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My Discovery of Parliament / Funkadelic and a Funk Pure

jefferytv — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:32:19 +0000

probably summer 1977. as i remember it was in the dining room of my babysitters house. i was sitting at the table when i heard a kinda sound i had never heard before. it was the keyboards of mothership connection. i immediately asked “who is that?” the response was thats “parliament, its been out, it’s old”. (had been out maybe months). immediately i had the 8 track in myh hand. bootleg prolly from george’s party shop. blue label. black basic print. nothing but song titles.

i immediately ask if i could listen to this 8-track. i rememebr taking it home. sometime later i rememebr typing out the words to make my funk the p-funk on my mother’s electric typewriter until i got a copy without mistake. the sound of the music caught my ear. but it was the lyrics and concept that kepted my attention to this day. it was positve, happy, celebatory music with a coolness. music with a strong positive movement i could feel.

it didnt contradict itself, it was consistent. it was kinda like a science type of reality in music. it didnt dwell on love. it was all about fun. friends began telling me funkadelic and parliament were the same people so i check them out. i didnt like funkadelic.
it was too dark.

first saw them in pitt or cle, a bus tour to the concert and back. i forget who sposored it, but we was dressed up and my little sister and her friends even went. seats were so far back and it was so overwhelming i really didnt see much. i rememebr seeing enough to understand the underwater effect they were trying to achieve. cause word around the hood was that it was underwater and i wanted to see how they was gonna pull that off without damaging the philosophy. without being cheesy, that was important cause this was something i believed in. almost 30 years the philosophy has never let me down. never in any lyric is something i strongly disagree with. or find to be non-sensical or even grammaticly incorrect. never in one place does p-funk contradict itself with conflicting concepts. it is truly consistent. the mothership keyboards are an unnatural sound, not found in nature, human produced- mechanized technology electronic gadgetry sound.
p-funk doesn’t dwell on dysfunctional personal love

P-Funk Roadtrip San Francisco 2004: The Fellas

jefferytv — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:11:18 +0000

To see the P-Funk Allstars, Star Cullars Band and Zootzilla
at Studio Z – San Francisco, Ca May 11, 2004

Weapon Of Choice, Arik Marshall and ‘em at The Little Temple – L.A., Ca -11/05/2004

jefferytv — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:09:03 +0000

ASL, Weapon Of Choice, The Toledo Show – Mar 9, 2001 – The Templebar, Santa Monica

jefferytv — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:52:29 +0000

Found one of my photos from 2001 of Temple Bar and I run into Mr Norwood Fisher of Fishbone!!!

this was a good night. had never been to the temple bar before so all the abstarcted- impressionist paintings of blackmen all over this white club in the heart of santa monica intrigued me. the place has a cozy, spiritual darkness to it and lounge furniture like couches to kick back in. the smell of incense also triggers a spiritual mood…

the first band asl was lead by peter gabriel’s ex-bassist, armond…i think. at first i couldnt get the bands music. it was like it was anti-music, i couldn’t feel a rhythm anywhere. then about the 3 or 4th song the complicated movement of the music hit me and it was good.

from daily 03-10-01 “the first band is so good and funky that when i met the lead singer after their set
i instinctively gave him a two-handed handshake. i felt his music and enjoyed his vibe so deep that my appreciation for his music was sent to him without me even thinking thru my handshake. i gently but firmly grabbed his hand and without thinking covered his and my right hand with my left. it was an instinctive eye to eye, smile and two handed shake that just came out of me without thinking. afterwads i enjoyed how real my spontaneous expression was”

weapon of choice is very very p-funky and p-funk based. in fact, my favorite guitarist dewayne “blackbyrd” mcknight played with them!!! i was very very surprised to see him and when i heard he was in the house i immediately and instinctively ran to salute him. and i mean ran and salute. i did a semi bow and as i walked back across the empty dancefloor in did a tai-chi type squat with arms fully extended towards him for everybody to see. weapon was good and they were the reason i went to the club but the other two bands were something that was unexpected so they peaked my interested. but like i said, lonnie and them was goooooooooooooooood.

the toledo show was very very good. his theme is of a 20′s style gangsta complete with the stacey adams shows and cigarettes. very very cool vibe. very very good music. (bought his cd). funky, nasty, energized, girl focused music and lyrics that have very good movement. very funky. i would definitely go see them again and again. he had sexy girl dancers come on stage to give a kinda dark sexy girl “i feel your pain” and still love you type thing. his music was girl focused and i dug that.

i personally greeted all the bands leaders with handshake, eye-to-eye smile and appreciation.

the p-funk vegas concert road crew was there- lamar and kareem as was king c from p-funk new years eve. and ofcourse the ever so crazy my man cm talley helped turn it up pre-show…

Cirque Du Soleil “Totem” – San Francisco, Ca

jefferytv — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:16:57 +0000

The last time I saw Cirque Du Soleil was probably in the 90′s, Las Vegas and Santa Monica if I recall correctly. I’ve always felt the experience to be tribal, cereberal and spiritual. The rhythms and acrobatic movements visually expressing what it is to be human with an energy and groove that resonates to my core. I have always loved Cirque Du Soleil.

Flash forward a decade to Cirque Du Soleil’s “Totem” at At&T Park in san Francisco, Ca and picture me blown the funk away. First of all every movement of the show was in ryhthm and every gesture was on a beat. Even the female Asian uniclyce team pedal balanced themselves on beat as they flipped bowls on each others heads. The rhythm itself took me to a higher place.

The music was performed by a live band amplified superbly with beautiful bass bottoms and the sweetest high delicate notes. The system was a surround sound so audio events stimulated me from everywhere.

The stage was multifunctionally ingenious. It moved, it raised, it opened. A projection system was used to transform the stage masterfully into a beach or an ocean or a whatever and with the surround sound you actually felt like you got wet.

This all took place in a big tent in the parking lot next to the baseball stadium. I can go on and on about the details of the performance, but the major is spiritual. It’s a modern tribalism and the shows are a celebration of humanity and life. The acrobatics is human beauty in motion and of the highest form of eye candy. Expressed in this movement is intended to be all of human emotions and experience. The energy and tone of the music feels religious and holy but in a modern celebratory secular way. Like spritaully ritualistic, before religion in a modern amplified way.

I’m very partial to groove and this show was one continous groove. There was always rhythm! A type of tribal trance music. A modern “pagan” celebration. The show is always entertaining, but for me it’s about being spiritually uplifted by celebrating the human spirit using modern tools, modern knowledges, modern art and modern technolgy to stimulate the senses and consciousness into higher and different understandings and perceptions of reality.

Another troupe that “tribal-trances” is Mutaytor (cause evolution takes too long). P-FUNK concerts are the ultimate spiritual exercise for me, and I “learned” how to experience spiritually like this growing up in the black church, but I understand the use of things that are more mainstream in nature.

Pina Bausch: Tanztheater Wuppertal – Berkeley, Ca

jefferytv — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:58:49 +0000

I had never heard of Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal. I figured it was modern performance dance art ballet stuff. Meeting (dating) someone new you also meet their interests- interests that maybe should introduce you to things outside your experiences. (More later about opposites and attraction and E-Harmony).

The BART is the coolest thing so we jumped it to Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. Nice ride then we walked a few blocks through Berkeley to the hall. Crowd was a diverse mostly white eclectic bunch with a brother or two (in dreads) and some African-Americans and splashes of all cultures who appreciated dance. Beautifully lit- contemporary elegant hall with gorgeous staircases and chandeliers in wonderful carpeted acoustics. This is just the entrance and lobby.

First thing on stage was a black female with deep down in the bijou negro acoustic music. She said “I am here and you are there” with Carribean type accent. Then she moved to the side and then off the stage into the audience, retrieved a costumed dancer, took them back on the stage then returned to that person’s seat and said “Now I am here and you are there. Do something good.”

That set the tone and as a “distraction” got our attention to focus on her. Notice I did not say she “walked” off the stage. Looking back it was much more than just a walk. Her movement was subliminally seductive and put a mood on the room. And this crowd was sitting stiller and quieter than interstellar space. But just like a concert, the room had a collective vibe. A type of cereberal based caucasian spiritual connecting I call it, like in Catholic mass (which I’ve always loved, even though I know a room this full of black folks could not ever be this still). That with the acoustics, lighting, music, sensual movements and vocals all combined into one very stimulating sensory conscious altering mostly drug free experince.

When the dancers movements became my focus that is when I began to really enjoy. I stopped trying to figure out the plot and absorbed the emotion and the performances varying displays of emotional energies. Over time the performance and setting became more intimate, and with this the connection to the show and its effect on my senses also intensified.

There was sex in the show as sexual statements which was one thing, but there was nudity that was “not necessary” and obviously inserted for shock or appeal or both. There were “actions” that seemed out of place and I think to give the audience an emotional break.

Gender roles were completely bent, shit broken. One of the main characters was a male in drag with high heels who moved so gracefully as female gendering was easily unconsciously distorted. And not so much his panties or his long monologue about his exaggerated ruffled red panties she wore in his “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” makeover.

All this and everything is performed with smooth artistic beautiful movement. I got the feeling that what the dancers were “acting out” was deliberately not relevant and not meant to have deep meaning. HOW the dancers moved and how that made me feel was the point. Everything had a graceful coordination about it. The music and recorded songs on that magnificiant sound system also intensified the mood and stimulation. I took them as european ethnic folk songs expressing deep heavy emotion.

The key for me is to become involved and “buy in” to the performance, whatever it may be. If I agree with or even understand whats going on or not, I try to absorb and feel what is being expressed. I like to become a part of the experience which encompasses who I’m with, the BART ride, the walk, the venue, the audience, the stage, the performers and the performance…

Funkateer Musicians Los Angeles

jefferytv — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:18:34 +0000

Funkateer Musician Gatherings Los Angeles

Henderson Wickliffe has residency:
Fridays in September at
The Living Room
2636 Crenshaw Blvd
Los Angeles 90016

“I am having a small jam for FUNKATEERS ONLY…..
Bring ur axes a trap drum kit…any snacks and drinks ….
it’s a B.Y.O. EVERYTHANG….”
-Oly Nero

Sunday, September 18 · 2:00pm – 8:00pm
HOUSE / GARAGE
1703 W 146TH ST…APT C
GARDENA,CA. 90247

T-OH! & PFUNK1 Post Demo Track

jeffery — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:46:04 +0000

T-OH! is Anthony Sanders, a long time acquaintance and friend of PFUNK1 who were reunited recently after 20 years at the 2011 Long Beach Funk Festival. They knew each other growing up in Youngstown, Ohio (Sanders a big Slave fan) and met up years later in California. The two were roommates at one point in the early 80′s. The two have always talked music.

“I ran into Mr Sanders at the Long Beach Funk Festival and we caught up on our 2 decades of music experiences.” said PFUNK1. “I told him I can studio engineer a bit and he was always a player so we decided to hook-up. And we did.”

The posted music started with the two messing around with the MIDI keyboard (the 13 or so other songs they did prior use real instruments). While PFUNK1 was practicing making drum loops, he created from scratch the clap sound and a cool loop was born. Sanders started laying tracks over each other playing different instruments on the keyboard as the two vibed and wrote the music on the fly.

“Basic editing, arranging with lazy to no mixing this track is some flavor of what we doing being put out into the universe.” -PFUNK1

“For me it’s about creating music the way I personally want to hear. Maybe even a style or way of making music. If it resonates with other people that would be cool (the projects can become larger), but the main goal is to create something I believe should be out there.” -PFUNK1

Naked Funk, Delta Nove & Slapbak in Hermosa Beach, CA

jeffery — Thu, 05 May 2011 18:10:06 +0000

Friday, May 20 at 8:00pm
Saint Rocke 142 Pacific Coast Hwy
Hermosa Beach, CA

Naked Funk feat. P-Funk Allstar veteran “Lige Curry” and friends along with Delta Nove & Slapbak. Doors 8pm. 21+ $15 admission $12advance. Tickets on Sale Now http://www.saintrocke.com/

http://www.youtube.com/mrjrodproductions
http://www.deltanoveband.com/welcome.cfm

Innanuttshell Reekordingz CEO: Norwood Fisher

jefferytv — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:08:08 +0000

My morning wakeup call was from Innanuttshell Reekordingz CEO Norwood Fisher to catch up and Trulio Disgraciasly prepare for summer. Seems Mr Clarence “Blowfly” Reid is in need of a quick internet presence. On it, stay tooned.

Also mentioned was somekind of Warwick something with Mr Fisher, William “Bootsy” Collins, Dewayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight and T.M. Stevens in Germany. Fisher informed me he has the longest running endorsement with Warwick or sum’n like that.

More notes: The cover for the new Trulio Disgracias is set and solidified as it waits for the universe to open up the opportunity for this collection to be released; Fishbone is in the studio cuttin’ stuff for the new record, 4 or so songs have been worked on; Back Of The Hand Allstars performances need to be recorded for posterity and to catch them improved gems that go down on Thursdays in Santa Monica; discussed Nuttsactor 5 Multimedia / Innanuttshell Reekordingz business and possible distribution of inventory.