I can’t fucking believe that I forgot to post Andrew Borin’s fucking incredible Dolly Parton review. He’s so funny, that I think he will have his own column in the coming weeks on this blog. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll continue reading for his review AND a video from the night! WARNING: he wrote this while drunk. I didn’t ask him to re-edit it because then you’ll get to feel as fucked up as he was:

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Erykah Badu is a live wire of epic proportions and the Roots are the best major chilled out Hip Hop group-featuring-a-live-band. Almack contributor KJI went to Radio City to check out the scene while we were getting our eyeliner-cryface on at the My Chem/TBS show:

The collective successes of Erykah Badu and the Roots are nothing short of a cultural phenomenon – cultivated by the dramatic opening of the Hip-Hop mind over the past decade or so. The living legends’ abilities to seamlessly weave Hip-Hop with live instruments, singing, and constant reinvention made them a divine pairing from the start. Couple that with a long-lasting mutual kinship, and the Vortex Tour was born.

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