The author of this post is Rawn James, Jr. It was posted earlier, but inadvertently removed from the site. Our apologies to the commenters who had already chimed in! The first line of The Godfather is spoken by the broken undertaker whose daughter’s attackers have escaped justice. “I believe in America,” Buonasera tells the camera and the Godfather. In one of the most well-acted single takes in American cinema, the proud middle-aged immigrant sobs impotent…

If your only exposure to a man named James Brown had been his highly choreographed performance last night at the 9:30 Club, you’d probably come away thinking that he was a richly talented, energetic soul musician in the prime of his life with an inexplicable penchant for frayed cherry red suits. And indeed, the legendary James Brown definitively proved that he’s a richly talented, energetic soul musician with an inexplicable penchant for frayed cherry red…