Early Buzz: Johnny Cash, Lollapalooza and more
Morning, all. I'm still on the mend and hope today's the day when my diet goes beyond crackers and rice. Don't forget there's still time to win a signed copy of Jeffrey Brown's new book!
Headlines:
- J.J. Abrams has revealed a few more details about the new Star Wars movie.
- Stream the new album of unreleased Johnny Cash songs.
- We have a story about the end of How I Met Your Mother.
- NPR ran a story about my favorite sleep-talker, Dion McGregor.
- The Beastie Boys and GoldieBlox have settled their lawsuit.
- See Arcade Fire cover Boyz II Men's Motownphilly.
- Drew Carey and Craig Ferguson will switch places for April Fools' Day.
- Aggh, I can't wait to own these R.E.M. Unplugged performances! I still have a VHS copy of the one from '91.
- Catherine Keener? Sally Hawkins? Charlie Kaufman's FX pilot sounds fantastic.
- Eh, I'm OK with missing Lollapalooza this year.
- Betsy Brandt from Breaking Bad has joined the cast of Masters of Sex.
- Banning a poor kid's My Little Pony backpack doesn't sound like a smart solution to the problem.
- Here's a story about the origins of StarWars.com's "This Is Madness" tournament, which I wrote about yesterday.
- Thurston Moore has joined Twitter.
- Sure, I'll check out a Bob Balaban infographic.
- Watch Hunter S. Thompson's ad for Apple computers in the '90s.
- And finally, I don't eat at Taco Bell, but I'd wear their socks.