A rebuttal.

Via Caroline and Andrew Sullivan.

Linkwad.

1. Growing pot has a huge carbon footprint.
2. Saw Jeff Mangum on Monday night. Thoughts soon, but here’s the Awl’s report. Also, opener The Music Tapes were really intriguing.
3. All about Kindle’s new $200 Fire tablet.

Here’s “Minister of Longitude.”

Linkwad.

• This is the best idea for package pickup to date.
• Building a ghost town in the desert. If Breaking Bad has taught me anything, the place will be full of meth heads within a month.

And hey, here’s Wye Oak’s new video for “Holy Holy.”

Riveting whirlwinds gripping the world.

It just occurred to me that Irene is an ideal time for Latyrx’s “Storm Warning,” off the mostly-forgotten Quannum Spectrum:

It also gives me an excuse to post the Lyrics Born earworm “I Changed My Mind.”

Rockin’ moisture unleashed.

Grantland’s Rembert Browne¹ wins the tubes for finding the best YouTube video ever, full stop:

There’s even a Memphis Bleek guest verse! And this was made last year.