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The Best Thing Jimmy Fallon Has Ever Done, Ever.
With help from Justin Timberlake and The Roots, of course. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have a slight cultural appropriation wince, though. Working through it.
NBC May Very Well Be Racist, But This Doesn’t Prove It.
I’d like to make you all aware of a new post category we’ll be employing: “X May Very Well Be Racist, But This Doesn’t Prove It.” It’s a phrase we at PB say a LOT amongst ourselves when it comes to the various racegates that seem to pop up regularly. After calls from Barack Obama Read More
So What'd We Think?
[clearspring_widget title=”Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – Slow Jam The News (3/2/09)” wid=”4727a250e66f9723″ pid=”49ad53840b046292″ width=”425″ height=”308″ domain=”widgets.nbc.com”] My love for the Legendary Roots Crew is well-known, but I don’t if I can sit through Fallon every night. He seems harmless enough (basically the principal requirement of a late night host) but sooner or later he’s Read More
Meh.
[clearspring_widget title=”Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – First Video Blog (12/8/08)” wid=”4727a250e66f9723″ pid=”493ed99a42f0d57e” width=”384″ height=”283″ domain=”widgets.nbc.com”] I’ve been trying to ignore this for awhile, but there’s no getting around it now. On one hand, I empathize. Those cats do hundreds of dates a year, and they’re not getting any younger. But a house band for a “comedian” Read More
How Disturbing is The Roots' New Video?
Two weeks ago, on my way back to NYC after a brief visit home in Philly, I found myself sitting across the aisle from ?uestlove on the Amtrak train. I’m a huge Roots fan, so the fact that I didn’t get all Stan-ish is on the order of the miraculous. We spoke briefly, and he Read More
Ask Nas, He Don't Want It With…Newly Elected Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.
New Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has a lot of stuff on his plate: a looming crisis with city pensions, rampant poverty, and out-of-control gun violence. But on Monday, the day he took over the helm of my beloved hometown, he decided to rock the mike with The Roots. Or, um, try to. (Hat-tip to Kaya Read More