The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt is your 2012 Tournament of Books winner.  Time to cut the nets down.

• That time Wallace Shawn talked to The Believer.

• House of Anansi’s year of publishing.

• Jason gushes over the new Dent May song at 17 Dots.

• This week we talked to Lee Ranaldo.  We tried to keep the “What’s up with Sonic Youth” questions to a minimum.

• We also went to go see Mike Daisey.  It was sorta awkward.

• We really urged you to watch the Best Friends Forever pilot.

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