• It's Banned Books Week this week, and the New York Library commemorates it with a reading tonight by Judy Blume. You know you still remember where you were when you first read the word "boner" in Then Again, Maybe I Won't. No? Well, we do, at least. Which probably says a lot about us. [GalleyCat]
• Spin, in a desperate move to gain some indie-rock cred, invited the latest Scandinavian band we've never heard of to play at the mag's 20th Anniversary party. We're tempted to point out that northern European bands are so early spring, but these dudes played major appliances, which seems pretty cool. [Yeti Don't Dance]
• Too broke to pay for the Across The Narrows tickets this weekend at Coney Island? Then just listen for free. [Brooklyn Vegan]
• Parker Posey continues to spread obsessive middle-school-diary-style love among her East Village vegan fans. Also, she really likes tofu. [Beat Jeremy Coon]