Heiko

Slightly macabre and Gorey-esque, Heiko is a freelance illustrator and graphic artist living and working in Heidelberg, Germany. He recently collaborated on a beautiful limited edition illustration zine called Silent Water with Australian artist, Lilly Piri. Copies are $5 and available through his website, The State of Things.

Tita Lima: 11:11

Lilting rhythm guitar, trumpet solos and swirling synth bubbles on "A Conta Do Samba," the opening cut on Tita Lima's debut solo album, 11:11, sets the mood for a journey to Tropicalia. Firmly grounded in and paying homage to the classic sounds of 70's Brazilian vocal soul, jazz, samba, and bossa nova, 11:11 is more rootsy than Bebel Gilberto electro-bossa. The album's 11 tracks— consisting …

This American Life: Stories of Hope & Fear

This American Life (TAL), the weekly public radio show of funny/poignant real-life stores (soon to be a Showtime series), has a new two-disc collection of episodes out called Stories of Hope & Fear and CH has a copy to give away. The third CD produced by the cultish program includes stories from TAL veteran and writer David Sedaris, "The Daily Show" correspondent John Hodgeman and …