I am still reeling from a long weekend filled with gluttony and family obligations; but here are a few observations that were brought on by my trip, and a sports story that has scandal written all over it.
I decided to travel home on the day of Thanksgiving, and let me tell you that nothing gets me more excited for a feast than seeing hundreds of deer carcasses littering the highway. I [...]
James Brown was Elvis before white people were ever exposed to their own flavor of superhereo. James Brown did everything ole’ E.P. did, and much more. He wore jumpsuits when he was SKINNY. Oh yeah, they were necessitated by a gut that made you wonder if Pelvis had swallowed a medicine ball. James’s all-in-one funkitards [...]
Performance from a 1973 episode of Soul Train:
A medley from The Midnight Special, featuring one of my favorite songs – “The Payback”:
This interview is not one of the Godfather of Soul’s finer moments, but it’s definitely the funniest:
Bonus videos:
Brown sings “It’s a Man’s World” with Luciano Pavarotti
The Godfather of Soul shares the stage with The King of Pop, and [...]
Why is it you can never gauge both how much to cook, or how much to eat when the most festive time of the year comes around? Have you ever been to a holiday fat fest where it didn’t take the women folk a good hour to clean up after yourselves? Has there ever been [...]
