BROKEN BELLS stripped down "The High Road" at the Ed Sullivan Theater.

MGMT drop "Flash Delirium" as an advance track to their Congratulations LP. You can stream it via Spinner.

THE WATSON TWINS stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a chat and mini-set.

LAURA VEIRS also stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a chat and mini-set.

SxSW: All Songs Considered is streaming a sampler, but torrent listeners can listen to torrents of all MP3s submitted for the festival.

JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS drop "Cherry Bomb" on Jay to promote The Runaways movie. Here's Dakota Fanning's version.

THE TOP 10 GEEK ANTHEMS, according to CNN, with embedded audio.

LIARS talk to Prefix about NYC, LA, and performing in a chair.

LAURA MARLING talks to The Observer about her second album, I Speak Because I Can, and about seeing her personal life dissected in the press.

DEER TICK: John McCauley talks to MOG about the infamous Pitchfork review, his pill-popping adolescence, his new collab with the Delta Spirit, and why he needs to be babysat.

OK GO: I am informed by television's Andy Levy that frontman Damian Kulash will be appearing on FNC's Red Eye late tonight to discuss the band's latest video.

COREY HAIM died yesterday of an apparent overdose -- possibly accidental. He was 38. As a member of "The Lost Boys," Haim helped pioneer the genre of teen vampire cinema. Corey Feldman issued a statement, natch.

DEMI MOORE gave daughter Rumer Willis a pole-dancing lesson at a party at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood.

24's time is almost up.

JENNIFER ANISTON and GERARD BUTLER continue to flog the faux relationship rumors to promote The Bounty Hunter.

FARRAH FAWCETT wasn't included in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment on purpose because the actress was better known as a TV star.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, director of The Dark Knight, speaks cryptically about his Superman reboot.

THE WIZARD OF OZ might get an "Alice in Wonderland"-style re-imagining.

JIHAD JANE: Federal prosecutors filed charges against Colleen R. LaRose of Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, with plotting to murder an individual in Europe and providing material support to terrorists.

IRAN: With the apparent failure of Obama's initiative to open negotiations, the administration turns toward support of the opposition and a focus on sanctions targeting the powerful Revolutionary Guard. The US will now allow exporting social media technology to Iran, as the regime cracks down on Internet-based opposition.

IRAQ: As troops massed on his border near the start of the Persian Gulf War, Saddam Hussein weighed the purchase of a 150 million dollar nuke "package" deal that included not only weapons designs but also production plants and foreign experts to supervise the building of a nuclear bomb, according to documents uncovered by a former UN weapons inspector.

BURRITO, THE GOLFING DOG: Let's go to the video.

VOMITING VULTURES are a long-standing problem in Greeneville, TN.

A BURMESE PYTHON is on the loose in a housing estate in Lingwood, Northampton.

PARROT REPOSSESSED: Bank of America apologizes.