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Read about Radiohead testifying against the RIAA.

Read as Seth Godin offers several suggestions to improve your “social networking brand” with your picture.

Read this piece noting that YouTube spends $1 million a day on bandwidth.

Read this introduction to to scotch from The Art of Manliness.

Read as Newsweek claims we’re reaching the end of a “Christian” era.

Read this piece saying that Facebook friends helped avert a suicide from 3,000 miles away.

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Read as Books and Culture considers Richard Neuhaus’ last book American Babylon.

Read about Vermont becoming the fourth state to legalize gay marriage.

Read about PopMatters comparing Wilco’s new live DVD, Ashes of American Flags, with the Band’s The Last Waltz.

Read Stereogum’s interview with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore.

Read as the New York Review of Books examines the parables present in Flannery O’Connor’s fiction.

Read as PopMatters revisits Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska album.

Read The Irish Independent’s interview with U2 frontman Bono, which they describe as being “like taking an Alaskan husky for a walk — you can only suggest a general direction, and then hold on for dear life.”

Read The Guardian’s review of Neil Young’s latest album, Fork In The Road, an ode to his electric car.

Read Kevin Rose’s suggestions about how to increase your Twitter followers.

Read this piece reminding us that the consumer has the final say over iTunes’ new pricing structure.

Browse this list of all the things caused by global warming.

Read as Christianity Today inteviews Sarah Watkins, of Nickel Creek, which is on hiatus.

Browse these real science fair projects. Slightly more than an erupting paper mache volcano.

Read about the Jayhawks reuniting for two shows this summer.

Read Rolling Stone’s review of the latest from Neil Young.

Read Rolling Stone’s review of Bat For Lashes’ newest.

Read Paste’s review.

Read about the new “mocumentary,” “Jesus People.”

Read about NPR’s John Goldstein’s new book Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!

Read “Relevant’s” interview with Gomez.

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Read about GM and Segway announcing that they’re working together to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle.

Read about claims that Robert Mugabe has stolen the Ark of the Covenant.

Read about the activist being charged with inciting a “Twitter Revolution.”