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Gazoo

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James Brown is dead.
« on: December 25, 2006, 01:04:02 AM »
Someone had to say it.

Thanks for everything, Minister of New New Super Heavy Funk.  I'm genuinely sorry you didn't get to enjoy a last Christmas.
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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James Brown is dead.
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2006, 11:23:03 AM »
damn! just feels weird - a world without james brown.

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« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2006, 11:24:33 AM »
what if i start clapping on the one and the three?

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« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2006, 02:33:03 PM »
Oh. My. GOD(father).

Words fail me.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/12/25/entertainment/e103545S46.DTL

and on Christmas, no less.

You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

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« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2006, 03:14:44 PM »
Soul Brother Number One
Mr. Dynamite
The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business
Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk
Mr. Please Please Please
The Man With The Crown, James Brown
The Godfather of Soul
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

RGMike

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« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2006, 03:50:08 PM »
OK, a bit ghoulish, but how many people get photographed in a gold coffin?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2006/12/28/national/a093211S39.DTL&o=0
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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2006, 06:46:09 PM »
No truth to the rumor his final CD will be James Brown Dead at the Apollo...
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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2007, 07:09:07 PM »
James Brown's body lies a-mouldrin' in his house...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2007/01/09/entertainment/e180317S17.DTL

And now the real fireworks begin...with the heirs and their attorneys holding the matches.
Let's get right to it.