Attention countdown fans: beginning tomorrow ... [Countin' Down The Hits]
Attention countdown fans: beginning tomorrow at 6 a.m. Pacific time, Seattle's public alt-rock-plus station KEXP is bolstering its fall membership drive by counting down its listeners' Top 903 albums. Even if this means the kind of constant interruptions that still drive us crazy on PBS, the suspense alone will prevent us from being driven as nuts as when we're interrupted from watching The Johnny Cash Show and Dylan at Newport. [KEXP]

FIRST LISTEN: Johnny Cash Recites ‘I Am The Nation’
A politically-charged spoken word track by the late singer on America’s diversity is uncovered More: continued here

You Can't Escape The Beastwizard! (As If You'd Want To) [Sarah Connor Chronicles Recap]
newVideoPlayer("/beastwizard1_io9.flv", 506, 423,""); This moment from last night's Sarah Connor Chronicles illustrates perfectly why the Terminator spin-off show is one of the most inventive and bizare on television. Our bad Terminator has stolen the identity of an out-of-work actor, George Lazlo, and then gone and wasted 20 FBI agents to the strains of Johnny Cash. Now Lazlo is being blamed for the massacre, and his old direct-to-video sword-and-sandal movies are becoming cult classics as a result. It ma

Cash recording to be released with new documentary (AP)
AP - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ? An unreleased recitation by Johnny Cash will be available as part of a new documentary examining Cash's views on America. In "I Am The Nation," the deep-voiced singer personifies the country with references to important events and people in American history.

iW NEWS | "Toots" and "Ullmann" Bookend 9th PaleyDocFest
The ninth PaleyDocFest will open with Kristi Jacobson's "Toots," which pays tribute to regarded New York restaurateur Toots Shor. The festival will examine subjects subjects from Johnny Cash to Jerome Robbins in addition to Providence "wiseguys" as well as three men who decide to run all 4300 miles of the Sahara Desert. The festival will close with "A Look at Liv Ullmann, Then and Now," featuring an in-person appearance by Ullmann. For more information and a full line up, visit the festival's website. [Bria

Is It Halloween? No, Just Dress Up Time For Tori & Dean!
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott channeled iconic celebrity couples in a photoshoot for their Oxygen show, Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood: Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Sonny and Cher, and June Carter and Johnny Cash.

Snoop Dogg Has Three Words for LeAnn Rimes: 'Wow, Wow, Wow'
Taylor Swift may have been the big winner at Monday night's Country Music Television Awards – but it was Snoop Dogg who stole the show. The rapper – wearing a black cowboy hat, black duster jacket and black zip-up ankle boots – was in high demand backstage. Swift grabbed him for photos, saying "I'm a huge fan!" At another point, he and Jason Aldean were spotted comparing cowboy boots. "Snoop said he liked my boots with the square toe and then he said I was a pimp," boasted Aldean. "That's got

Cash recording to be released with new documentary
An unreleased recitation by Johnny Cash will be available as part of a new documentary examining Cash's views on America.

Kenley Schools LL On Hip Hop, Korto's Got A Big Ole Butt [Project Runway]
newVideoPlayer("/PR_Kenley_Whine.flv", 506, 423,""); Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein. Today I shall be writing about Bravo's Project Runway, much like Mister Hippity didhier. There are only five episodes left in the fifth season. Let's get started. Last night's episode the most interesting episode in Project Runway history. Well, from an ethnomusicology perspective and also from a rear perspective. Let's discard with pretense. Korto has a big ole butt and the many shots of it were among the most satis

Readers’ Rock List: Crime Songs
Last week, in tribute to all the artists who were in trouble with the law, we asked our readers to tell us their favorite Crime Songs. We counted the votes, and Johnny Cash and his “Folsom Prison Blues” was your favorite law-breaking song, edging out felonious tracks by the Clash, Bob Marley and Bruce Springsteen. Check below for the entire list of best Crime Songs, as voted by you. 1. Johnny Cash – “Folsom Prison Blues” 2. The Clash – “I Fought The Law” 3. Bob Mar

FIRST LISTEN: Johnny Cash Recites 'I Am The Nation'
A politically-charged spoken word track by the late singer on America's diversity is uncovered

Paris & Benji Are Really In Love!
You know, I was the first person to be all like "Paris Hilton and Benji Madden are only dating because Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have a baby together" -- but I have to say -- they really have proved me wrong. The heiress and the Good Charlotte rocker have been together nine months now (a record for Paris) and Benji is just gushing about how serious they are. "It's very frustrating when you finally find yourself in a good relationship and people attack it," he said of rumors that he cheated on his girl

Benji Madden: I’m So In Love With Paris
“It’s very frustrating when you finally find yourself in a good relationship and people attack it,” Madden says of the tabloid stories.  “I wear my feelings on my sleeve. I’m very open about how in love I am – Paris and I are very happy.” The Good Charlotte rocker denies rumors that he has split from the heiress saying the reports are “definitely not true.” So what’s the secret to a healthy relationship? “I read this Johnny Cash book and it s

Buzz Briefs: Johnny Cash, Shakira
Cash keeps the hits coming, even after death. Shakira, Alejandro Sanz ask Latin leaders to help poor children. Magician David Blaine done "hanging out" in Central Park.

JOHNNY CASH
It must be a horrible job being the travel agent near to Johnny Depp's home - all that money and

Johnny Cash's America documentary explores Cash's life, music, and impact
Singer-songwriter Johnny Cash died five years ago this past September, and tonight the Bio channel will debut a new documentary that looks at his life and explores the way “no other entertainer in history had brought together people of such diverse creeds, politics, and persuasions as Johnny Cash,” who “sought to advocate his beliefs and unify people through his music,” according to the network. Johnny Cash’s America airs tonight at 9 p.m. ET and repeats Friday night at 10, a

Cash recording to be released with new documentary
An unreleased recitation by Johnny Cash will be available as part of a new documentary examining Cash's views on America.

For the Johnny Cash Lovers!
A new, uncensored DVD box set documentary of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison hit stores this week, and if you are super cool like me and love Johnny, you might want to check it out. Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition is the 40th anniversary 2-CD and DVD box was recorded on January 13, 1968, [...]

Johnny Cash, Gene Watson Spotlighted by Hall of Fame
Johnny Cash and Gene Watson will be the subjects of spotlight exhibits at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum this fall.

Beatles, Cash Documentaries Highlight Woodstock Film Fest
Filed under: News, MoviesSpinner.com: Though hours from the site of the historic music festival, Woodstock, NY has long been considered synonymous with music. To that end, it's fitting that the Woodstock Film Festival would honor its location's reputation. The 9th annual fest, which took... Read more

Music Review: Metallica Re-Energized On New CD
Believe it or not, Metallica is very far from dead. Chipping its teeth on the punishing thrash it helped give birth to, Metallica regresses in the best way on the highly anticipated "Death Magnetic." Following 2003's painfully weak "St. Anger" and a self-obsessed documentary ("Some Kind of Monster") which alienated longtime fans, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Co. are more metal here than they've been since 1988's "And Justice For All." Parting ways with longtime producer Bob Rock, who took them mainst

Billy Joe Shaver on the Hook for Bar Shooting
There's nothing more country than a bar shooting... if it takes place in a Johnny Cash song, that is. Honkytonker Billy Joe Shaver has been charged with two felony counts of...

Pop forum: Meet today's featured reader
Today's featured reader comes from Minnesota, and he swears this photo shows him "wearing a cowboy hat for the first time since I was 7." (He's pictured with his wife at Minnesota's WE Fest.) Get to know him, then greet him in the comments: Reader of the day: Jon R. Real name: Lydell Jon Roberts Where I live: Red Lake, Minn. Occupation: Sports recreation coordinator -- BGCA by day, movie producer by night Website: www.94warriors.com, myspace.com/94warriorsstudios, www.giiwedinnation.com Thre

Pop forum: Meet today's featured reader
Today's featured reader loves pirates and Johnny Depp. Fortunately for her, sometimes the two go together: Reader of the day: oklabbwbhm Real name: Margie Why I chose my screen name: I founded and co-own a group in Oklahoma for plus-sized men and women in 2003 -- Oklahoma BBW and BHM (Big Beautiful Women and Big Handsome Men) and Those Who Admire Them. Where I live: Oklahoma City, Okla. Occupation: Quality assurance for a manufacturing plant Website: http://oklabbwbhm.net Three famous people I'd love

Todd English Cracks the Whip at Libertine
What a great week to launch a new restaurant in the Financial District! “We’re all nervous about what’s happening with the economy, but we’ve got to charge through it,” said chef Todd English, dressed like an urban Johnny Cash in all black, as he celebrated the opening of his latest eatery, Libertine, at the Gild Hall hotel on Gold Street on Wednesday night. “There’s no right time or wrong time to open a place like this,” added hotelier Jason Pomeranc. “It is our duty as hoteliers and rest