My mother always decorated our house with brown Santas. I never even thought twice about how different it was until I got back from college. I guess it was somewhat revolutionary for the mother of the only brown skinned family, who lived within a certain five mile radius in a suburban Connecticut, to rock her…
Read moreAfter a few years of playing in this band, I finally played a gig where people actually understood what the hell we were laying on them. The Street Beat Brass Band played a surprise 50th birthday party in Montclair, NJ last night. We started at one home, went out in the snow and had a…
Read moreQuestlove, you may have heard, tells the best stories. Prince, in our experience, IS the best stories. Watch above as Okayplayer animates Questo’s tale, a story filled with the magic powers of The Purple One, Nigerian Afrobeat god Fela Kuti, Finding Nemo, and a hot pink stretch Hummer.
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