Articles tagged "james brown"

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James Brown auction sales prices lower than expected

by Otis R. Taylor Jr. [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[18.Jul.08] :. The auction of James Brown’s personal possessions by Christie’s in New York on Thursday produced some jaw-dropping surprises. But the $857,688 brought in from the more than 300 items...

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Suit aims to get at soul of James Brown photo rights

by Ameet Sachdev [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[28.May.08] :. A long-running feud between the late “Godfather of Soul” James Brown and a photo archive owned by Bill Gates, the father of Microsoft, has fallen into the laps of Illinois...

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TV Review

Banished: American Ethnic Cleansings

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Feb.08] :. The question of cause and effect is crucial, not only to Banished, but also to the black and white communities who live today with the legacy of banishing.

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Music Review

James Brown: The Singles, Volume 3: 1964-1965

by Zeth Lundy

[30.Aug.07] :. Hip-O Select's limited edition series rolls on by documenting an overwhelming awkward period in Brown's otherwise superhuman ascension into R&B's uncharted places.

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Events Review

In Memoriam: James Brown

by Matt Rogers

[23.Mar.07] :. It’s a mistake to compare James Brown (or anyone else, for that matter) as a showman at 70 to what he was like at 40, 30, and 25. But, until the last, Soul Brother #1 still brought the funk.

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Music Feature

Soul Power

by William Glasspiegel

[3.Jan.07] :. Though James Brown's body was lying in state at the Apollo Theater, on the streets of Harlem, his spirit seemed to be everywhere.

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The Last Soul Brother: James Brown (1933-2006)

by Mark Anthony Neal

[2.Jan.07] :. The humanity of the man -- with its funky and messy flaws and frailties -- could never sustain the myth, so much so that the image of the man who gave Black Power its soundtrack became a harsh reminder of its fractured legacy.

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

by Bill Gibron

[11.Apr.05] :. Real Sports is, hands down, the best hour of investigative journalism currently on the air.

Undercover Brother (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.May.02] :. Peppered with Chappellian hilarities (and the man can riff), it is more like Austin Powers than a hard-hitting satire, minus Mike Meyers' mania, plus Lee's deft direction and Griffin's own brand of energy.