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"Who Shot Rock & Roll" at the Brooklyn Museum

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Janis Joplin, Beatles, The B-52's, John Lennon, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Sex Pistols, Ike and Tina, James Brown, Entertainment News

What fascinates is remembering the B-52s as in George DuBose's 1978 photograph, or Ike and Tina in 1962, as in Ernest C. Withers' photo, or Amy Arbus' 1983 Madonna before Kabbalah.

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King Sunny Ade Tours "New America"

Modiba | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Nigeria, Island Records, Bob Marley, Yoruba Music, Minister of Enjoyment, King Sunny Ade, James Brown, Nigerian Music, Global Music Corner, Music Corner, Global Music Watch, World News

There can be no computer simulation of the intangible elements Nigerian King Sunny Ade and his band conjure up in real time. The Minister of Enjoyment can hang his hat on that.

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HuffPost Review: Soul Power

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Muhammad Ali, When We Were Kings, George Foreman, The Spinners, Soul Power, Rumble in the Jungle, James Brown, B.B. King, Entertainment News

I defy anyone to sit still through much of Soul Power, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's infectiously funky concert documentary about the Zaire '74 music festival.

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Remembering Michael Jackson -- The Man in Our Mirror

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jackson Death, James Brown, Thriller, Entertainment News

Audiences are far too splintered to fall in line -- and in love -- en masse with a single recording artist today the way they could for Michael Jackson in the eighties and nineties.

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King of Pop

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Little Richard, Michael Jackson Death, Afghanistan, Princess Diana, Iran Election, Elvis, James Brown, Iran Protests, Michael Jackson Dies, Tehran, Elvis Presley, North Korea, Iran Election Protests, Entertainment News

Americans love their shooting stars. Stars who demand attention, win affection and adulation, and then prematurely burn out.

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What is Work? Part I: New Definitions

Sharon Glassman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Style

Read More: Aristotle, Work, Plato, Living, Poor Richard's Almanack, Tom Morris, How Stuff Works, Benjamin Franklin, James Brown, Happiness, Style News

Today, when so many Americans are out of it, changing it, and doing it for themselves, has the definition of work changed?

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Alderman Carothers Invokes The Words Of James Brown In His Defense

NBC Chicago | PHIL ROGERS | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ike-Carothers-Indictment, Ike Carothers, James Brown, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

"Things are not always what they seem." That's the quote from 29th Ward Alderman Isaac Carothers one day after his indictment on charges of accepting ...

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James Brown Gets His Way

Howie Greene | Posted 02.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Entertainment News, Music, New York City, James Brown, James Brown Advice, James Brown Way, Entertainment News

It has been announced that the street behind Harlem's Apollo Theater is now officially "James Brown Way." It's a good spot.

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John McCain, POWH (Prisoner of the White House)

Howie Greene | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vietnam, McCain Vietnam, John McCain, Presidential Politics, Entertainment, James Brown, Politics News

Do we really want this guy locked up again, but this time as the leader of the "free world?" In essence, that's what being the president is all about. You are a POWH... Prisoner of the White House.

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Black Reparation Bonds Can Repay Blacks in America for Slavery Debts Owed Them

Max Keiser | Posted 08.13.2008 | Business

Read More: James Brown Bonds, Mike Milken, James Brown, Asset Backed Bonds, Civil Rights, Reparation, Business News

Reimbursing the Black community a trillion dollars in back pay for having built much of the US economy makes sense. But trying to get the government to pay back this money doesn't.

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James Brown Auction Hits Legal Snags

New York Times | LYNNLEY BROWNING | Posted 07.20.2008 | Business

Read More: James Brown Auction, James Brown Estate Auction, James Brown Estate, James Brown, Business News

Don't get your hopes up yet for a red "Sex" jumpsuit, dome hair dryer with gold-toned seat or a "Mojo Lifetime Achievement Award," all lovingly preser...

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It's A Boy! DNA Test Reveals James Brown Has 6-Year-Old Son

The Bald Truth | Art Harris | Posted 05.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: James Brown DNA, Tommi Rae Hynie Brown, James Brown II, James Brown Son, James Brown, Oregon, Entertainment News

The Bald Truth has obtained a secret DNA test that establishes the late Godfather of Soul fathered the now six year old boy he nicknamed "Little Man...

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James Brown's Estate Sues Morgan Stanley

NY Times via Yahoo | Posted 05.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Morgan Stanley, James Brown Estate, James Brown, Business News

A dispute over the estate of the legendary soul singer James Brown has reached a bitter new pitch -- on Wall Street. The estate's guardians are accus...

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DogEars Deserves To Be Heard: Volume Three

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 02.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, George Michael, Danny Clinch, Phil Ramone, Sigur Ros, Danielle Evin, The Kinks, Dog Ears, James Brown, Entertainment News