Today's awesome collaboration announcement: Danger Mouse and the Shins' James Mercer. [NME]

Joe Jonas says he's too busy to star in the film 'Valentine's Day.' Those eyebrows don't tweeze themselves, you know. [Angry Ape]

Dee Dee Ramone used to be "fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh funky." [Fark]

When your live show setup looks like an Olympics opening ceremony, it's kind of hard to make a profit. [Consequence of Sound]

A Sam Cooke biopic is in the works, because you can never have too many biopics. [Paste]

Portugal the Man stop by KCRW for an acoustic in-studio performance. [KCRW]