What are you reading this week of April 24, 2016?

[japple]

2. Thank you for the thread, hermetic. Sorry to read that you've been laid up

and hope your foot is much improved. At least you had something good to read (and with lots of sex!!!) to keep you occupied.

I am still reading James McBride's book about James Brown, Kill 'Em and Leave, Searching for James Brown and the American Soul, which has been a real eye-opener for me. Being from James Brown's home state and with in-laws in Augusta, I thought I had heard everything about the life of James Brown. Not so. There is so much more to love/hate about James Brown. The author is a jazz musician and understands his subject, esp. the conflicts with his band and his family, a life of being on the road, the low down dirty business of the music industry. McBride's disdain for the movie made about JB's life, Get On Up is apparent and I now understand why. It's the white people's version of James Brown's life and is filled with untruths and stereotypes.