round-up, round-down

Busy days and busy nights means I gotta blog briefly. So, here’s a little round-up:

• Old but good Forbes article about novelist Jonathan Lethem’s frustrations with copyright law and why he is licensing his movie rights for a buck.
• Stunning photograph of Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret Olsson at If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger.
• Nice collection of brief interviews in the Guardian about Blur.
• Joby Sessions takes underwelming photos of mostly boring famous people. But, the flash intro to his site is real lovely.
• And this is the candy center of today’s post — The Cramps, performing live at the Napa State Mental Hospital!

Lux: “We drove 3000 miles to play for you people”
Audience: “Fuck yeah!”
Lux: “Well somebody told me you people are crazy. But I’m not so sure about that; you seem to be all right to me!”