I ain't on some, "oh I'm a celebrity" / I deal with the real, so if it's artificial let it be
October 21, 2008 3:34 PM Subscribe
post a celebrity and i will TRY to tell you a story about them. Amhir "?uestlove" Thompson, drummer for the Legendary Roots Crew regales the crowds at Okayplayer with tales from the life of a professional musician.
Some highlights: Amy Winehouse. Andre3000 of OutKast/Erykah Badu. Chris Rock. Dave Chappelle. David Letterman. George Clinton. Natalie Portman. Nas. Robert DeNiro. Tyra Banks. Thom Yorke. Venus & Serena Williams.
(Previously.)
Some highlights: Amy Winehouse. Andre3000 of OutKast/Erykah Badu. Chris Rock. Dave Chappelle. David Letterman. George Clinton. Natalie Portman. Nas. Robert DeNiro. Tyra Banks. Thom Yorke. Venus & Serena Williams.
(Previously.)
OK, the wikipedia link worked. So now I have half my question answered.
posted by Elmore at 4:00 PM on October 21, 2008
posted by Elmore at 4:00 PM on October 21, 2008
And netbros answered the second part. Wow, this has been a very productive day. Now, 1 2 3 4... bish bang bang bish snop snop bish bish bang umph bang umph snop... no, I just can't do it right.
posted by Elmore at 4:02 PM on October 21, 2008
posted by Elmore at 4:02 PM on October 21, 2008
Hmm...my apologies about the broken links (it's really just one link, it's a long thread and I thought I'd pick out the better parts). They were definitely working when I posted them!
posted by cosmic osmo at 4:08 PM on October 21, 2008
posted by cosmic osmo at 4:08 PM on October 21, 2008
What is okayplayer and why doesn't it work?
realplayer changed its name to be more descriptive of the product.
posted by clearly at 4:10 PM on October 21, 2008 [3 favorites]
realplayer changed its name to be more descriptive of the product.
posted by clearly at 4:10 PM on October 21, 2008 [3 favorites]
Not your fault osmo. Too bad this happened on your first post. I can tell you had wonderful intentions.
posted by netbros at 4:18 PM on October 21, 2008
posted by netbros at 4:18 PM on October 21, 2008
Printer-friendly page version from Google Cache. You want stuff that is "posted by 15".
The main reason it's hellaciously slow is that people have giant images in their posts.
posted by smackfu at 4:24 PM on October 21, 2008 [3 favorites]
The main reason it's hellaciously slow is that people have giant images in their posts.
posted by smackfu at 4:24 PM on October 21, 2008 [3 favorites]
Gotta say, randomly coming across Amy Winehouse folding her clothes in a laundromat in Philly has to be the best story, just for the sheer unbelievableness of it all.
posted by brain cloud at 4:56 PM on October 21, 2008
posted by brain cloud at 4:56 PM on October 21, 2008
realplayer changed its name to be more descriptive of the product.
Now that's .... buffering ... funny!
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 5:17 PM on October 21, 2008
Now that's .... buffering ... funny!
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 5:17 PM on October 21, 2008
Good post, osmo. I especially liked the Letterman and Chappelle/Prince stories (why is everyone afraid of Prince? Why am I?).
posted by Roman Graves at 5:54 PM on October 21, 2008
posted by Roman Graves at 5:54 PM on October 21, 2008
The way the OkayPlayer board is set up, it is the hugest pain in the ass.
posted by paisley henosis at 6:25 PM on October 21, 2008
posted by paisley henosis at 6:25 PM on October 21, 2008
?uestlove (Questlove) is an amazingly smart and interesting dude.
posted by Divine_Wino at 6:36 PM on October 21, 2008
posted by Divine_Wino at 6:36 PM on October 21, 2008
Some of these anecdotes are positively Markov-tastic.
i can't even begin to describe the near murder committed on her lil chichi poo poo in a louis v bag dog he almost committed when she let him run loose in our dressingroom
What?
posted by jack_mo at 7:43 PM on October 21, 2008
i can't even begin to describe the near murder committed on her lil chichi poo poo in a louis v bag dog he almost committed when she let him run loose in our dressingroom
What?
posted by jack_mo at 7:43 PM on October 21, 2008
I'm enjoying this a lot. Here's his David Letterman story:
i met dave while rushing to buy a dress shirt for the dangleo show i was about to do in VA...while there i accidently walked in on a bit. and they decided to take it further.---he was boycotting the emmys who if you remember critics dissed his hosting duties and said was the unfunniest emmy program. so his middle finger was if he won he would he would bring us up there to accept.
thing is...i know they brought me in for the freakish factor. but only dave bothered to ask me what do i do in real life....so when i told him he was shocked like "wait you are an established artist?" even funnier was the reference "so if this like us picking up george clintons bass player thinking we got a random freaky guy and we messed around and got an icon?"---i was flattered and said "lets hope you still feel that way when its time for my album to come out"
sure enough.... ive been on his show for every album since then. BASED on that day. nothing but red carpet city from that guy. imma miss doing that show.
posted by waraw at 8:20 PM on October 21, 2008
i met dave while rushing to buy a dress shirt for the dangleo show i was about to do in VA...while there i accidently walked in on a bit. and they decided to take it further.---he was boycotting the emmys who if you remember critics dissed his hosting duties and said was the unfunniest emmy program. so his middle finger was if he won he would he would bring us up there to accept.
thing is...i know they brought me in for the freakish factor. but only dave bothered to ask me what do i do in real life....so when i told him he was shocked like "wait you are an established artist?" even funnier was the reference "so if this like us picking up george clintons bass player thinking we got a random freaky guy and we messed around and got an icon?"---i was flattered and said "lets hope you still feel that way when its time for my album to come out"
sure enough.... ive been on his show for every album since then. BASED on that day. nothing but red carpet city from that guy. imma miss doing that show.
posted by waraw at 8:20 PM on October 21, 2008
The political stuff in there is fascinating - who's for Barack really hard (Kal Penn, Jurnee), one person (GZA) who's "riding for the other team" and gets a head-shake of disapproval.
posted by LobsterMitten at 8:35 PM on October 21, 2008
posted by LobsterMitten at 8:35 PM on October 21, 2008
Related: this reminds me of when Steve Albini outed himself on a poker forum and answered questions about famous people. ?estlove sure seems like a way more cool person to hang around with, though.
posted by brain cloud at 9:07 PM on October 21, 2008
posted by brain cloud at 9:07 PM on October 21, 2008
?uestlove is an awesome guy. I got to talk to him a bit at a shoot a bit ago. Totally down to earth, not throwing any ego around. The rest of it was an ego-filled day. He was one of about 12 artists on the shoot. Most were very cool, a couple were dicks. ?uestlove was the most real.
Can't post the pix though, they were work-for-hire. :(
posted by tomierna at 9:42 PM on October 21, 2008
Can't post the pix though, they were work-for-hire. :(
posted by tomierna at 9:42 PM on October 21, 2008
ahm sad y'all, this shoulda got more play... i sat up all night reading every one of those stories and it made me sleep thru my alarm. now i'm late to work and i do not care.
cosmic osmo! thank you! made my night! bring more of this and that when you got it!
posted by artof.mulata at 11:04 AM on October 22, 2008
cosmic osmo! thank you! made my night! bring more of this and that when you got it!
posted by artof.mulata at 11:04 AM on October 22, 2008
i can't even begin to describe the near murder committed on her lil chichi poo poo in a louis v bag dog he almost committed when she let him run loose in our dressingroom
The guy almost killed her little lap dog because it shit in his sneaker.
posted by Divine_Wino at 11:37 AM on October 22, 2008
Also, she carried said lapdog around in a Louis Vuitton bag, as was the style at the time.
posted by box at 12:40 PM on October 22, 2008
posted by box at 12:40 PM on October 22, 2008
Fantastic! I wanna live in Will Smith's spice rack now too!
posted by shannonm at 9:08 AM on November 20, 2008
posted by shannonm at 9:08 AM on November 20, 2008
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