1. Dan Deacon will appear with Francis Ford Coppola at Comic-Con on Saturday, where they will be offering a preview of Deacon's score and soundtrack for Coppola's new film TWIXT.

2. Glee cutie Darren Criss may take over Daniel Radcliffe's role in the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. [Vulture]

3. A rubber swing-like structure, part of an interactive sculpture by artist Mark di Suvero currently on display on Governor's Island, was deemed "too dangerous" because "people were a little too exuberant" with it. It's been replaced by a wooden platform-y thing. [Animal NY]

4. Oy: Something called The Naked Bike Ride is taking place in New York on Sunday. [Gothamist]

5. Take a final look at Mars Bar before it's torn down and replaced by a luxury condo. [Eater]

6. Tony, Britain's last "pit pony" (ponies who used to work in coal mines) has died of old age, at 40. [The Awl]

7. Google celebrates what would have been Alexander Calder's 113th birthday today with an appropriately amazing, swaying Calder-themed logo.