[kj] R.I.P. James Brown

[Alexander Smith]

No one is suggesting that James Brown was a saint. He remains an  
innovator whose music touched the lives of millions, which is  
precisely why his merits are being extolled.

The Gathering is starting to read more like a Skrewdriver fan list.

Alex in NYC


On Dec 26, 2006, at 3:03 AM, Dimitri Bukharin wrote:


> In spite of his return to the limelight, by the late 1980s, Brown  

> met with a series of legal and financial setbacks. In 1988, he was  

> arrested following a high-speed car chase down Interstate 20 in  

> Augusta. He was imprisoned for threatening pedestrians with  

> firearms and abuse of PCP , as well as for the repercussions of his  

> flight. Although he was sentenced to six years in prison, he was  

> eventually released in 1991 after having only served three. A new  

> album called Love Overdue was released that same year, with the new  

> single "Move On".

>

> During the 1990s and 2000s, Brown was repeatedly arrested for drug  

> possession and domestic abuse.

>

> Let's all be upset that another junkie wifebeater has died and pick  

> on someone who point's out the REAL tragic death's every fucking day!

>

> On 12/26/06, GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com> wrote:

> Further evidence that Peter Crack-head is truely insane. He, of the  

> anti-communist cold war rants, is suddenly pointing out how  

> capitalism kills 30,000 children a day, just so he can dis (for  

> some unexplained reason) James Brown. Multiple-DSM diagnoses abound...

>

>

> From:  Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

> Reply-To:  "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"<  

> gathering at misera.net>

> To:  "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <  

> gathering at misera.net>

> Subject:  Re: [kj] R.I.P. James Brown

> Date:  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:49:38 -0500

>

> >

> >Cripes on a  crutch. I was never a fan of James Brown -- but for

> >cryin' out loud, give the poor man his due.

> >

> >You're all so bitter it's entirely frightening. Tell Big Paul or Jaz

> >or Youth or Raven about the passing of James Brown and I dare say

> >they'd have reverent things to say.

> >

> >Alex in NYC

> >

> >

> >On Dec 25, 2006, at 8:50 PM, Mik Raven wrote:

> >

> > > James Brown was shit but the Blues Brothers was quite an

> > > entertaining film.

> > > I will not shed a tear for James Brown but dread the endless

> > > tributes that

> > > are bound to follow his death. The only music he influenced was

> > > crap and he

> > > was just a criminal who some people thought could sing.

> > >

> > > Mik

> > >

> > > -----Original Message-----

> > > From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-

> > > bounces at misera.net] On

> > > Behalf Of jon chapman

> > > Sent: 26 December 2006 00:04

> > > To: gathering at misera.net

> > > Subject: Re: [kj] R.I.P. James Brown

> > >

> > > the blues brothers film is shit no matter what.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >> From: "BS Crack" < BSCrack at UltimateEmail.com>

> > >> Reply-To: BSCrack at UltimateEmail.com,"A list about all things

> > >> Killing Joke

> > >> (the band!)"< gathering at misera.net>

> > >> To: <gathering at misera.net>

> > >> CC: < gathering at misera.net>

> > >> Subject: Re: [kj] R.I.P. James Brown

> > >> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:20:09 -0800

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>   James Brown doesn't deserve a " R.I.P" on this page . We all  

> die

> > >> in the

> > >> end. It's no big deal. Or are you trying to come across as  

> being a

> > >> compassionate nice guy ?

> > >>   James Brown is dead. So what.  A child dies every three  

> second of

> > >> everyday in this World.

> > >> The Blues Brothers film would have been just as good if he did nt

> > >> make his

> > >> brief appearance.

> > >>   Hes dead. We all die in the end. Get over it.

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

> > >> --- blazingstar418 at yahoo.com wrote:

> > >>

> > >> From: Blazingstar418 <blazingstar418 at yahoo.com>

> > >> To: gathering at misera.net

> > >> Subject: [kj] R.I.P. James Brown

> > >> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:08:46 -0800 (PST)

> > >>

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

> > >> entertainment/e

> > > 103545S46.DTL

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

> > >> "The scene was wild and somewhat sinister. The darkness, the

> > >> palms, the

> > >> mountainous background, the silent lake below, the impenetrable

> > >> canopy of

> > >> space, studded with secretive and significant stars, formed a

> > >> stupendous

> > >> setting for the savage noise and blaze of the ceremony."

> > >>

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