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.

Fascinating photo essay of China's nascent punk-rock scene
Imagine taking the eagerness and sincerity of the '70s punk movement in Western society, then adding the sophisticated understanding of fashion and social media we now know by the 2010s, and you've pretty much got the just-now-booming punk scene over in China. Here, a riveting photo series from Foreign Policy magazine of all places, a must-see for anyone into underground culture.

Former exec: "Total NBC bill for Leno disaster might be $200 million"
Wow -- a former NBC executive is estimating publicly that NBC will probably end up shelling out a grand total of $200 million or more, as direct and indirect consequences of first moving Leno to prime time last year and then moving him back to the Tonight Show this month. That includes everything from the new Tonight Show studios to the ad revenue lost by NBC affiliates, to Conan O'Brian's $45 million severance check.

Who exactly owns Sherlock Holmes has become a tangled web indeed
Interesting article in the NYT on the complicated mess behind who exactly owns the rights to Sherlock Holmes anymore; not only is the character still surprisingly protected under copyright law, but the ownership rights have been sold, traded and inherited numerous times over the decades, making the question over who has the final say a long legal maze that lawyers are attempting to sort out as we speak.

Publishers attempt to sell author interviews as "enhanced ebooks" for more money
Interesting article from Booksquare on the latest douchebaggery by the mainstream publishing companies; now a growing amount of them are bundling together such ho-hum material as study guides and author interviews with novels and attempting to sell them as "enhanced eBooks," and to charge more money for them than for the hardback paper copy. Is it really going to take the literal bankruptcy of these companies for industry execs to finally get a clue? Is that really what it has to come down to?

Regarding the dangerous new "communist aristocracy" in Vietnam
Yet another fascinating article from Foreign Policy, on how the most successful businesses right now in the newly capitalist Vietnam just happen to be owned by the communist party's top bureaucrats (well, not "just happen" to be owned -- it's systemic corruption and cronyism that's caused it), basically adding vast financial wealth to their existing political elitism to create literally a new aristocratic ruling class there, a situation that history has taught us will likely implode in just a few years from now, to disastrous effect for all.

Martin Scorsese is making a children's steampunk movie
Holy f-ck! It's an adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the notorious 500-page picture book that won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for best illustrated book. Production starts this summer!

Take a Google Street View tour of Copenhagen's red-light district
Enough said.