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Kris Oprisko
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The Hardest Working Man: How James Brown Saved the Soul of America
by James Sullivan (Goodreads Author)
read in March, 2013
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| Wow, an incredible book. Much more than the story of James Brown, it's also the story of the American Civil Rights movement. Page after page, I became more shocked and sickened at my total lack of knowledge about some of the towering figures of the m...more | |
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| Pretty well written, not too dated sounding. Fawcett was pretty enlightened for his time, although he couldn't shake all vestiges of his upbringing. I liked the whole book except the two chapters near the end on the formation of South America... that...more | |
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| Written in the typically flat Japanese style... you either love it or you don't, I guess. I do. A plot of pure outrageousness and escalating violence. Very enjoyable indeed. | |
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| Not a bio.. but it is, sort of. Not a series of essays... but it is, sort of. And you don't have to like David Byrne or the Talking Heads to enjoy it (but really, why wouldn't you enjoy that great music?). It does get technical, though, so if you are...more | |
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“A lot of people... use a calculator!”
― Joe Strummer
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