Most Interesting Bookstores in the World

Here’s a site that posts photos of incredible bookstores from all over the world.  The picture here is of the third floor of Shakespeare & Co., in Paris.  It’s got lots of books, a bulletin board, a ladder, and… a bed.  How’s that for reading comfort?  I bet shoppers are fighting over the bed everyday in Paris.  I wonder if there’s a time limit on reading in the bed?

I have to visit this bookstore soon because I am a very lazy reader.

I found this on a wonderful literature blog called Conversational Reading.

Shimmer Magazine Offers Latest Issue of Fantasy Stories as Free Download

Shimmer is a magazine of contemporary speculative fiction.  Kind of a fantasy/sci-fi sort of thing.  They are offering their latest issue with 12 stories in it as a free download.  Some of the titles included are, The Carnivale of Abandoned Tales, Jaguar Woman, Counting Down to the End of the Universe, and an author interview.

Download the latest issue of Shimmer Magazine.

Thru-You: Funky Musical Video Mashup

Kutiman posts video mashups on YouTube that make brand new music.  He takes video clips that other people have uploaded and he cuts pieces out of the people playing their instruments and then edits them all together with just the right timing and layering to create a whole new musical mix.  This one’s a nice little funk number and the filmmaker/musician creates a lively atmosphere out of his found musical clips.