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Did you know Gil Scott Heron is working on a new album? And, even cooler, a book called The Last Holiday, about Stevie Wonder's long crusade to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national day of commemoration? Heron's like the Leonardo Da Vinci of our generation. Only funkier.
COMMENTS (8)
Gil! Scott! Heron!
Posted by: Senescent | January 2, 2008 11:07 PM
Dude,
We almost lost detroit
Posted by: S Brennan | January 2, 2008 11:36 PM
Now, I love me some Gil Scott. The good Gil.
But as with Dan Treacy (they could have been, really) and so many others, you can't really mention him without mentioning the drug use. Da Vinci, if instead of learning three other trades he'd smoked a bunch of crack.
I'm not saying he's wrong to have done it, but you gotta mention it.
Posted by: wcw | January 3, 2008 12:35 AM
Ezra, great as Gil Scott Heron is, I'm not sure I'd use "of our generation" here. Dude's almost 60.
I'm not sure who'd I throw out there from this generation, but I don't think Gil Scott Heron qualifies.
Posted by: Mac | January 3, 2008 1:20 AM
Oh, man. S Brennan beat me to it. He's just so much funkier than Da Vinci it is insane.
Posted by: justin | January 3, 2008 2:20 AM
'Whitey on the Moon' reminded me of this: http://tinyurl.com/22wrdh , which is worth a read if not nearly as funky.
Posted by: the Other Paul | January 3, 2008 3:24 AM
Well, the first thing I have to say is:
Mandate, my ass.
Posted by: Cap'n Phealy | January 3, 2008 4:20 PM
What Mac said. Unless you're a whole lot older than your picture looks, Ez.
Posted by: Ryan | January 7, 2008 5:21 PM