Below are simple links to other interesting stuff I've come across on the web in the last day or two; they may or may not concern literature or photography, or indeed the arts at all. You can click here to learn more about how I compile this list and what software I use, if you're interested.

XLR8R examines the state of electronica music
The popular music magazine looks back at the groundbreaking electronica stars from the mid-'90s, the genre's commercial height, interviews them about what they're doing now and what they think of the current scene. Fascinating.

MISSING: Giant inflatable pig. Reward offered. Please contact Roger Waters.
Roger Waters released a giant inflatable pig at the finale of his set at this year's Coachella festival...and they, um...lost it. Have you seen it? Ten thousand bucks could be yours!

Head of National Film Critics calls me a "half-baked term paper essayist"
Well, not just me; he called ALL online film reviewers that in a recent editorial in the New York Press, while incidentally slamming Roger Ebert as the worst thing to ever happen in the history of movie criticism. Yeah, he's just racking up the fans this week.

The inventor of LSD has died
RIP, Albert Hofmann.

EA-Land (formerly The Sims Online) is killed before it's even opened
EA, owners of The Sims Online, announced in February that they would be converting it into a more sophisticated Second Life competitor called EA-Land; but yesterday they abruptly killed the entire project with no explanation, four months before opening.