guitars Someone's selling a "haunted" acoustic guitar for $666 Thom Dunn

music Jamming from inside a guitar, with Maple the dog Xeni Jardin

music How to write a Smiths song in one minute Jennifer Sandlin

bob dylan Listen to Tom Russell, Calexico, and Lucinda Williams perform Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" Jennifer Sandlin

music Fantastic Negrito shares stories and songs on acoustic series, 'The Songbook' Rusty Blazenhoff

When the "songs that make you smile" are Smiths instrumentals Elías Villoro

electronic music Klangphonics makes electronic music with everyday objects Jennifer Sandlin

Dinosaur Jr. J Mascis shares 10 albums that changed his life Jennifer Sandlin

music SYNTH GEMS 1 is a gorgeous coffee table book full of analog synthesizers Thom Dunn

cover songs Patti Smith singing "Oh Yoko!" to Yoko Ono at John Lennon Tribute Gareth Branwyn

music Bubbles covers David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World." Elías Villoro

minutemen Mike Watt and Tim Kerr pay homage to each other's bands on new 7" record Jennifer Sandlin

music This cool new synthesizer lets you play the keys in three dimensions for more expansive sounds Thom Dunn

music This guy put water inside his acoustic guitar to produce some incredible sounds Devin Nealy

music Listen to Paul Simon's unusual solo recording of "The Sound of Silence" from 1965 David Pescovitz

music Watch Coolio perform "Gangster's Paradise" in a dorm room with a college student on acoustic guitar David Pescovitz

art Boleros Psicodélicos: Adrian Quesada's Border Collaborations Elías Villoro

magic Watch Grant Morrison perform a ritual to summon John Lennon's ghost, with help from Gerard Way Thom Dunn

music Watch: Bruce Springsteen joined Coldplay on stage last night David Pescovitz

music Sweet video of Paul, George, and Ringo in 1994 playing a ukulele version of "Ain't She Sweet" David Pescovitz