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First, the guy from The Eagles gets into it with Chris Matthews, and now this. Maybe he was in a Purple Haze, but White House Press Secretary Jay Carney kicked off Wednesday’s briefing by announcing that President Obama had spoken about the debt ceiling negotiations with several Congressional leaders, and…Mitch Mitchell. Carney quickly corrected himself, to laughs from reporters, and reminded them that Mitch Mitchell was not only the name of The Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer, but also a guitarist in Guided By Voices.

Best-selling pop psychologist/author Malcolm Gladwell has announced plans for his next book, What the Dog Saw, which will be published this fall. But not unlike an early album leak for a recording artist, Gladwell’s new book is already available online in its entirety, and The New Yorker, where Gladwell is a staff writer, is to blame. Are his publishers just trying to sell us a Greatest Hits collection of stories all available online for free?