brainwashed.com has an interview with Mika Vainio and some live footage as well. New pan sonic album is due in November.
I didn't realise there was a second season of Extras on the way - the first season ended with Andy getting a show and hence quitting extras work.
Norman G. Finkelstein is a political science professor at DePaul University.
His work on the Israel Palestine conflict is easy to understand, rigorous and eye opening. While he has said that in his opinion the topic is relatively uncontroversial and raises no profound moral questions, his books do explore larger questions of academic freedom and scientific method (and its associated human fallibility).
He also delivers his talks in a great personable style which adds humanity and even humour to a serious subject.
Check out this talk he gave at Yale in April ...

Ariel Pink is touring (out for sound summit it seems) and is playing sydney at Spectrum the same night as Derrick May.
Derrick May plays Sydney on the October long weekend at the "intimate" Club 77.
Tickets are available here.
Check out the this video for a feel of his mix style - a must see for every techno freak.
I'll be there.
... but I wonder if it will blog from something like marsedit?
People seem to be having trouble due to the use of the AtomAPI.
