Hi Folks,

So when I sent out the newsletter yesterday, I expected to get a mixed reaction. I felt it was well written, but I know that there are many folks who can't get past the publicity about Ike Turner's drug and physical abuse. I didn't want to excuse or ignore it, but simply suggest that in the bigger picture, perhaps the story had a happy ending in context from where it was 30 years ago.

I was surprised at the overwhelming positive response I got. In fact, of over 200 emails, only 4 were negative. Of those, 1 person said I was an idiot in general (I almost always get one of those no matter what the topic.. it's been that way for 10 years) and another said they liked the article but had heard that Ike had a lot of relapses in his sobriety. (If true, that's sad to learn). The last two were what I expected. One from a woman very angry and glad he had died. The other more subdued and intellectual but with concerns that the abuse should wipe out any positive coverage. We had a long back and forth and I think we found we really agreed on most of it in the end.

Among the positive responses was a consistent thank you for giving a balanced and informed summary of his life. Few people knew all the facts and few found any of them in the mass media reports. Instead the mass media chose to basically report the facts from the movie and Tina's book instead of the vast info on his up and down life.

I didn't hear a lot from the regulars around here though. What did you all think?

Brian

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