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I'm about halfway through Eleanor Rigby and am liking it alot so far. It's not your usual Coupland fare, which is a good thing. Since it's a slow news day I scoured the web for some info on the inspriation behind this site. Here's what I found:

GoJason pointed me to an interview DC did with Nerve.com (fairly SFW but be careful when you scroll down) where he briefly discusses blogging and jPod, the sequel to Microserfs. "My next novel is actually ninety-five percent done right now, but it's a sequel to [1995's] Microserfs. Now they work for Electronic Arts, the computer-game company." Drool.

MacLeans has DC list a few of his favorite things.

Wikipedia points out that Sofia Coppola bought the rights to Generation X (Coupland's first novel and best known work) but did nothing with it and has let the rights expire. According to a recent interview with The Advocate, Dreamworks currently holds the rights to his novel All Families Are Psychotic.

Lastly, I give you DC v. Naomi Klein.

Hey dude, congrats on the gig! Being unemployed = no buzz. And I would know.

How the hell did we end up like this? Nickleback and their drummer part ways! Oh no Mr. Bill!