NPR has a webpage for All Songs Considered, a very unique show. We started All Songs Considered after receiving countless letters from listeners who wanted to know more about the music played between stories on NPR's evening news program, All Things Considered. On the page today is a CD by Gary Lucas called Edge of Heaven. According to the page, guitarist Gary Lucas hears rhythm and blues in traditional Chinese pop tunes from the '20s and '30s. It has a very good--albeit single--review on Amazon, and a mention on the Rolling Stone website. I'll have to see if I can order this through Borders. --Speaking of Borders, I read on a book-related blog that Borders head Greg Josefowicz spoke out in a recent interview against the publishing industry's practice of buying back unsold books, a practice that arose during the Great Depression when publishers needed a way to reduce the risk of buying books. He must know something that I don't, because I thought that selling remainders was very profitable for Borders. --On China, Chinese Cuising Miniatures. --What happens when put on your sleek wrap-around sunglasses, strap a (fake) bomb under your black leather jacket, and walk into the offices of Reuters in Beijing? You get a sweet portrait of your handsome self in the paper. --Wang Jianshuo reposted some pictures of his trip to Daocheng in response to a comment on another blog. This is the second time I've seen these, and in my estimation they are truly the most beautiful travel pictures I have every seen.