iraqi tv

 Slate's Paul Boutin: How to watch Iraqi TV on the Web.

 Heh, CNN.com Goes To Font Size 72. There's also Waxy's remixed decapitation version of CNN.com.

 New York Press' 50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers. Includes easy ones like Carson Daly, Martha Stewart, Naomi Campbell, and Ann Coulter and lesser-thought-of's like Jonathan Franzen, Jeff Koons, Tina Brown, and John Negroponte.

 Nerve interview with Thomas Laqueur, the author of Solitary Sex: A History of Masturbation.

 Good J. Hoberman Voice piece on the history of the Oscars during times of war.

 New Italo Calvino posthumous autobiographical collection: The Hermit in Paris.

MUSIC NOTES:
 A collection of Protest Song MP3s, currated by Thurston Moore and Chris Habib.
 Also, R.E.M. has their own protest MP3.
 Internal memo from MTV Europe recommending videos not to air during war.
 Photo: The Strokes hanging with Justin Timberlake.