Monday, December 25, 2006
RIP JB Part 2
The Godfather, Prince and the freakish Gloved One.
OMG!
And the man could swing some serious straight soul...
And made Ed Sullivan soulful. That is some F'n power.
OMG!
And the man could swing some serious straight soul...
And made Ed Sullivan soulful. That is some F'n power.
RIP JB 1933-2006
James Brown, (website) arguably the most influential artist/composer/musician/dynamo of the 20th century went from this mortal coil this morning. (Yahoo story)
For me, another piece of my childhood is gone.
He created transcendent soul, some of the first and best protest music, the heartbeat of all rap, gave birth to funk, was copied by rock stars, created some of the greatest music ever created.
He fined musicians for poor playing, was a wife beater, drug abuser, sold out while creating decent music, and gave great show.
I think it is physically impossible to have one favorite James Brown song.
Here is the power of the godfather from a live performance.
And here is another live concert. Bet you didn't know that he allowed this concert to be broadcast across the night of MLK's assassination to help prevent rioting.
I am truly sad this Christmas day. But this will make me always remember the godfather. RIP JB.
Count it off! Count it off!
For me, another piece of my childhood is gone.
He created transcendent soul, some of the first and best protest music, the heartbeat of all rap, gave birth to funk, was copied by rock stars, created some of the greatest music ever created.
He fined musicians for poor playing, was a wife beater, drug abuser, sold out while creating decent music, and gave great show.
I think it is physically impossible to have one favorite James Brown song.
Here is the power of the godfather from a live performance.
And here is another live concert. Bet you didn't know that he allowed this concert to be broadcast across the night of MLK's assassination to help prevent rioting.
I am truly sad this Christmas day. But this will make me always remember the godfather. RIP JB.
Count it off! Count it off!
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Random things I love and hate about Christmas
A couple of things I love about Christmas:
Fun with families and friends.
Great Office Holiday Parties. With or with out booze.
Finding a cool gift for someone.
Finding cool things I want. Hint Hint. You still have time to get me these from the New York City Transit store.
--- These tiles remind me of growing up in Brooklyn.
Great modern Christmas songs. John Lennon- Merry Xmas, Karen Carpenter-Merry Christmas Baby. James Brown's Christmas Album. All I want is crabs for Christmas. (It's a Balto thing)
Some things I hate about Christmas...
Traffic and obnoxious people at malls or stores. Good will to all, unless they are online for something and act like little asses when the get to the cashier.
Remaking perfectly good Christmas movies. New Christmas movies are cool, but why, why, why do you have to take a claymation classic such as The Year without a Santa Claus, and turn it into a 2 hour movie?!? Or Miracle on 34th Street. Notice no one has made a remake of White Christmas...with good reason.
Now there are exceptions. Scrooged (Bill Murray) perfectly acceptable version of A Christmas Carol. However Alistair Sim (1951 B& W) version is the king of all versions.
Enough complaining.
HAPPY MERRY JOYOUS WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE!!
Fun with families and friends.
Great Office Holiday Parties. With or with out booze.
Finding a cool gift for someone.
Finding cool things I want. Hint Hint. You still have time to get me these from the New York City Transit store.
--- These tiles remind me of growing up in Brooklyn.
Great modern Christmas songs. John Lennon- Merry Xmas, Karen Carpenter-Merry Christmas Baby. James Brown's Christmas Album. All I want is crabs for Christmas. (It's a Balto thing)
Some things I hate about Christmas...
Traffic and obnoxious people at malls or stores. Good will to all, unless they are online for something and act like little asses when the get to the cashier.
Remaking perfectly good Christmas movies. New Christmas movies are cool, but why, why, why do you have to take a claymation classic such as The Year without a Santa Claus, and turn it into a 2 hour movie?!? Or Miracle on 34th Street. Notice no one has made a remake of White Christmas...with good reason.
Now there are exceptions. Scrooged (Bill Murray) perfectly acceptable version of A Christmas Carol. However Alistair Sim (1951 B& W) version is the king of all versions.
Enough complaining.
HAPPY MERRY JOYOUS WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE!!
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