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| date | event | location |
10-06-02 |
soulive | central park – pasadena, ca |
10-06-02 |
television: steelers vs saints | the 35er – old town pasadena, ca |
10-05-02 |
high school junior varsity football: cardinal mooney vs chaney |
chaney high school youngstown, oh |
10-04-02 |
high school varsity football: cardinal mooney vs chaney |
ysu stadium – youngstown, oh |
09-29-02 |
television: browns vs steelers | cheers – moreno valley, ca |
09-28-02 |
3rd annual moreno valley jazz & blues festival: gary bias band the good company the stanley baird band |
seaborn ranch moreno valley, ca |
09-26-02 |
b-side players | summer concert series – pershing square downtown los angeles |
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09-20-02 |
vegas weekend: busride/ horseshoe hotel caesars palace: race for atlantis bellagio: dancing waters |
las vegas, nv |
| 09-19-02 | fishbone weapon of choice 40 cycle hum brothers from another planet |
key club – hollywood, ca |
| 09-14-02 | alanis morissette jason faulkner |
greek theatre – hollywood, ca |
| 09-13-02 | the platters |
7&fig tunes at noon concert series downtown los angeles |
| 09-11-02 | trulio disgracias 40 cycle hum freelance johnson |
cat club – hollywood, ca |
| 09-10-02 | movies: xxx | pacific hastings – pasadena, ca |
| 09-08-02 | p-funk allstars | harley davidson 100 yr celebration fontana, ca |
| 09-07-02 | p-funk allstars james brown living colour medusa 4th ave jones roots |
san diego street scene san diego, ca |
| 09-03-02 | the funk bros | knitting factory – hollywood, ca |
| 09-03-02 | screening: in the shadows of motown | the egyptian – hollywood,ca |
| 08-27-02 | john brooks monorail | the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
| 08-22-02 | weapon of choice | the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
| 08-17-02 | simply so | city beach – fremont, ca |
| 08-17-02 | metreon | san francisco, ca |
| 08-16-02 | skubi snax | city beach – fremont, ca |
| 08-11-02 | naturez dezign lion heart |
watts festival – watts, ca |
| 08-10-02 | naturez dezign modern groove assembly four nineteen black nation |
watts festival – watts, ca |
| 08-08-02 | orgone rhythm room allstars |
the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
| 08-06-02 | eric mcfadden rich stites and the circle |
the mint – los angeles, ca |
| 08-04-02 | eric mcfadden | casa rea – agoura hills, ca |
| 07-31-02 | orgone | venice beach bistro – venice beach, ca |
| 07-29-02 | norton simon museum | pasadena, ca |
| 07-28-02 | femi kuti michael franti & spearhead bongo maffin |
hollywood bowl – hollywood, ca |
| 07-27-02 | movies: the minority report | redlands cinema – redlands, ca |
| 07-27-02 | san bernadino national forest | mentone, ca |
| 07-21-02 | 40 cycle hum dirty walt & the columbus sanitation dr mad vibe killem gillem |
dragonfly – hollywood, ca |
| 07-20-02 | undercover brother | ontario mills mall – ontario, ca |
| 07-18-02 | lettuce kim hill |
the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
| 07-16-02 | the peak show | the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
| 07-14-02 | lake perris state recreation area | perris, ca |
| 07-07-02 | we funk allstars | downtown youngstown, oh |
| 07-06-02 | bernie worrell and the woo warriors | nelson ledges quarry park garretsville, oh |
| 06-30-02 | weapon of choice ben taylor |
the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
| 06-27-02 | maintain | venice beach bistro – venice beach, ca |
| 06-19-02 | fishbone deadweight |
canyon club – agoura hills, ca |
| 06-16-02 | playboy jazz festival | hollywood bowl – hollywood, ca |
| 06-15-02 | star wars episode II: attack of the clones | redlands cinema – redlands, ca |
| 06-14-02 | lakers championship parade & rally | staples center – los angeles, ca |
| 06-12-02 | the peak show three |
the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
| 06-08-02 | 4 queens hotel & casino fremont street experience |
las vegas, nv |
| 06-04-02 | venice beach boardwalk | venice beach, ca |
| 06-02-02 | fishbone
dirty walt & the sanitation engineers 40 cycle hum freelance johnson killem gillem jahboda |
cat club – hollywood, ca |
| 06-02-02 | television: lakers/kings game 7 | frankie & johnnies ny pizza
w. hollywood, ca |
| 06-01-02 | newport beach pier | newport beach, ca |
| 05-24-02 | the peak show | the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
| 05-19-02 | palm springs desert museum |
palm springs, ca |
| 05-17-02 | morris day and the time
mother’s finest |
house of blues – hollywood, ca |
| 05-15-02 | weapon of choice | the fabulous king king – hollywood, ca |
| 05-11-02 | p-funk allstars | sunset canyon amphitheatre – ucla |
| 05-08-02 | p-funk allstars | ventura theatre – ventura, ca |
| 05-07-02 | p-funk allstars | club townsend – san francisco, ca |
| 04-26-02 | the peak show | the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
| 04-17-02 | p-funk allstars |
house of blues – chicago, il |
| the peak show apr 26, 2003 templebarshe’s a girl with a voice that a man could worship, thats why i go hear her. holland sang with a bit more energy an animation than the last time i saw her. i so enjoy her voice and the vibe and the music of the peak show. what was more special about this show is that 40 seconds after the show ended holland came out into the audience to chat with friends 3 feet from where i was standing. i got to dance and vibe energy knowing that she was within range. for about 20 minutes i danced still feeling the energy from hearing her. during this and without saying a word, i turned and shook her hand and bowed my head to show praise & gratitude. she smiled and her body language showed she appreciated it. |
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| weapon of choice may 15, 2002 fabulous king kingWOC played without a drummer and it was refreshingly funky…Posted by PFUNK1 on 5/16/2002, 5:54 pm , in reply to “was that ms 7 roses in the weapon of choice house last night?”
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| the peak show may 24, 2002 templebarshe sang with more energy than i ever heard her before. holland was good-the kinda voice a man could worship. asl was an ok kinda good with moments. no 5′-11″ ingrid though… |
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| fishbone june 2, 2002 cat club i had met one of the freelance johnson guys at club 1650 when george clinton played there awhile back. he had good energy in the crowd at cat club and one time he was walking by me and we was bouncing on beat together without acknowledging each other. later told him i remember him from the 1650 club the night clinton was there, he rememberedover hearing norwood saying “time is the fabric of the universe” and “practice with a metronome for 2 hours a day” while hanging out at the showdirty walt was funky. he got some deep funk in his music. sang a chorus similar to mothership connection and another chorus was a play on “this little light of mine”jahboda was a skinny hippie semi grundge more rhythmicly vibey white dude. his music had a nice mellow vibe with good moderate movement and mellowy energy..40 cycle hum was real good. the black gutiarist from sucidal tendanceies was really good. i thinkhis name was rocky or sumn and they played a funky metal type music. this music had fast slicing movement. he played whiteboy type music but it had a funky way about it. angelo of fishbone dj’ed and the music was good. it set a good vibe for the evening. i was bouncing to the music before i knew he was djing. told him i heard he knew sumn bout youngstown and he said yeah and named “stambaugh auditorium, wick park and idora park.” he called the rollercoaster the bobcat- it was the wildcat. there was a nice rhythmic vibe in the place cause of his dj’ing. it made for a good evening as a whole. i vibed the whole evening and not just each individual act kinda sometimes…cat club was thin and long. no depth. stage was setup facing a wall 10 feet away. angelo sang and danced some on a table it was so small. and it was packed and uncomfortable. but still a very good evening…not many girls but the ones that were there were very interesting. |
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| the peak show june 12, 2002 templebar damn. writing this i done seen holland and them like 3 times just on this page! and each time she sang with more energy than previous. a voice a man can worship. i watched the show from the back behind the crowd so i could be as crazy energetic and into it as i wanted. and she did not disappoint. i deeply grooved with her voice and the music…three was cool, kinda pop and tame with a couple of good moments when it came together tight and funky…but ofcourse, the night was all about the peak show…cool thing too was it was a school night so im operating on 4 hours sleep and it aint so bad…i can hang out on weeknights!!! one of the regular templebar waitresses was there looking all sexy out of uniform in casual clothes… |
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| playboy jazz festival june 16, 2002 hollywood bowl this is all about vibe. the music and bill cosby was just ok, but the superlative about this thing is the black folx chillin. eveybody with their picnic baskets and food and drink and smoke and looking good and feeling good. all kinds of people but mainly black and non blacks who had deep association with blacks. you can tell most of the white people there were had black inside or black spouses. and the place and the crowd had rhythm.i got there early and was in ultra chill mode. i didnt get anything to eat before i went into the hollywood bowl so im walking around looking to buy food. there was hardly none worth buying. it was like 3pm and i had got use to the idea that all i would have to eat until 11pm that night was popcoen and diet coke. which i got and ate sitting on a pedistrin median watching hundreds of pretty girls stroll by. i was sittin in the shade (a lot of people were in the venue in their seats in direct intense sun) eating popcorn for like 2 hours in heaven. pfunk1 jersey chillin wtchin hundreds of girls ethinic walk past. and you know they knew i (actually we cause other brothers peeped what i was doin and eased on over) was watching as they cooly strolled with their sexy ways in there sexy summer clothes. and let me tall ya there was some fine females there.anywayz after a couple hours of that im vibin, drifting and floatin around in a sureal state and run into cousins who was chillin out there. they had food and drink and water and everything. i almost cried. i sat there and ate in a nice shaded secluded picnic area that hard folx chillin and smokin and hearing the music and kickin it. i so love black people. and i felt really, really good. props to auntie rose and odell for bringing family to the funk. doin’ it with black folx Posted by PFUNK1 on 6/17/2002, 1:27 pm
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| laker’s championship parade june 14, 2002 i got so excited when my boss said i could go to the parade i jumped up and down and hugged him. i left work and walked down figueroa to the staples center in my pfunk1 steeler jersey and got a few comments form a few raider fans. i got as close as i could but it was crowded. the crowd was spirited and very energetic. they were very sexy, but very young. some of them girls seemed too young to be dressed so sexy, but they was looking good. the music was incredibly good. mid-tempo bassy rap with good movement. sound system was top notch and you could feel bass everywhere in the crowd of thousands. one time a girl got up on a ladder and was dancin, then she takes off her over shirt. then she teases showin her tits but doesnt and folx started to boo and thats when the bottle throwing frenzy started. feeling the energy of a frenzied crowd was good. laker_championship_parade_2002 |
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| fishbone june 19, 2002 canyon club weapon of choice was on the bill but didnt show. this is like the 3rd time in a row i went to see them and they were no shows. the crowd and agoura was lily white. them white white that are so white in their ways that you feel so different from them that you have to react to it. the night was summed up when i went out on to the patio and the people were so young and white i almost threw up. im not into fishbone music, i prefer the funk. deadweight had more of a funk flow than fishbone so i vibed them better. they were a standup bass, violin and drums and made did some pertty cool things with sounds and rhythms. i was standing next to fishbone’s drummer and one time deadweight did a complicated groove that we both anticipated and missed and it was good.spacy t on guitar was good and fast. his hand speed was incredible. mayeb even faster than blackbyrd’s, but i dont know. norwood was slappin the bass at this incredible speed as spacy t stroked the guitar at high paced rhythms and that was good.saw the lead singer for jahboda in the house and a guy who sings lead for reinfield returns said he remembered me from someplace and we think it was when he played with trulio disgracias on my birthday at the templebar. he was with a sexy long legged blonde and he said it would be an honor if i attended his show in july. i got a good chuckle out of that…the actual club itself is nice and big and is like a cross between the templebar and the house of blues. buddah statues, thick carpets and couches and dark. but in a huge room with a nice big wood dance floor… |
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| maintain june 27, 2002 venice beach bistro it had been awhile since i had been funked so i was due. i saw maintain’s gig listed on a website as funk so i thought about it. i got home and went to there website and soon as i heard the first soundbite i immediately went and got in the shower and left. i needed some funk.venice beach was very mellow. the weather was extremely comfortable. it wasn’t crowded and i parked right on the beach ($4). venus and jupiter were shining over the ocean and i could hear the music from a drum circle out on the beach. maintain was very vibey and funky. what they lacked in funk intensity they made up for in rhythm and vibe. really groovy groove. i was vibin out front and center when a percussion guy sets up and sits in right in front of me at my table. i was in heaven. more percussion came later and we jammed.i was so on that i was able to anticipate a breaks and changes. like i could sense the guitar or whatever preparing for the last beat before a change. one time i had my back to the band vibin out and nanoseconds before the break i felt it coming abd i was able to jump on it and hit it. and in the quiet of the one beat pause i was able to take a breathe and go “wheeeew,” then i spun around facing the band dead on the beat when the music started up again. it seemed likei was clocking faster than life so small spaces of time seemed long to me and i was able to do multiple things within these minute lengths of time. i thought as i left about the delay in our perception of reality. we depend on the speed of light to get us visual data the fastest way. but what if there were other energies given of by events that traveled faster than light? what if i had another sense that i could use to perceive reality “sooner” than i do when dependiong on light and seeing. i thought if i could do that i could “go faster” than normal life. clock at a higher frequency. it seems by attaining and maintaining rhythms and higher rhythms that i sample life at a faster rate and can do more things in a section of time either there is a distinctive pattern to funk or i anticpate well cause i never heard this band before and more than once i knew where they were going and when the beat would change and when the breaks would come. this one guy played bass and he had his back to me but i predicted what he was gonna play very accurately and i air strummed it for the few folx in the bar to see. |
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| the peak show july 16, 2002 templebar this was the first time i ever saw drama at mi fave place. it seemed the peak show and the sound guy (not one of the usual ones) had a problem in dealing with each other. they were going back and fourth with verbal jabs during the monitor adjustments. then during the first few seconds of the first song the drummer made a comment in lyric about the soundman. so i think the soundguy turns the volume down on their set and makes a comment. i was like wow. then later i over hear the soundguy and who i believe to be an owner in a conversation where the sound guy was using the f-word alot in a complaing/defending tone. i just kept dancing and vibing the music but it was loud enough to disturb me as i was in the back. anywayz this “drama” seemed to motivate the peak show to play a more aggressive set. not like they were mad or angry, but letting of steam. holland’s voice had aggression and power in it this night. felt a little less animated but had more strength and force. she hit a couple notes that i thought were driven by emotion. and most of the drama seemed between the drummer and sound guy, the drummer played with what seemed added aggression and “wildness?”. the sound guy was black. |
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| lettuce july 18, 2002 templebar lettuce opened up with parliament’s do that stuff. this music is jamband funk. lots of horn, deep bass, keyboard, drums, and two guitars. they play that tight rhythm guitar pickin groove. horns over the top and sometimes a lead guitar. funky jambandish. guitar player and horn from soulive. they played a relatively long set.kim hill was good. black female groove. not so much r&b and soul, but soulish groove. keaton simons & mark from weapon of choice were in the band. at the end keaton did a guitar solo with his voice electronic with the guitar scat like, i digged it.dj haul was there and i told him ive been blessed to have good dj’s in my life… |
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| undercover brother july 20, 2002 ontario mills this movie touched on so many philosophical points that i agree with that it almost sacred me. so many points about race, evolution and stereotypes that are so aligned with my thinking its hard for me to believe that i am the only one who sees it. add eddie griffin and the socio-politicals that has always been involved in p-funk understanding. even how eddie was bobbin his head in the opening while driving singing “we want the funk” reminded me of me. first that p-funk music came on and i was bobbin then they showed eddie in the cadillac and we was head-bobbin right on time together. then we sang it word for word together. (he sang the parts i emphasize most when im in the car)politicaly it made statements about “the man” that i had just written about in a daily. they even had the man depicted as a gray suit with a combover, that george bush head style thang. they depicted a popular black general (col powell?) as being a puppet for the man. they made statements about marijuana, the ability to dance and rhythm, how black culture is being absorbed by airbody including whites who dont agree with it. the helpless white girl (white she devil as a spy) meeting black male was masterful and then having her actually joining the brotherhood. conspiracy brother, smart brother, intern whiteboy, etc etc. this movie was funny, funky and made many statements about society and the direction of society that i not only agree with but have been writing about.when the white intern “went off” he really went off. they stereotyped him as a mild mannered white man who when he goes off, he really goes off. the most gory part of the movie as far as killing was done by a white male. it was so graphic that it was obviously making a statement. he ripped a heart out of one guy, the spinal column of another and smashed anothers head.afterwards i hung out at ontario mills mall. damn, now thats a big place. lots of people of al kinds. mostly teenagers but they were cool. huge food court, music, festive, stores, folx hanging out. there where some black teenage boys dancing by one store who had a dj (asain playing black rap). i noticed that the modern dances had complicated rhythms. they seemed more energetic than the street dances of old and much more complicated and challenging to perform. i like this. its like they are growing up doing more sophisticated moves. and visually they are stimulating.i also saw a black girl with a body that made me gasp. GOD WAS SHE CUTE!!!! jesus christ and his virgin mother of mary. she was wearing low riding jeans with a tight shirt that showed her back and her ass was such that it was perfect (in that and my space and time). i stared. she had to know i was in awe. she was kinda small compared to how i like ’em, but the shape and contour amost brought tears to my eyes. she was cute and i believe she knew it. she walked by wher ei was standing more than once so she was confident and i likd that. she was with two guys but they seemed to be just hanging out. man she had an ass and shape on her. it made me desire.black female makes me desire. i love white female for what i believe they bring and they are attreactive, but when i see a very cute black female it moves me to the core. mayeb cause i feel closer to them culture wise or sumn, but black female touches my core like no other. i was so moved by her body as i left i thought about the fact that i may never see her again. i thought of knowing that i may never see her (something that moving) again. i walked out almost saddened. i dont think i ever do this with white girls. |
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| femi kuti july 28, 2002 hollywood bowl i admit, this was funky in its own way. it was soft funk, but not pop. it was a more vibey music. there were stretches when they just let the music flow and jammed like funk. thought he music was “softer” than others, these vibey jam moments felt more funky than most. femi did a song titled “dont cum too fast” and it was a very sexual reaggae laced funk. this music is kinda too happy to be funk. not as aggressive as the funk im used to. not as much force and arrogance in the music.crowd was cool, lots of white people though. not that a lot of white people is a bad thing, but these seemed to be the kind of white people who either got their tickets as part of a concert series or white people trying to be black or absorb the black culture. it was a strange mix of caucasian. lots of africans and non american blacks. kuti had horns that were good. |
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| norton simon july 29, 2002 got off work at 4, 4:20 on the 110 N to pasadena, cruised to this beautiful museum. very relaxed, mellow taking in the art and beauty. spent time drawing the east asian sculpture in the basement. was trying to capture the contour of posing female. |
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orgone july 31, 2002 venice beach bistro chillin at an uncrowded venice beach (lots of homeless around though) on a nice night listening to funky music. it was close to heaven. no cover, but i kinda got a weird vibe from the black male “bouncer?” he might have thought i was homeless or something cause i felt he was policing me just a bit. he stressed a 2 drink minimum and i was so relaxed and mellow that it didnt matter if i gave him the right or wrong impression about me. it didnt matter. all i wanted to do was hear music. i told him i dont drink but could get diet coke and jokingly asked if i could just give’m $5. he kept straight face, but i didnt care cause at the time it didnt matter. it feels so cool to be chillin on the beach hearing music. it feels like im fulfilling a life long dream to exist this way. it feels good. i pay 4 bucks to park right on the beach so between sets i can go to my car and enjoy…music was good. orgone is 5 young white guys playing funky vibey music. i was the only one in the place listening to them and i didnt mind. the patio was open so the people on the boardwalk could see me groovin and the music could be heard up and down the way. there were times when the music felt like i was getting a drug i was addicted to. i realized that i need to vibrate like this. to exercise my rhythms. i need to do it like a drug. i told the band this after their final set and tipped them 5 bucks. i sheepishly asked them about the “free your mind and your ass will follow” quote on their website and the guitarist said yeah, he put that there. he “had to represent.” i said yeah very deeply.there were moments when i was able to “predict?” where the music was goin. once again ive never heard this band live before but i was able to air play songs note for note and hit every break or change. is the music that predictable? am i so in tuned? am i feeling it so deeply i can feel the music at the nanosecond sampling level so i can anticipate and react to beats microseconds before they happen? prolly just my experience with music and the patterns in it that i am very familiar with. |
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| eric mcfadden aug 4, 2002 casa rea mr mcfadden was solo and acoustic with a lot of rhythm. his voice was so muffled you couldnt understand the words he was saying, but you could easily pick up the vibe and melody. he played for like an hour or so (i think) with good energy. he strummed the strings with power at times and softly other times. but always there was tight rhythm. one time he stumbled backwards over the stage and accidently knocked the tuning off the g-string (thats what he said) but he did not loose the beat. afterwards i gave him props and complimented his rhythm saying even when he fell he was on beat, out of tune but on beat. i also asked about the p-funk europe tour and he said everyone was open, receptive and spirited. “spirited” is one of my favorite words and things to be in life. and i picture european crowds as being just that.he didnt play any p-funk, just his own stuff. it wasnt soul acoustic and it wasnt rock. it was a good vibe/tempo with good energy. he picked and stummed the guitars with an almost amazing hand speed. a few times he would hit a note that made it sound like spanish guitar music, but i think that was just cause he was playing so aggressively cause he is obviously very comfortable with his guitars.the place was real nice but secluded in agoura hills, which is a predoninantly white area. i was the only black person in the joint the whole night (other than eric), but it was cool. these white people seemed like higher scale behind the scenes industry folx. heard talk of movies, animal trainers and a guy who fixes musical equipment for stars. these white people were a bit upscale but kinda down to earth. they gave out hugs to each other in the funky cool way and had good spirit as a group. something i found refreshing for a crowd that was so upscale & white. but when the few that danced did, you saw how white they were. i dont usually laugh at white folx dancin, but this one girl was all over the place. i picked up on her rhythm, but it wasnt on beat with the music. she moved her hips and body in the weirdest ways. it was danicng yes, but strange to watch… |
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| eric mcfadden aug 6, 2002 the mint what made this night special was funkadelic. p-funk bass player lige curry and p-funk backup singer kim manning joined mr mcfadden along with another black female guitarist (who eric said was in his earlier band) to do funkadelic’s “never gonna tell it.” no drummer but still very rhythmic. it is so gooood to hear my music (oh how the music moves me). the crowd was 99.9% 20 sumn and white but i had to represent. as mr mcfadden announced the song i moved to stand dead center facing the stage. i had heard that ms manning sang this song on tour so it was a very plesant surprise to hear her sing funkadelic this night. the sound was right (this time) so i could hear mr mcfadden clearly. and i found him pretty funny. he was saying how old he was and joked that he use to tour in 1946. he then deadpanned the line “most of my hardcore fans are dead.” that was funny and im still laughing at it. was talking to a girl who was there to see mr mcfadden who almost ran me over in her car twice while walking to the place, she was cool. rich stites and the circle were a very very funky vibey band that played a kinda music i was trying to describe. its not soul, though soulful. its is very vibey in a clean but deep way. like a scientificly clean music that goes deep. not a nasty deep down dirty funk vibe, but i liked them very much. they are a full band (bass, keys, guitar, percussion) and played a very mellowy tempo. heavily spirited music without being heavy.once again i was like the only black person in the joint. and once again i was surprised at the high quality of soul/black music that was played by the bands and djs. |
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| orgone aug 8, 2002 templebar i was tired and not really motivated and prolly should not have gone. place was cool, music was good. i was just not into it. sittin there looking around at all the white kids was the final straw, i got up and left early into the rhythm room allstars set. orgone was cool and seemed to play “bigger” than they did last time i saw them at a smaller place. their music was kinda basic and predictable, but the vibe was good and so were the rhythms. lots of cute girls in the place, but they were all young and white and thats starting to become ever so slightly irritating. (i love pizza, but i dont want to eat it everyday and all day). it seems the places that play the good music are full of this demographic. |
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| watts festival aug 10, 2002 i love doin it with black people. double g was there hanging outmodern groove assembly’s singer was mc and put together event. she was cute, talented and it was a pleasure to watch her work. she was a bit “instructive” at first to the crowd, but i recognized that as being part of who she is and that she wanted thing correct and i even found that trait to be a symptom of something attractive in her. it was very cool to have them announce that she was the person to organize a large part of this event, mc the stage and then come out and sing a song about smokin weed. very, very refreshing.419’s lead singer was what i thought a black asian white girl. she appeared to be such a mix of cultures it made me happy, it was so refreshing. her style, movements, mannerisms and dance were like nothing ive ever seen before. she had elements from many cultures, not least of which was rhythm and strength like a sista, with dance style and energy like a white girlseeing older black male, so naturally cool. light green silk like casual “pajama” suit, cool shoes, sunglasses, cleanly shaved, nice amount of jewelry and sporting the hell out of his hat cocked slightly to the side. he had a natural coolness that made me proud to be black, i almost began to tear up. i may have seen no other culture who have common men (or people) who dress so well and look so good even at 50 & 60 years old.natures design was good too. (said they play at midnight at studio 56 santa monica and orange). girl singer and i think originator has good energy and was doing very rhythmic things before the show so i noticed her. they were good. two black male rappers with her singing r&bish type background hooks. she was cute and her mom was there and that i think cool.saw a very exotic female. looked some kinda asian mix, very sexy modern casual dressed, long hair and just exoticly attractive with good energy. but for the most part it was about black female. there is someithing about black female that goes right through me. something i get from no other brand of female. just cute brown skinned girls. they make me stare without any shameit seemed i wasnt even there an hour when i noticed somethng refreshingly different. a young group of black males (teens) played a vibey kinda sound but it was hard for me to predict the braks and changes. they werent the standard rhythmic pauses in music and this i liked a lot. the music had movement that was good to follow but it wasnt predictable. it seemed that though this fetival was small, in there were a number of things that i found refeshingly different from the scene im used to scenin there was a kids rap group. ages 3, 7, 9, 12, and a male 13 who wrote and |
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| skubi snax, simply so aug 16,17 2002 fremont, ca thursday i got an e-mail from ricks girl just sayin hi. i responded with the normal its good to hear from ya banter. (banter has been mi fave word of late and it was good to hear from miss m). went on to find out rick’s band was playin the next day and her band was playing the day after on saturday. all i needed was a reason so i was gone. off work early the next day and hit the road. its always good to see rick and miss monica and spend time at the “ranch” with all the love and music. and food and im always touched by the experience and the warmth or the sumn. i just knows i like chillin up there like that. city beach tripped me out cause it had a full size basketball court and volleyball courts. i never saw an entertainment place that was meant for the level of physical activity this one was. i mean there was pizza, hot wings and french fries with beer and alcohol alongside competitive sweaty basketball and volleyball. it was very refreshing. the skubi snax were cool. i digs their groove. i guess cause im so close to the band, i wont or cant give an opinion like i can easily do for other live music ive experienced. its like im so close that no matter what they do i digs and i mean that. cause i can hear each personality and voice in the music and since i know these personalities i enjoy them no matter what they do. but even with that said, when the band hits a good groove they groove it well. its about the vibe and the groove and i digs partyin with them so i likes it all. reno, miss dinah, kenny, lonnie and rick all were good. but i do have to say im liking miss dinah’s voice more and more…simply so is rick’s girlfriend’s band and i thought it very cool for a couple to have each of their seperate bands play the same place over a weekend. at what made it really cool was that it was local so they each had a following. i laughed to myself as i walked in with rick as simply so played and his “fans” & buddies and co-workers) ran to greet him. i walked to the side to enjoy the music as he was greeted and then was saluted by name by one of simply so’s band memebers on the mic during a song. i thought to myself later that considering ricks and monicas personalities, assets, love for music, warmth and all they should have “fans.” and i thought that soooooo coool to see and experience. simply so played pop music. it was generic standard watered funk. music made to be happy and dancable with just a trace of funk. miss monicas voice was maybe kinda heavy for the music they played. also the mix was the worse ive heard in a long long time. it was flat and sounded like am radio. no depth on the bass and no highs fron the high hat. it was really flat. and miss monicas voice is rich and has depth so it stood out. in fact, the other black female singer in the group also had a good voice and the tambporines they both played was the only thing that had the highs cause they werent going thru the mufffled sound system. it was really good seeing miss m do her thing. i realized she is a diva. the way she handles herself and her approach to her craft she is truly diva like. there are very few places or situations where i truly feel humbled. everytime i visit rick and them it is so good im touched in one way or another. i felt so good coming home that it didnt even really bother me that i blew out my engine and would be without a car. i was in such a zone of good feeling nothing could bring me down. riding back i literally sat and felt how good i felt and enjoyed the moment of just feeling ita skubi snax band member told me between sets that i could walk into a room and make everybody in it happy. i smiled and was somewhat embarrassed. but like i said, i always leave a visit with rick having been moved and touched by the experience… |
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| metreon aug 17, 2002 san francisco the special about this experience was that i got sick. i ate 2 bags of the cheap 2 for a $1 peach rings candy. my system did not like this at all and let me know by painfully processing this candy thru me. cramping, sweating, staggering around in pain. rick and lonnie just went on about there bizness looking at x-men action figures as i wallowed in pain. they ate and chilled as i spent two seperate occasions in the public restrooms of the metreon passing the poison candy. i didnt care how nasty the bathrooms/toliet was cause i was in pain. i sat there cramping in an uncomnfortable position as to touch the least amount of things possible. man i was hurting. but i have to admit, the damn candy was good. |
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| weapon of choice aug 22, 2002 templebar weapon of choice, last night in santa monica… Posted by PFUNK1 on 8/23/2002, 12:32 pm
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| john brooks monorail aug 27, 2002 templebar mr brooks played the drums with one hand and his feet. he used his other hand to play a synth- keyboard and very funky riffs. but you could tell what was spose to be two people was one. at times the rhythm was slightly skewed in places where there should have been simultaneuos beats. or sumn like that. his band was two saxaphones, him on drums and bass synth/keyboards and another piano keyboard. he was maybe a bit too much fun funky for the templebar. he cussed alot- “f” “mf” and had a playful song in which the refrain was “i wanna f___ you …” it was meant to be lighthearted and it was, but seemed a bit out of character for mi fave place. he sang bits of outstanding, weak in the knees and other old funk songs intermixed with his original work. funk vibey fun groove…there were drunk white girls doing something that they thought was dancing. it was so bad it irritated me. i imagined them asking me to dance and me telling them something like “sure, but what you doing aint dancin.” it was just bad. no rhythm, no flow, just trying to be sexy and freaky and they wasnt. the reason i was here this night was to see the peak show but they werent there. girl at the door said they were out on tour for atlantic. |
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| screening: standing in the shadows of motown sep 3, 2002 hollywood, ca this was a screening of a hollywood movie complete with the red carpet, velvet ropes, limos, cameras and onlookers. i walked the red carpet and enjoyed every nanosecond of it. the egpytian is kinda small but very hollywoodish and is right on hollywood blvd. “In 1959, Berry Gordy gathered the best musicians from Detroit’s thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on “My Girl,” “Bernadette,” I Was Made to Love Her,” and every other hit from Motown’s Detroit era.By the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined – which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers”. bootsy sang two motown hits in the movie that seemed to be not quite right. his style and voice didnt fit. it seemed almost awkward. seeing that made me realize im glad george is not bootsy and visa versa. it made me appreciate more what the p-funk allstars are not. after the screening i was standing chillin off to myself and rick james walks close enough for me to shake his hand and i did. i was hoping to get a chance to do that. after the concert teena marie walks in front and slightly brushes against me. im no groupie or nothing, but to be in the same space and time at that moment with someone who has created things i feel very special. |
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| the funk bros sep 3, 2002 knitting factory teena marie, rick james, gerald levert, mary wilson and others sang motown hitswith the funk bros providing backing music. teena marie ran into me. rick james shook my hand. knitting factory funky, funky, funky… |
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| trulio disgracias sep 11, 2002 cat club norwood’s birthday? Posted by jeffery on 9/12/2002, 1:34 pm , in reply to “weapon of choice, hollywood, tonight…”
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| alanis morissette sep 14, 2002 greek theatre saw tom greene. met a wide receiver for women’s pro football long beach aftershock, jennifer. alanis was good. music wasnt loud enough, didnt have the intensity im use to. wish alanis could collab with p-funk and have the musical bands intensity. crowd ofcourse was mostly white and didnt have that much rhythm. though they were more “down to earth.” less foo foo. i liked them.jason faulkner opened, solo on electric guitar and sang. for some reason i wasnt feeling him, then i was kinda irritated by him. then i heard other people comment on how bad he was. and when he announced that this would be his last song, a kinda loud cheer went up.alanis ran around the stage and rocked out funkily towards the end. this is what makes me wish she had a more powerful band and a more spirited funky crowd to raise the intensity levels. this kinda crowd sings very very well though. extremely tight on the lyrics. but not much on the dancing.i really enjoy alanis and her voice. very little rhythm in the greek theatre crowd. but still, i wish i was able to be closer to her so she could feel my energy and my rhythm. (should have gotten pit ticket). seemed like she was holding back or cruising, though she put in effort. didnt really let it go vocally i think. i believe she can “scream” like the gospel areatha franklin or patti labelle in the right setting. i dont remember a single acoustic only gutiar solo by her, all songs were with the band. |
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| fishbone, weapon of choice sep 19, 2002 key club audra was very spirited, animated and i LOVED her energy. not to mention she was looking good as hell with her barefoot self. i really really really enjoyed her this night. i was even kinda disappointed i didnt see her after the show to hug and thank her.spacy t wore a funkadleic “maggot brain” shirt. and for whatever reason i wore my PFUNK1 steeler jersey. he then proceeded to give props to eddie hazel as he usually does, but this time there was a special vigor. he went on to say that he aint mad or hatin on “george,” but george never gives eddie props for the funk. he said in a very bold voise that eddie hazel was the funk. he then went on to play medley of funkadelic/hazel that morphed into shakey ground. more than one funkadelic riff and even a chant or two. i took off my jersey to display the PFUNK on the back of it proudly. the thing about 40 cycle hum that was good was that i noticed the bass player. this was the first time i felt the energy of a white rock bass player. i was all into hearing rocky on guitar (but he wasnt mixed loud enough) when i saw the bass player do a windmill move with his arm. this gave me a tingle and from then on i was into him and his rock groove. i was able to understand and vibe this groove. fishbone starting the show with funkadelic got me deeply into it. last time i saw fishbone i didnt like’em and didnt feel it. but i did this night. angelo, norwood on bass (at one time norwood was totally naked on stage), john steward on drums as always solid and i really felt dirty walt this night and his horn. weapon of choice was good, but also could have been mixed better. audra made them and the whole night. keaton could hardly be heard. jellybean the dancer is getting better and better. her moves are more rhythmic and sensual. i feel her much more deeply as of late. she seems to shake with better timing too. but it was about audra and her energy this night… |
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| b-side players sep 26, 2002 downtown los angeles when presentinmg the band, the mc said the usual blah blah blah stuff about the band and how they have toured all over the world and how the sell out the templebar regularly. ofcourse i gave a medium loud shout of approval. (they played all over the world and mi fave place is the only one she mentions? this kinda stuff moves me). b-side players have a latin flava with more jazz than pop type groove. they were just chillin and seemed to be in a kicked back lunchtime groove. the cool thing about this thang was the people in the crowd. pershing square is full of homeless people mixed with office working folx. there was this black girl who seemed to be like a counselor or group leader for some homeless or handicapped people and her body was sexy. she was wearing these thin material boxer shorts, sandals and a tight fitting shirt. her ass jigglled as she wiggled to the music to the point it made mne giggle more than once. she was a soft brown with long not too thin legs with that soft booty just a jingling. man i was touched. she was cute enough that i noticed her soon as i hit pershing square and when the music started she went to the dance area in front. and thats when i seen them long soft brown legs and that so soft booty bouncin.another cool thing were the kids dancing. they were mentally challenged- like down syndrome or something- but soon as the music started 3 pre-teen age girls went right to the dance floor. now, it wasn’t the rhythm that impressed me, it was the effort. they were into it and enjoying it. every now and then one would do a serious move, the kind you do when you are really into the music. they were spirited and having fun. they were to young to be sexy, but that didnt stop them from trying sexy booty shakin moves. their spirt and energy was the best part of the concert… |
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| moreno valley jazz festival sep 28, 2002 when i get to the place getiing out of the car the first song i hear is flashlight. highlight was keyboardist myron mckinnley of earth wind and fire fame. warming up in sound check he played “barney miller” with so much energy that i should have known it was his night. he was so on and played with so much that he domnated every song. upfront was spose to be saxaphonist but even he had to defer to mr mckinnley.cut black girl. gorgeous brown complexion with a purple weave i her hair that complimented her complexion to the point she damn near numbed me. getting there i went up a road that eventually became non-paved and so steep and narrow i had to turn around. this was on a horse ranch. there was a real working horse stable. fabion was teenaged singer nicknamed lil stevie. he sang r&b and had a good voice. sound was pretty good. the bands were set up on a porch. there was dirt, lots of dirt. food was good. bbq was reasonably priced. i love black people |
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| mooney vs chaney (varsity) oct 4, 2002 my daughter is in the chaney band, my son on the mooney football team. i graduated from mooney. ysu stadium in a nice warm rain. |
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| 35er oct 6, 2002 pasadena really cool place to catch the game. practically empty and had tvs with steelers on them all to myself. they had a jukebox that had the mothership connection album. there were free credits so before you know it my sunday morning at the bar began with dancing to mothership connection. not a bad way to kick things off… |
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