• Pictures and commentary from the Blip Festival in NYC, which brought together artists and musicians who use low-bit video game consoles as instruments. (Read/see at News.com)

• A shopper noticed a used CD for $11.98 and proclaimed, "Amoeba in LA now blows." (Read thread at The Velet Rope)

• Pandora founder Tim Westergren took his town hall to UC Berkeley on Monday. One main issue discussed is that Pandora does not currently cover classic music. The company's music recommendation engine now powers MSN Radio. (Read at Daily Californian)

• Humor: I got an advance copy of the upcoming Mooney Suzuki album, Have Mercy, its V2 debut full length. The back of the jewel case has the following quote from The New York Times: "Loud, boring and utterly charmless. If you've been searching for a reason to hate garage rock, this Mooney Suzuki is the band for you." After skimming through it, I can safely say producers Kevin Shalem and Niko Bolas did better than did The Matrix on the band's Columbia misfire. Take a look at the album art here...it's an homage to Soft Machine's Third.

• Jay-Z almost topped 700,000 with Kingdom Come in its debut week, but the latest "Madden NFL" video game sold over two million copies in its first weekend of release. (Read article at Washington Post)