Posted by PFunkJAzz on 12/26/2006, 3:31 pm, in reply to "I have to admit..."
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Pick up a copy for me. I'll email ya. --Previous Message-- : ...that the NY Daily News got it right. Full : front page headline that reads "Goodbye : Godfather", followed by a 4-page : article complete with vital single picks for : each decade. He's definitely one funkateer : that was able to break through the NY bias : against Funk. : : I wasn't expecting the NY Post(or any Rupert : Murdock owned paper)to give the same kind of : dap. : : I think I'm going to have mine framed. : : --Previous Message-- : LA TIMES 12/26/2006 has two articles : starting : on front page below-the-fold with a recent : color performance head shot. Both continue : within the Main section (as opposed to the : ENTERTAINMENT section). The main obit takes : a full page of text with two archive : performance pics and a sidebar box listing : his major hits. The second article is : "An Appreciation" by Robert : Hilburn who dredges up the Elvis comparisons : and that rolls over onto a 3rd page for two : columns, but the page is not shared with any : other articles...just ads (FYI: in : journalism publishing that's because you : don't want to divert the reader's attention : to any other articles). : : USA TODAY Tuesday, December 26, 2006 has the : obit as their cover story (abvoe-the-fold) : with another color close-up headshot and an : archive pic of JB in a tux. It continues : within main section for 2/3rds of a page. : Pic of Brown with youngest child (of his 4th : wife), pic of young Brown with processed : 'do looking like Atlas and the memorial on : his star on the HOLLYWOOD Walk of Fame (I'm : heading down there today for some snaps). : : There are also two sidebar boxes: a) CRITICS : GUIDE to The Best of JB and b) Key Events : chronology (unfortunately framed around his : 20004 arrest pic). Remaining lower third is : all ads; no other articles. : : :