Recently I had the pleasure of renting The Forsyte Saga, a British miniseries that got rave reviews from all quarters. This pleasure lasted until I went to the checkout counter and realized I had just spent $25 on a miniseries with a family named for a personality trait. Why now, I wondered, when I had

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It’s the June 2004 issue of Defenestration!

Recently, Ray Charles passed away. I remember him fondly from Diet Pepsi commercials, and for shooting at a prepubescent guitar thief in Blues Brothers. And the music, of course. Good times, good times…. Well, I decided to dedicate this month’s hastily drawn adventure to Mr. Charles. A brief history of the life many of you didn’t know he lived….