• James Brown and Muhammad Ali
    Soul

    James Brown Throws Down in Zaire

    In 1974, a DC-10 took off from the U.S. en route to Kinshasa, Zaire. The Rumble in the Jungle was about to go down – a heavyweight fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. It was Don King’s first big…

  • Soul

    RIP James Brown: 1933-2006

    Sad news on Christmas morning. The Godfather of Soul gone?? Just doesn’t seem possible. 1. CNN article. 2. I have reposted an entire James Brown show from 1973. 3. A post from earlier this year with a link to a…

  • Funk,  R&B,  Soul

    Being James Brown, by Jonathan Lethem

    If you haven’t had a good fix of James Brown lately, or if you’re not that familiar with his stuff other than what you’ve heard in hip hop samples, allow me to steer you toward a great piece in Rolling…