Rock on TV Preview: Stephen Malkmus Brings Hot Riffs to 'Fallon'

Stephen Malkmus

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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks will make their first late night television appearance in four years tonight when they stop by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The former Pavement frontman and his band will play a number from their excellent new record Mirror Traffic, though it's anyone's guess what song they might choose to play – the first single, "Senator," hinges on the line "what the senator wants is a blowjob," so that probably won't fly with the FCC.

TONIGHT

Lenny Kravitz - Late Show with David Letterman, CBS 11:35 p.m.

Jeff Bridges - Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC 11:35 a.m

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, NBC 12:35 a.m.

TOMORROW

Lauren Alaina - Live! with Regis and Kelly, syndicated

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Song Stories

“Baby Got Back”

Sir Mix-a-Lot | 1992

While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”

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