In at the end of the old year, Kemper Norton releases a new, free EP, entitled WINTERVALS.  Get it via this link here.

We do the covers waaaaay in advance. #10 just came out, and I just wrote #12.

The second print issue of the altculture blog is released today.

You want one. Issue 1 was really, really good. You want one a lot.

• TweetGrid – by jazzychad
  "create a twitter search dashboard that updates in real time"
  (tags:web )
• MirrorBuilder.com – Instantly create and save website mirrors
  "MirrorBuilder makes an exact copy of a single web page, including most of the images on that page. It is not perfect; it probably will never be, but most websites will render OK."
  (tags:web )

Have a good one, folks. See you on the other side.

Unless I’ve managed to finally drink myself blind by that point. Because then, obviously, I’ll be too busy learning human echolocation to be here.

Thank you to Tom Phillips and METRO magazine for claiming that I am one of the ten best things on the internet.

(via about a million people who sent me the link)

Is free, like bums. i just woke up

• Language of Light – STILLWATER, Oklahoma – Neo-soul / 2-step / Tropical – www.myspace.com/languageoflightmuzac

  (tags:music )

Right here.

And, for those who haven’t yet seen the book, NPR even provide a rather nice preview of it.

It remains the perfect holiday gift for the mental patient in your life.

I am a little concerned that I have turned into some kind of floating webcomics character/meme.

"GODMOTHER’s a book of heartbroken magic for anyone who stayed up past midnight and wondered where the fairy tale went. A beautiful, aching book."

For Carolyn Turgeon’s GODMOTHER, which is out March 2009.

I am reading two very good books right now. I am reading one of them on the laptop, and I am reading one of them… okay, I admit it, I’m reading it on the toilet. But anyway.

Catherynne M Valente’s PALIMPSEST just knocks me flat with her use of language: rich, cool, opiated language, language for stories of strange love and hallucinated cities of the mind. Here’s what it says about PALIMPSEST on its Amazon pre-order page:

Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse—a voyage permitted only to those who’ve always believed there’s another world than the one that meets the eye. Those fated to make the passage are marked forever by a map of that wondrous city tattooed on their flesh after a single orgasmic night. To this kingdom of ghost trains, lion-priests, living kanji, and cream-filled canals come four travelers…

The first scene proper, discussing the trains of Heaven, just blew me away. It’s out in February 2009.

Cherie Priest’s BONESHAKER is an absolute riot. If anyone else had told me they were writing a steampunk zombie action thriller set in Seattle I would probably have looked for something heavy to stun them with and then made my escape. BONESHAKER dodges every single pitfall in the idea that you can think of, effortlessly, and entertains the fuck out of you while doing so. Also, there’s a man in it called Swakhammer. Which is possibly the best name ever. It’s just a hell of a good time, and I think it’s going to be a game-changer for Cherie (even though she’s already getting starred reviews from Publishers Weekly).

The book doesn’t come out until mid-2009, I think, but her most recent novel, released only a few weeks back, is getting brilliant reviews. It’s called FATHOM. You should look at it.

I have to write back cover blurbs for both of these books. Looking forward to it.

Someone on Twitter just sent me this.

I am not entirely sure what to say.

It is called "Warren Ellis: King Of The Internet."

Available in better comics stores from Wednesday in North America and from Thursday in the UK and elsewhere:

• Burglar: Ghost held me captive for 3 days – Criminal weirdness- msnbc.com
  "A burglar who broke into a house claims he was held captive by a "supernatural figure" for three days without food and water, officials said."
  (tags:crime weird )
• Dreams Imaged, Scientists Claim | LiveScience
  "Japanese researchers say they've imaged thoughts and dreams and displayed them on a computer screen."
  (tags:sci neuro )

The underground city of Derinkuyu is an amazing-looking thing. I don’t have a lot of time today, and the online sources I’m quickly skimming aren’t agreeing, so it was either scooped out by Hittites from 1400BC or by Phrygians from 8000 BC. It’s twenty floors deep, though only eight are currently accessible. But look at this:

"HUMAN CHEESE!"

Seriously:

My extensive experience in making Paneer (cheese) compelled me to try something different, that is, making Paneer out of my own breastmilk. Basically this is human cheese. Why would I do that? Well, basically, there are about twenty bags (each 150ml) of frozen breastmilk in the fridge.. also, I have googled about this. Although people contemplated and imagined about it, nobody ever actually attempted to make breast milk cheese…

Some of the comments to the post are priceless.

Hey there kinda guess its my first time reading so much info on breastmilk and i have done quite a bit of reading and yeah i wanted to know are there any woman out there that want to sell their breast milk on a regular basis ? ? Cause i need it for an experemint to see if it rejuvanates cells and if it would help my arthiritase and no i am not old i am 21 ! !

(via Siege)

This may get split into a couple of posts, as I’ve been buried in work for the last few days… let’s see what’s piled up:

* Eliza Gauger producing more work for UNHALLOWED METROPOLIS:

* Matt Jones:

* Sara Gries makes stuff:

* Wonderful shot by D’Is from his recent visit to Thessaloniki:

(Um, yeah — D’Is = comics artist D’Israeli, with whom I did LAZARUS CHURCHYARD = real name Matt Brooker.)

* Photo of Meredith Yayanos and Amanda Palmer nicked from Coilhouse, to dress up news that Mer & Ms Palmer are playing Bimbo’s in San Francisco tonight.