{"id":331,"date":"2004-08-07T08:10:56","date_gmt":"2004-08-07T12:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=331"},"modified":"2007-03-05T07:17:13","modified_gmt":"2007-03-05T12:17:13","slug":"she-says-im-her-all-time-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/she-says-im-her-all-time-favorite","title":{"rendered":"“She says I’m her all-time favorite . . .”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rick James died yesterday in his sleep<\/a>. Fortunately, I still have that Dave Chappelle episode about him and Charlie Murphy on my TiVo. The official VM girlfriend and I derailed our plans to watch Into the Night<\/em><\/a> and replayed that priceless bit of programming instead, in tribute to the old boy.<\/p>\n

Here’s a little bio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update Aug. 11: Nice obit on Slate<\/a>, by some guy who’s evidently a 7th grade music teacher. MY 7th grade music teacher was obsessed with the “Paul-is-dead”<\/a> theory, and swore that he was shown for a moment in the crowd in the film of the Beatles’ Shea Stadium concert. Thanks, Mr. Reiner!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rick James died yesterday in his sleep. Fortunately, I still have that Dave Chappelle episode about him and Charlie Murphy on my TiVo. The official VM girlfriend and I derailed our plans to watch Into the Night and replayed that priceless bit of programming instead, in tribute to the old boy. Here’s a little bio. … <\/p>\n

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