| Well, Elaine, how was your Christmas of 2006?
It was a catastrophe, Kelly! I woke up to
the news that the Godfather had died!
Oh my God! Vito Corleone is dead?
No, Kelly, not that Godfather, the
Godfather of Soul! James Brown!
And that ruined your Christmas?
I cried and cried, and I remember doing a
fair amount of cursing too! James Brown embodies the entire meaning
of what life is!
He is? He does?
Kelly,
he glides across the stage as if it were made of ice! They call
him "The Hardest Working Man In Show Business" and if
you ever saw him--as I did, at the Apollo Theater in 1965--you would
know why!
My jaw dropped to the floor when he first
walked out on stage--or maybe I gasped, I'm pretty sure I gasped--and
the excitement never stopped; it was all about the unexpected--you
never knew what he was going to do or what was going to happen next;
for example, he would suddenly fall to the floor, catching the mike
on his way down, which he would kick over, and then jerk back with
the cord only after spinning completely around and then he'd land
seamlessly on his knees with a rim shot on the drums and you'd be
like, Whoa! What just happened here? In fact, he obviously had instructed
the drummer to emphasize every sudden turn of the head or waive
of the hand he would make. And then somehow, he'd get from one end
of the stage to the other without touching the floor! I watched
him in amazement.
There was apparently some famous concert
in London in which Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones were set to
close after James Brown and they catagorically refused to come out
of their dressing room! "I'm not going to go out there and
make a fool out of myself," Mick Jagger said. "How do
you expect us to follow James Brown?"
Well, I've always wanted to say this and
now's my chance: here he is, ladies and gentlemen, this is your
lucky day, The Godfather of Soul, The Hardest Working Man in Show
Business, Mr. 'Please Please Please' himself, Jaaaaaaaaaaaames Brooooooowwwwwn!
http://video.google.com/videoplay
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Elaine, you're right, he is unbelievable--and gorgeous!
You can stop salivating now and present your
case.
What? Are you nuts?
Huh?
Do you really think I'm going to go on after James Brown?
Have you completely lost your mind? Do I look stupid to you? Do
you think I'm going to go out there and make a complete fool out
of myself? I don't think so, in fact, I am soooo outta here!
Kelly, wait! Come back! You can be the Godperson
of Acute Cases! Kelly? Well, great; that's just great! OK, fine!
I don't need you! I know sick people too, you know! In fact, I know
plenty of sick people! Let's see....there's the kid who ate butter....no,
she's still sick; how about...Oh! I know! Here's a good one! OK,
this is Caralyn's son, "D". You remember Caralyn, right?
Remember her father had gout? Caralyn, you don't have any problem
going on after James Brown do you? Please don't answer that, just
go!
I'll try Elaine, but I'm not promising anything! OK, "D"
was having terrible obvious stomach bloating. He had stomach burning,
throwing up, diarrhea, writhing and moaning in pain. When he went
to the bathroom the smell was awful!!!
These stomach episodes would last a long time and come like in
a series. We used to blame it on soda, vinegar (as we know D loves
vinegar) or overindulging. However D is a good eater. We even took
him to the emergency room once thinking he might have appendicitis!
His stomach has been sensitive for a long time. My mother insisted
that I make an appointment with a gastroenterologist. I told her
that you had given him a remedy _______ and if that didn't work
I would consider it, but D has been fine ever since! The electrical
pains were another thing. They occurred alot in school and sometimes
at home. I would dismiss the complaint as odd. I did not understand
it and didn't want to make an issue out of it in front of D. He
was definitely getting them since the last 8 months to a year.
He was in so much pain from his stomach he would moan and wriggle
on the floor. D has zero tolerance for pain, but I know that he
was not faking it becasue of the intense vomiting. D also gets hiccups
a lot.
This stomach pain has progressively gotten worse. When he was approximately
12 months old he would poop acid. I mean it. D would not eat food
at that time. His favorite thing to have was orange juice. The only
milk he had at that point in his life was from me nursing him.
Thanks Caralyn for bravely giving us this
month's quiz! If anyone knows what this remedy is, please write
to me at LEWRA@aol.com , the
answer will be in the February ezine.
Now who wants to see the Godfather sing another
song?
http://video.google.com/videoplay
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