Close Encounter of the N.E.R.D. Kind

I’m not totally sure what happened during tonight’s event, but Pharrell Williams is a funny cat. We hosted a conversation with him and Elvis Mitchell at the Hammer tonight and the thing that stood out most of all, other than a fine defense of Hip-Hop and a bunch of popular movie references, was Pharrell’s entire and faithful re-enactment of a YouTube classic, Mr. Turner’s DUI. Next week we’ve got John Singleton, Charles Burnett, Charles King, Mickey Rooney, and Eli Roth. All free. Did someone say Mickey Rooney!