Passing all the hard internet judgments:

• #1 imminently quotable article of the week: the blessing and curse of MIDDLEBROW taste

• Drink like your favorite authors:

• Must listen:  a conversation between legendary American crime novelist Raymond Chandler and James Bond inventor Ian Fleming recorded by the BBC in 1958. The talk ranges from Mafia hits to the nature of villainy to the difference between English and American thriller.
• STEREOTYPING PEOPLE BY THEIR FAVORITE INDIE BANDS : a handy guide

• WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Across the world MEGAMIX. (original NYC edition below)

• All this photo is missing en route to complete #winning/world domination is a Bill Murray:

• Speaking of which: AWESOME PEOPLE HANGING OUT TOGETHER (.tumblr.com)

• Gone in smoke:

• so hot

• Who’s ready for summer?

Till tomorrow-GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR DAY