Tomorrow's the Fourth! So get yer funk on.
Also tomorrow, let's remember to take a moment to be grateful that, thanks to patriots like Apollo Creed and Rocky Balboa, the Cold War came to a mostly peaceful conclusion.
Essays, notes, and fragments--personal, political, and philosophical--from the midst of things
I knew the song but hadn't seen the video before, so thanks for filling in that particular yawning abyss in my pop-cultural knowledge, Russell. I was struck by how, except for the James Brown bits and the clips from the film, that first half could have been outtakes from Koyannisqatsi: a film that, shall we say, presents a rather different take on American/Western culture.
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