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Good morning everybody! We've finally reached the end of the week — let's get straight to the mix before we ride into the sunset!
Did You Hear?
:: Another dream collaboration come true: 17-year-old Miley Cyrus and 46-year-old Bret Michaels duet on a song, "Nothing to Lose," in which she backs him up on icky lines like "Still we can't resist/Slowly get undressed". Hoo boy. Please, Miley, please tell us you're too smart to let him sweet-talk you into competing on the fourth(!) season of Rock of Love. Go back to Joaquin! [Just Jared]
:: Check out a preview of Jessica Simpson's reality show The Price of Beauty. (And what is the price of beauty? Well, Jessica-brand body butter will set you back $24.99, for starters.) [E! Online]
:: Kelis ventured into electro-dance territory with help from DJ David Guetta, and now Eve is working with MSTRKRFT in the studio. It feels like 2010 is shaping up to be very kind to dance floors. [Rap Radar]
:: Taylor Lautner fan>Lupe Fiasco announced a slew of tour dates — and had the good sense to place a pink laser-eyed lion on the concert poster. [A.V. Club]
:: Courtney Love wants to, ahem, "hate f***" John Mayer. Hey, knowing John, he'd probably go for it. [Huffington Post]
After the jump: a look back at Johnny Cash. More »
Posts Tagged ‘Johnny Cash’
The Morning Mix: Miley Cyrus And Bret Michaels Sing A Sad, Sad, Song
Fri Feb 26 2010 by Becky Bain
The Onion Sorts Out The Least Essential Albums Of 2009
Tue Dec 22 2009 by Robbie Daw
Thank goodness the Onion's A.V. Club susses out the least essential albums clogging the market each year. How else would consumers be warned of the perils of, say, Playlist: The Very Best Of Clay Aiken or Johnny Cash Remixed while out splurging during the busy fourth quarter shopping season?
Do you think a trivial thing like a recession is enough to deter holiday shoppers with a few extra nickels in their pockets from picking up Katy Perry's Unplugged set? Hell, no! Bad taste will always transcend market forces.
Hop below to see the A.V. Club's list of the Least Essential Albums Of 2009. (And tell Aunt Barb sitting at the table beside you to put her wallet back in her purse.) More »
Do you think a trivial thing like a recession is enough to deter holiday shoppers with a few extra nickels in their pockets from picking up Katy Perry's Unplugged set? Hell, no! Bad taste will always transcend market forces.
Hop below to see the A.V. Club's list of the Least Essential Albums Of 2009. (And tell Aunt Barb sitting at the table beside you to put her wallet back in her purse.) More »
The Next Crop Of 33 1/3 Books Will Not Be As Classic Rock-Leaning As You Might Have Feared
Sat May 9 2009 by Maura
The 33 1/3 book series, in which one album is given a book-length treatment by a writer, has finally narrowed its latest shortlist down to 11 titles. The list of approved albums–and the authors who will be taking the albums on–for the 2010-2011 roster of books after the jump: More »
John Carter Cash Needs To Step Back From His Father’s Corpse
Wed Apr 22 2009 by Dan Gibson
I’d prefer to be a fan of John Carter Cash, considering he’s the son of two of my favorite people of all time, (Johnny Cash and June Carter ) and he looks like a friendly dude in a sort of Rick Warrenish way. But the guy is starting to push it a bit. More »
Heartbreak No. 8: John Rich Shills For The Republican Party
Wed Dec 31 2008 by xhuxk
Johnny Cash’s Ghost Will Not Be Endorsing A Presidential Candidate
Tue Aug 19 2008 by Dan Gibson
Roseanne Cash would appreciate it if John Rich left her father’s name out of his tireless rallying of country music’s fanbase behind ABBA fan John McCain. Rich’s comment at a recent McCain rally that “Johnny Cash would have been a John McCain supporter if he was still around” didn’t make the daughter of the Man In Black all that happy, and she released a statement saying that certain people should stick to ascribing endorsements to people who can actually agree with or deny them of their own free will:
Johnny Cash’s Son Takes To The Comment Boxes In Defense Of His “Remixing My Dad” Project
Tue Aug 19 2008 by Dan Gibson
In a follow-up of sorts to today’s story on Johnny Cash not endorsing John McCain from the great beyond, let’s take a look at the debate over how excited he’d have been about the Cash Remixed disc his son, John Carter Cash, is executive producing. As the album approaches its Oct. 14 release date, reaction to pre-release tracks has been somewhat negative, including the above take on “Sugartime.” It’s by Kennedy, who according to the album’s press release is “a cornerstone of the new UK music movement called DirtyPop.”
Taco Bell Thinks 50 Cent Is Worth At Least As Much As One Of Their Bean Burritos
Thu Jun 19 2008 by Maura
Taco Bell is asking 50 Cent to change his name for the good of the world, saying that if he takes one day to upgrade his nom de guerre to 79 Cent, 89 Cent, or 99 Cent and drop by one of their drive-thrus for a freestyle into the microphone they’ll comp the meals of anyone who happens to be in said location and donate $10,000 in his name to “the charity of his choice.” (Given recent events, you’d think that said charity would be a legal fund of some sort.) It’s too bad, however, that the Taco Bell president’s embarrassing riff on “change” (”We know that you adopted the name 50 Cent years ago as a metaphor for change. We at Taco Bell are also huge advocates for change.” Ha… ha? What?) didn’t include an invitation for Curtis to join the pantheon of musicians appearing in Taco Bell commercials that includes Young MC and a certain Man In Black.
Sony Finds A Use For All Those Old Photos In The Basement
Thu May 29 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
Sony has belatedly realized that Columbia Records’ photo archive could be used for more than just box set filler. The monolith, which is suffering from “hard times,” has founded Icon Collectibles, which is selling a 11″x12″ photo of Johnny Cash for $300. “His eyes shine with the light of deep secret knowledge and the gravitas of an artist who’s born to carry the truth in his music.” For that much money, they damn well better! Lovely one-to-two feet long photos of Billy Joel, Johnny Mathis, Muhammad Ali (who did a spoken-word album for Columbia — score, Sony!), Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Gould, Bob Dylan, and several others are also available to those with a grand to kill.
Johnny Cash Tribute Locked Out At Folsom Prison
Wed Jan 9 2008 by jharv
This year marks four decades since Johnny Cash infamously threw down for the inmates of Folsom Prison in California, and Jonathan Holif, who was arranging a tribute concert to mark the occasion, featuring “the country singer’s music and drummer W.S. ‘Fluke’ Holland, one of his original backup musicians,” is now crying over prison officials suddenly cancelling the show thanks to petty wrangling “over filming rights, media access and security.” (Well, the “security” part probably isn’t so petty.)
