book, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, seemed a bit forced and the humor more than a bit recycled from his previous works.... more info