Friday, July 23, 2021

Funktogenarian

Missed it by a day, but rise up young funksters to celebrate the 80th birthday of the legendary George Clinton. Noted funk chronicle NPR dropped this fascinating little vignette about the bandleader's history and influence, centered on the epic Maggot Brain.

I heard Blackbyrd McKnight play Eddie Hazel's solo a few years ago. Melted shit all over the place. Cheers up to the Mothership. May the Duke of Funkenstein have 80 more years. Free your mind and your ass will follow.

35 comments:

Marls said...

Mersh, you gotta lay off the pipe man. Clinton is playing right here!

zman said...

Yoodge day. I guess no one likes George Clinton.

Whitney said...

Cleveland Guardians. All right. Play ball.

rob said...

guardians of the cuyahoga

Whitney said...

Also, the only time I saw George Clinton and P-Funk play live was in Cleveland.

rob said...

siri, how do i get the smell of cat piss out of a laptop bag?

zman said...

Have your dog piss on it, then it smells like cat piss. Coincidentally, today we are officially down to zero zcats.

zman said...

Then it smells like *dog* piss. I'm too emotional to type.

rob said...

sorry to hear that, z. love those fuzzy bastards.

rob said...

robbie hummel was one of my favorite college players. happy to see him get to play again in tbt.

rob said...

the austrian soccer team i own lost the first game of the season. we’re on to grödig.

Whitney said...

Happy Olympics, y’all. I know one among us is an Olympic junkie.

rob said...

fact

Mark said...

I thoroughly enjoy the Olympics. Looking forward for the next two weeks.

rootsminer said...

This is my president Clinton

T.J. said...

Just gonna brag a bit. The wife was on NBC Nightly News tonight taking housing data. To say she puts me to shame is the understatement of the century.

T.J. said...

Ignore the typo, assholes

rob said...

saw the good doc. she does, indeed, put you to shame.

Marls said...

Hi Gheorghepeople!

OBX dave said...

Saw P-Funk and Bootsy's Rubber Band and Co. at U. Maryland's Cole Field House in 1975 or '76. Clinton and Parliament didn't get started until almost midnight. In the era before cellphones, made command decision to stay for the entire show, knowing that I would be in deep shyte when I got home. Which I was, since I didn't get home until about 3:30 a.m. Parents didn't believe they were still playing music past 2 a.m.

rob said...

happy jason varitek catcher's mitt facewashing alex rodriguez day, y'all. what are you doing to celebrate? me, i'm hanging out with marls.

Whitney said...

I remember that OBFT very well. Highly entertaining. I’ll have one for you and for Varitek.

Mark said...

I was visiting my sister in Tallahassee that weekend. I do t give a damn about those two teams but that was a fun day.

rob said...

dog summit with 4/5 of marls. dude looks like a superhero. cut like marble.

rootsminer said...

Same as it ever was.

zman said...

Marbls

Whitney said...

Tell Marls we missed him at the fishing trip.

rob said...

he was tolden

Marls said...

I be told

Whitney said...

Happy Birthday, Donna!

Whitney said...

And USA men’s (w)hoops...

rob said...

how dumb is jon rahm?

Mark said...

I’m way more upset about USA men’s basketball than I should be. I’m ready to say Pop isn’t the guy to steward this ship post Coach K.

rob said...

i got spain +1200 to win the gold, so my feelings are mixed

Donna said...

Thanks Whit. Got to spend the week in Corolla —amazing weather! Enjoying Olympics so far…we like making fun of NBC coverage but more fun, seeing sports we never see.