book deal for blogger

FASHION

 Whoa, Nike bought Converse. Swoosh Chuck Taylors?

 $200 Murakami Dr. Scholl's / Louis Vuitton sandals on eBay.

MUSIC

 This is kinda weird. The Wall Street Journal is basically accusing Dylan of plagarism. Here is a side-by-side comparison of Dylan's "Floater" and Junichi Saga "Confessions of a Yakuza."

 A couple of links snagged from LargeHeartedBoy: Maxim's 30 Worst Albums of all Time | Miss Minx' 100 Women in Rock.

FILM

 Two movies that would make my "Top 10 Of All Time" had DVDs recently released: Resnais' Hiroshima Mon Amour and Wenders' Wings of Desire.

WORDS

 Salam Pax got a book deal.

INTERNET

 Is there such a thing as a "map geek"? If so, I am one. So I'm glad to see The Map Room, a weblog about maps.

COMMUNITY

 Emmanuelle has a little review of Half.com (the website and the town, formerly know as Halfway, a weird dot-com bubble story I had almost forgotten).