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My Discovery of Parliament / Funkadelic and a Funk Pure

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 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” (it had been out maybe …

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P-Funk Roadtrip San Francisco 2004: The Fellas

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

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

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

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 …

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Cirque Du Soleil “Totem” – San Francisco, Ca

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 …

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Pina Bausch: Tanztheater Wuppertal – Berkeley, Ca

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 …

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Funkateer Musicians Los Angeles

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 …

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T-OH! & PFUNK1 Post Demo Track

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 …

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