In from the cold

So, obviously, I’ve been slacking in my blogging. Lot of things have happened since October of course. To borrow from the man Juvenile, it’s been “up and down side to side like a centipede.”

But I’m trying to get back to do this regular, so I hope people are still around to check this thing out.

The only event happening during the long hiatus that I want to get into is the death of James Brown, Soul Brother #1, on Christmas. It’s really impossible to capture the full extent of this man’s genius and influence, and none of the obituary articles that I read after he passed made it clear. I won’t pretend to be able to do it myself, so I’m just gonna let the man speak for himself…

First, a knock down drag out version of “It’s a man’s, man’s, man’s world” from his legendary Live at the Apollo 1962:

Then a tribute song by children’s group Ghetto Reality:

And the best clip I could find on Youtube - Mother Popcorn -