What's Love Really Got to Do With It, Ike Turner?

Posted by Emily Farris

Nothing, Ike. Absolutely nothing. 

Somehow we were the last to hear that Ike Turner had died. You see, every once in a while we have to turn off the Internets and the TV and experience the trees and the fresh air like normal, breathing human beings. And of course, we always seem to do that when big news breaks. So, imagine our surprise when we returned to the wired world only to find that Ike Turner had died. And then imagine our disappointment when we tried to tell people and everybody already knew.

Once we got past that initial disappointment of not actually bringing the news, we tried to figure out what to say about the man, the myth, the legend that was Ike Turner. And we didn't want to bring you yet another piece about how Ike beat Tina, since we generally like to end on a positive note here at Scanner, and you already knew that, and the man did just died. So, we thought we'd just leave you with this instead:

 


Comments

upnorthlibrarian said:

Now.  That right there is what's wrong and right with rock-n-roll (and the '60's).  Whew!!

More of a Tina tribute though.  Ike was pretty removed.  But how a bout the sax player?

Thanx!!

December 13, 2007 10:34 AM

Scanner said:

It's been a crazy week here at Scanner, what with our new Holiday Gift Guide and Ike Turner dying. Oh, and we drank too much, and offended people, all while finding the time to make remedial flow charts...

December 14, 2007 5:21 PM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, "Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven" was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

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