Questlove seemed dubious. Earlier in the evening, he had tweeted “based on their setup and sound… imma take a wild guess dirty projectors are from BK”? But then last night, not two tweets later, Quest posted a twitvid with the tag line “Man. Dirty Projectors came into our room and demonstrated their awesomeness. How cool is it for them to do this”? Seems the avant indie group, who are indeed from Brooklyn, saw his tweet and came in to change his mind. They piled into his dressing room and performed ‘The Bride’ from their latest album Bitte Orca for The Roots clan, which Quest recorded on his phone for us all to see. Check it out below.
Embarrassing story confession? Dirty Projectors played on New Year’s Eve for After the Jump two years ago at Knitting Factory and I came upon a solo David Longstretch strumming in the green room. I introduced him to a friend I was with and called him DANIEL. Sigh.
Deets are as follows: *Beginning at 12 pm Eastern Time tomorrow (Wednesday June 10th), the only thing anyone needs to do to get a song in the playlist is to tweet a request on Twitter as follows: Artist, Song Title #aolradiorequest (example: Madonna, Like A Prayer #aolradiorequest). The ‘Tweet Requests’ station will go live on Thursday June 11th at aolradio.com with all requests received the previous day. Songs that get the most requests will be played the most often.*
I am very pleased to confirm that we will resume at Luxembourg this coming Friday (5 June), absorbed and collected. I have been reconstructed by a Wiltshire hospital and I am as close to good health as I’m likely to get. I apologize to everyone caught up in the to-ing and fro-ing, but the disappointment of postponement is less than the disappointment of hearing me sing on one engine.
I should stress that nothing has been canceled. The four London concerts are repositioned in July, and both Birmingham and the Royal Albert Hall are October fixtures. I’ve endured a titanic struggle against an intolerable virus lately, and although Hull, Hartlepool and Manchester were nights that comprised a whole life, the physical limits were reached. False notes crush the soul. Besides Luxembourg and beyond, I am excited about the October release of Swords, which is an 18-track compilation of b-side singles from the last three albums. This will be a Polydor release. Thanks to everyone who bought Years Of Refusal. We were the number one seller in the UK for the week of release, but, as with You Are The Quarry and Your Arsenal, we were booted off the number one spot on the last hour of the final day. We cried.
I would like to point out that some passable creature is using my name and sending sharply chiseled replies to people via Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. This person is not me. Not enough happens in my life that I would wish to share it with others. I do not scan these sites – or whatever they are – so I can only hope that whoever is posing as me is at least worth talking to. Beware of false imitations.
