Ain't No Romance Around There Welcome, ?uestlove fans.

Another new series on Ain't No Romance Around There! In the spring of 1991, my oldest brother was 15 years old. I was 6 going on 7. Growing up in a small midwestern town, my brother may not have been at the very forefront of musical movements, but he definitely caught on. The music in this series was essentially the soundtrack to my childhood. Thank you, Scott.


In the spring of 1990, the music of Seattle began to emerge, if only by word of mouth. Soundgarden had signed to A&M Records and had received a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance on Ultramega OK. After touring to support 1989's Louder Than Love, Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell returned home on March 19, 1990 to find his roommate Andrew Wood dead from a heroin overdose.

Wood had been the lead singer of what many had considered the best Seattle band, Mother Love Bone.

Welcome to the first installment of Friday Funk. If you read the introductory post of my blog, you can see me allude to a rant I went on after the release of Freekbass's Notre Dame pump-up video. Ugh. While I won't rehash exactly what I wrote in that facebook note, I plan on using this space every Friday to show you everything I love about good funk.

Let's start at the very beginning.

My tastes often change depending on my mood, but three bands are always listed among my favorites: Led Zeppelin, The White Stripes, and Sly & The Family Stone. From the very first time I heard Cynthia Robinson belt out, "Hey! Get on up and dance to the music!" I was hooked.

Last weekend I was sent a link that got me excited about going to the movies again. No, it wasn't an official announcement of the Arrested Development movie that I wrote about on the 6th. No, it was this link to Bill & Ted 3.

Considering that the film has yet to have an imdb.com page made to coincide with its announcement, and that Alex Winter hasn't found live-action work in eons, it's likely that the page in the above link is either a straight up hoax or the dream of a wishful fan. However, Keanu Reeves, star of the Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey has apparently been hinting at the production of a third film for the last six months. It makes sense that you and I would have missed it until now; who pays attention to Keanu Reeves' interviews?

While you may remember the original installment as nothing more than a juvenile comedy about two dumb metalheads, I firmly believe that Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is one of the finest time travel movies ever made.

As if to prove yesterday's thesis, The Roots performed "Friday" last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon with a few special guests. With this kind of energy and musicianship, the song quite as bad.