"Levez-vous!"

I like to think of the reason mail isn't being delivered today as being a national day of mourning for James Brown. (A few more YouTube links for you... yes, the first two are both "Sex Machine," but distinctly different versions.)

Plus: Marva Whitney on Playboy After Dark! I've written about that particular performance before, and she sure seems to have been in a bittersweet mood at the time.