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kottke.org posts about Jimmy Fallon

Obama slow jams the news

This might be the coolest thing a sitting President has ever done. Aside from, maybe, freeing the slaves or The New Deal or winning WWII.

Update: And an amazingly depressing excerpt from a speech Obama gave earlier in the day:

But we only finished paying off our student loans โ€” check this out, all right, I’m the President of the United States โ€” we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago.


David Chang and Questlove’s fried chicken battle

4 things I’m interested in: The Roots, David Chang, fried chicken, and Twitter feuds between chefs and musicians, which is why I was so excited to see Questlove of the Roots and David Chang of Momofuku go back and forth last Wednesday. In the past, Questlove has criticized Momofuku’s fried chicken game, and now that Questo’s in the game himself, Chang feels a competition on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is in order. The specifics and timing of the throwdown have not been defined, but one thing is clear, in a fried chicken battle between Questlove and David Chang there is at least one winner (wait for it): all of us.


How a late night talk show works

Gavin Purcell produces Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and the other night on Twitter, he shared some info about how the show comes together.


Fallon and Timberlake give rap history lesson

This is the best thing you’ll see all day. Please just watch:

The Beastie Boys and Eminem stuff killed me. Who knew Fallon could sing? (via @hodgman)