You may have heard about the Roots bus crash en route to Paris yesterday; if you haven’t, don’t freak out, everyone is fine. (Except for the bus, pictured at right. The bus is not fine.) Reports are coming out all over the place, but the definitive account is told by ?uestlove himself, who took time out while waiting on the side of the road for police and ambulances to, you know, blog about what just happened:

i don’t wanna get all deep like it was an omen but those that know me (look at my twit/facebook/myspace/okayplayer/blip history) know that when not onstage i am glued to my computer, doing some sort of activity like converting music or tv shows. but this was a rare occurrence in which i actually went to sleep.
next thing i knew was the most surreal feeling ever….
was i upside down?
why am i covered in cereal?
oh shit….that coffee pot is coming for my face!!!
in reality the crash was all of about 7 seconds….but to do a 360 on the highway and end up ramped up (the van that crashed into ours was UNDER our double decker bus) in the air….is….well…
a frigging miracle.

If that’s what it was, we’re all glad for it, lads. And ?uesto, we might have to talk when you guys get back. It would seem that, in a time of crisis, you, young man, have what we call “The Blogger’s Urge.” Don’t sweat it. It’s a good thing.
OkayPlayer: Busload Of Faith
Previously: 99.999999999% Likely That The Roots Will Become Jimmy Fallon’s House Band

This entry was posted on Friday, November 21st, 2008 at 12:20 pm.