Got to get on with my bad self! "My father said, 'When in doubt, castle."- Kurt Vonnegut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik --- On Mon, 7/21/08, Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 2:12 AM Oh no...Ants in your pants? Needed to dance? I am me, said the stranger, and I work for the ones who pay my fee...and that's not you." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie --- On Sun, 7/20/08, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 9:12 PM You should've seen me...almost broke both my ankles, trying to dance. "My father said, 'When in doubt, castle."- Kurt Vonnegut http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik --- On Sun, 7/20/08, Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 8:21 PM Ah 1-2-3-4...Duh dunt! dunt! dunt! dunt! dunt! dunt! dunt! Get up...whoa...got carried away... I am me, said the stranger, and I work for the ones who pay my fee...and that's not you." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie --- On Sun, 7/20/08, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 6:34 PM Count it off for me one time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik --- On Sun, 7/20/08, Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 5:39 PM UGH! Wit yo bad self! I am me, said the stranger, and I work for the ones who pay my fee...and that's not you." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie --- On Sun, 7/20/08, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 4:07 PM Ye-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik --- On Sun, 7/20/08, Lockhart, Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Lockhart, Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 3:37 PM I know I would consider buying a ka-razor. Sorry. On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:39:34 -0400, Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > We're gonna get you for that on, Martin...'Cause we need some get back! > > I am me, said the stranger, and I work for the ones who pay my > fee...and that's not you." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. > Badie > > --- On Sat, 7/19/08, Martin <truthseeker_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > > From: Martin <truthseeker_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] com> > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Got a brand new bag? James Brown items > auctioned > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com > Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 6:32 AM > > Do they have anything to help me get on the good foot? > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik > > --- On Sat, 7/19/08, ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > From: ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> > Subject: [scifinoir2] Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com > Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 7:31 AM > > > > > > > > > > > http://fe25. news.re3. yahoo.com/ s/ap/20080718/ ap_en_mu/ > james_brown_ auct > > ion > > > > Got a brand new bag? James Brown items auctioned By JENNIFER PELTZ, > > Associated Press Writer > > > > Fri Jul 18, 8:36 AM ET > > > > > James Brown mementoes ranging from his signature capes to a medical > > bracelet fetched thousands of dollars Thursday at an auction, which > > the soul icon's children protested. > > > > Fans and collectors packed a Christie's salesroom as more than 300 > > lots of Brown's belongings were sold, bringing in a total of > > $857,688, the auction house said. Bidding rocketed past estimates for > > many of the items, which included some of the Godfather of Soul's > > furniture, musical instruments and a poem Muhammad Ali wrote for him. > > > > "Late Show with David Letterman" band leader Paul Shaffer bid $32,500 > > > to win the medical bracelet, which went for more than 100 times its > > presale estimate, Christie's said. The bracelet said Brown, singer of > > hits such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and "I Got You (I > Feel > > Good)," was a diabetic and was allergic to penicillin. > > > > Brown died of heart failure on Christmas Day 2006, at age 73. His > > estate has been mired in turmoil and contention. > > > > Court-appointed trustees announced in January that the singer's > > possessions would be auctioned, in part to pay taxes his estate owed. > > His former business managers tried unsuccessfully to block Thursday's > > sale, and Brown's children lambasted it. > > > > "We were given a list of things and asked to go through and check off > > things that we didn't think should go, and we were just ignored," one > > of Brown's daughters, Deanna Brown Thomas, said Thursday on the Rev. > > Al Sharpton's radio show. "At end of the day, everything went." > > > > On the auction block went the denim jumpsuit Brown wore for the 1974 > > concert preceding the "Rumble in the Jungle" boxing bout between Ali > > and George Foreman. The jumpsuit, embellished with studs spelling > > out "GFOS," for "Godfather of Soul," sold for $25,000, > Christie's > > said. > > > > Ali's typewritten poem "King James Brown by Muhammad Ali, The > > World's Greatest Poet, King of all Poets, On Behalf of the People of > > Western New York" fetched the same price. > > > > Brown was known for donning and doffing elaborate capes during his > > shows, and some of them were among the auction's highlights. An > > intricately beaded, black satin cape went for $47,500; a blue satin > > one embroidered with "Thy Name Is Godfather of Soul" fetched $35,000. > > > > The buyers' names weren't released. All the prices included the > > auction house's commission, known as the buyer's premium. > > > > Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press. 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