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?uestlove of The Roots, band for Late Nate with Jimmy Fallon, writes the piece someone should have thought to write but nobody did, and does it in Twitlonger form no less: a brief history of talk show entrance music and how it works in today’s music marketplace. No, it’s not as easy as him and The Roots just fooling around and playing whatever they want. And for amusement’s sake, last year ?uest walked Rolling Stone through his favourite back-handed song choices. My fav is “Barbara Ann” for John McCain, referencing the senator’s horrible “Bomb Iran, Bomb Bomb Iran” riff, because it made him cop a mea culpa of sorts on the spot.

Is the culture of personality to blame for the “Bling Ring” celebrity-targeting teen robbers? Or is it just bad parenting? Vanity Fair explores the story of a group of L.A.-area kids that allegedly filched $3-million worth of jewelery, clothes and cash from some of Hollywood’s most overexposed talent. Fascinating anecdotes: apparently they got access to Paris Hilton’s mansion via a key left under the doormat; Orlando Bloom had a door unlocked while shooting in Manhattan; one of the accused teens took a crap in Rachel Bilson’s toilet. Fascinating shit, and totally Hollyweird.

If you like food, you probably gasped last week when Spanish Chef Ferran Adria, regarded as the father of molecular gastronomy (think: edible foam), announced plans to take a two year sabbatical from 2012-2014. Adria’s El Bulli is almost universally considered the best dining establishment on the planet for good reason; the 47 year-old Chef runs El Bulli less like Denny’s and more like D.A.R.P.A., spending most of the year researching and developing new unheard of ways for people to enjoy food then unleashing his creativity on just 8,000 lucky epicureans a year. The Wall Street Journal nabbed an enlightening interview with the celebrated chef after his press conference, where he discusses the gig at Harvard he hopes will recharge him after a career of 15 hour days, blurring lines and pushing boundaries between food, science and art. I bet his class fills up fast too.

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