Various Artists: Light: On the South Side
The gorgeous sights and sounds of ’70s Chicago blues Afro-topped women’s libbers, fedora-clad gangsters and bespectacled academics: The black men and women who inhabit photographer Michael Abramson’s hedonistic photos of ’70s Chicago blues clubs span the social and historical spectrum. In new book Light: On the South Side, we witness a time when the meeting point of Howlin’ Wolf and James Brown still catalyzed black American life—the last time, as Nick Hornby says in the introduction, that “the past and the future [co-existed] so peaceably.”... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsTop Ten Wedding Recessional Songs
Since you guys have had so many suggestions for our first-dance and father/daughter songs (keep 'em coming!), I’m enlisting your help once again—we're looking for the perfect recessional music for our wedding. The song should be upbeat and celebratory since it will play at the end of the ceremony, right after we’re pronounced husband and wife. Yippee! Here are my top ten, though I’m not in love with any of them. You can listen below. Which ones do you like? Got any better ideas? I’m happy to report that the Beatles are no longer excluded. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPaste's Tax Refund Playlist: Cash Money Mix
The best thing about giving your money away is getting a bit of it back. Some people say that money can't buy happiness, but we respectfully disagree with this opinion; it definitely makes us feel warm, fuzzy and well-fed. If you aren't smiling when you get your tax-refund check in the mail, you might be a robot. In fact, you're most likely incapable of feeling emotion and Blade Runner's Rick Deckard is closing in on your mailbox as you read this. As you patiently wait for that refund check to arrive, whether you're making a wish list of goodies for... read more
Found in: Blogs, PlaylistJames Sullivan
Back when celebrities were courageous enough to talk race... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsSpike Lee's James Brown biopic to feature original music
Spike Lee, the vocal and, at times, contentious, director of an upcoming James Brown biopic, recently told MTV News that he intends to use Brown's original voice in the film instead of leading man Wesley Snipes'.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSoul Lang Syne: A New Year's Eve Playlist
In the current issue of Paste, which is our super-amazing year-end blowout issue featuring our top albums and movies and so forth, we also have a full-page guide to throwing a New Year’s party. Helmed by industrious fashionista and associate editor Kate Kiefer, with minor help from yours truly, the page includes a playlist of soul and funk jams to play as the clock marches on toward midnight. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayI Got the Feelin’: James Brown in the ’60s
It might seem like hyperbole that a man... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsVarious Artists: Dirty Laundry/More Dirty Laundry
As instantly, pleasingly right as the micro-genre's name implies... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsGet the Feelin' with new James Brown DVD box set
James Brown: gone but certainly not forgotten. The Godfather of Soul's legacy continues to live on with a new three-disc DVD box set from Shout Factory titled I Got The Feelin’: James Brown in the ’60s. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJames Brown's belongings auctioned off at Christie's
The music world lost a great legend in 2006 when the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, passed away. But thankfully, his legacy lives on, not only through his music, but his colorful collection of custom-made jumpsuits. ... read more
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