Celebs Blog; Some Are Even Good

We are a celebrity-obsessed culture. Many musicians, actors, directors, athletes, TV journalists, building owners and trust-funders are all known by their faces, or their first name.

So it is no surprise that some have taken up the weblog, in many cases just to create buzz for themselves or, in others, people who who actually keep an online journal. Our editorial staff came up with a list of celeb-blogs to which you can subscribe. Among the finds:

If you were a fan of Talking Heads, you would be no stranger to David Byrne, the enigmatic leader of that ancient quartet. Byrne writes a journal of his travels and interests, the latest posts being his trip to Aspen for a video tutorial and an account of a side-trip to the Museum of Jurassic Technology (where he finds a room filled with paintings of dogs the Russians sent into space during the early days of earth orbiting.) Entertaining and erudite, Byrne’s blog is as interesting and curious as the man himself.

Successful businessman and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban has a reputation for outspokenness and provocation. His Blog Maverick, certainly doesn't distract from the mystique. The headline on his latest post is “The Internet is Officially Dead & Boring – It’s the Economy Stupid.”

Pete Townshend reveals that what's left of the Who (Townshend and Roger Daltrey) is back in the studio recording a new CD, the band’s first since 2006, on the official Who Blog. Rosie O-Donnell writes what she calls haiku on hers, while Garrison Keillor waxes poetic about subjects hither and non. You can stream his latest album from the weblog of Bob Mould .

You can find these blogs and other celebrity scribbling in the NewsGator taxonomy by clicking Add Feeds, then Find Feeds and the folder “Celebrity Bloggers” in the list. When you see one you like, click subscribe to add it to your reader.