James Brown, Requiescat in Pace

[Ya Sam]

"This was last set and it'd been a bad week for Sphere. Some of the colleges 
were let out and the place had been crowded with these types who liked to 
talk to each other a lot. Every now and again, they'd invite him over to a 
table between sets and ask him what he thought about other altos. Some of 
them would go through the old Northern liberal routine: look at me, I'll sit 
with anybody. Either that or they would say: "Hey fella, how about Night 
Train?" Yes, bwana. Yazzuh, boss. Dis darkey, ol' Uncle McClintic, he play 
you de finest Night Train you evah did hear. An' aftah de set he gwine take 
dis of alto an' shove it up yo' white Ivy League ass."

Night Train
280; early 60s James Brown song


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>From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: James Brown, Requiescat in Pace
>Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 07:02:46 -0800 (PST)
>
>ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- James Brown, the dynamic,
>pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals
>and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap,
>funk and disco as well, died early Monday, his agent
>said. He was 73....
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/25/james.brown.obit.ap/
>
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