music San Francisco Bay Area tonight and 2/21: David J (Bauhaus and Love and Rockets) solo shows David Pescovitz
happy mutants Barnes and Noble's new boss is James Daunt, who rescued the UK's Waterstones Cory Doctorow
picks What 'Independence Day' Is Like In Transnistria, An Unrecognized Country Inside Moldova Katherine Leipper
music Poptone: Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins, and Diva Dompé play Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, and Love and Rockets David Pescovitz
graphic novels The Twilight Children mixes spunky kids, complicated adults, and government goons with magical realism Bob Knetzger