Theresa Smalec writes about And Everything is Going Fine, Steven Soderberg’s documentary about one of my heroes, the late Spalding Gray on the Fanzine.

Jonathan Lethem is leaving New York to take David Foster Wallace’s former position as the Roy Disney Chair of Creative Writing at Pomona College.

When Elizabeth Greenwood of the New Yorker asked him how he felt about leaving New York, the author said:

“I take a lot of pleasure in New York, but I’m always kind of here in my mind. In a way, I need to be dreaming my way back here. The longing and exile are part of my relationship to writing about this place.”

The SF Underground Market: I’ve never been, but I’ve got plans to go, especially with the promise of an East Bay spin-off. SF Weekly catches up with Iso Rabins and news on upcoming markets on their blog SF Foodie. It is, afterall, how I discovered Christopher David macarons, the best I’ve had this side of the Atlantic (My friend Daphna of INNA Jam who has sold her amazing products at SF Underground got me wise to CD macarons, which I later picked up at the Sandbox Bakery in Bernal Heights).

Roasted Lemon macarons via the Christopher David Macaron Yelp profile.

Speaking of dreaming your way back to New York, I hear the weather has been beautiful lately. The Photo of the Week on the Met’s Flickr stream is of the Cloisters by user myny1974:

Here’s a song with some nice percussion and vocals to get you through hump day:

Mueve by Lido Pimienta (via Said the Gramophone)

Make sure to make it to the one minute mark for the horns.