Showing posts with label The Roots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Roots. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Robin Williams' podcast appearances illustrate what the beloved funnyman was like off-stage and off-screen

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(Photo source: Marc Maron ) Robin Williams' A Night at the Met taught me as a kid that these things called stand-up albums can stil...
Monday, June 10, 2013

10 existing songs I'd like to needle-drop as fight scene music in a film or TV show someday

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I finally got around to checking out the 2011 silat flick The Raid after recently hearing Yo, Is This Racist? podcast host Andrew Ti...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

The best subtitles Universal Music Group stupidly removed from The Roots' classic "What They Do" video

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In 1996, the rap-video-cliché-mocking "What They Do" video hipped me to both The Roots and its director Charles Stone III , wh...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

"Ask for Babs" mix-ology: The reasons for the order of the tracks

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Thanks to beyond, deux for mentioning my "Ask for Babs" mix . What do I gotta do to spread the word about this mix? I'm ne...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Roots' final four Undun tracks suggest that ?uestlove has a future as a film composer

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The Roots' excellent 13th album Undun , which dropped yesterday, is the band's first concept album. The somber Undun is a cautionar...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

"Rock Box" Track of the Day: Aloe Blacc, "I Need a Dollar"

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Song: "I Need a Dollar" by Aloe Blacc Released: 2010 Why's it part of the "Rock Box" playlist?: It's the op...
Friday, January 7, 2011

"Rock Box" Track of the Day: The Roots, "Here I Come"

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Song: "Here I Come" by The Roots featuring Malik B. & Dice Raw Released: 2006 Why's it part of the "Rock Box...
Monday, May 24, 2010

AFOS: "Kiss Kiss Ban Ban" playlist

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Airing this Wednesday at 10am and 3pm on A Fistful of Soundtracks is the Fistful of Soundtracks: The Series episode "Kiss Kiss Ban ...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Late Night with the Roots Featuring Jimmy Fallon

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Right now, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has the rockingest theme song on TV (the Roots' sped-up version of their own 2006 tune ...
Monday, October 27, 2008

Rik Cordero: Better Know a Blogroll Link, Part 5

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I'm a bad Pinoy. October is Filipino American History Month, and I haven't posted anything that's related to FAHM until now. ...