Monday, Monday (Da, Da, Da Da Daaaa)

1.
No, there is no Rack today. It’s another week of Tuesday-Friday goodness and we’ve freed up fifteen to forty seconds of your day for better tasks. We’ll be back on schedule next week, I’d like to think. Historically, Mondays are our best days because most of the readers are looking for a way to escape the ennui of work as early as possible, and we value that relationship.

2.
On Sunday, I read the copy of Jason Shiga’s Bookhunter I’d picked up at MoCCA and Dirk Deppey and Pal Renee were correct in their assessments. It’s a deadly earnest (and thus hilarious) Michael Bay-meets-Serpico tale of stolen books, deadly enemies, and one library special agent who’s willing to go the distance, projected through a Megaman-style lens. Order it from Sparkplug; you won’t regret it.

3.
The Bug’s new album London Zoo has a preview mixed by Kode 9 that makes it sound like it may be my album of the year.

4.
Yes, I am at San Diego this year and will generally be around the BOOM! Studios booth. No, I will not be announcing anything. Yes, I will be at Thursday Night’s Drink-Up. No, I will not being giving Ian Brill much crap, because he’s a very nice young man.