Known to its
legions of fans simply as P-Funk, Parliament Funkadelic has had a
profound impact on the development of contemporary music, aesthetics and
culture. PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC: One Nation Under a Groove chronicles
the unique alchemy of the musical influences that fed into the band`s
singular approach to music, documenting P-Funk`s continuing influence on
today`s artists and musicians and featuring an in-depth look at the
musical and entrepreneurial mastermind of its leader George Clinton.
To
create a film that reflected the distinctive nature of P-Funk,
filmmaker Yvonne Smith used animations both cell- and computer-generated
to create the special sequences and virtual environments that reflect
the P-Funk aesthetic. Inspired by a P-Funk lyric, she created the
"Afronaut",a cartoon character from outer space who serves as the film`s
host and narrator. The Afronaut`s voice is provided by hip-hop comic
and actor Eddie Griffin, who co-starred in the popular series Malcolm
and Eddie and feature films including Undercover Brother, Herbie: Fully
Loaded, and Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo
and its sequel Deuce Bigelow:
European Gigolo. In PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC, the Afronaut descends to
earth from a new millennium version of the Mothership, created by
computer graphics artist Paul Collins. The Afronaut was brought to life
in cell animation from the drawings of Kevin Lofton, a former animation
artist on Beavis and Butthead.
In PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC,
interviews with the original Parliaments the late Ray Davis, Calvin
Simon, Grady Thomas and Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins take place in a virtual
barber shop, reminiscent of the group`s early years doing hair and
singing in a New Jersey hair salon run by George Clinton. The barbershop
and the various environments in which George Clinton appears, were
created in digital animation. In addition to the Parliaments, the film
also features original interviews with George Clinton, Bootsy Collins,
Bernie Worrell, Garry Shider, Dawn Silva, one of the Brides of
Funkenstein and other key P-Funk band members and staff. Other musicians
interviewed include Rick James, Ice Cube, Flea and Anthony Kiedis of
the Red Hot Chili Peppers, De La Soul, Shock G (also known as "Humpty
Hump" of the Digital Underground) and Nona Hendryx of LaBelle. Reginald
Hudlin, director of House Party and Boomerang, president of
entertainment for BET and a P-Funk fanatic, also appears, as does funk
historian and author Rickey Vincent.
Bonus:
Cosmic Slop
Do that Stuff
Gammin' on Ya
Standing on the Verge
Undisco Kid
Children of Production
Mothership Connection
Swing Down Sweet Chariot
Dr. Funkenstein
Comin' Around the Mountain
P. Funk
Tear the Roof Off the Sucker
Night of the Thumpasorous Peoples
Funkin' for Fun
Sunday, 16 September 2012
Rock Family Trees - The Prog Rock years
Bonus:
BBC Prog Rock Britannia an Observation in Three Movements
Prog Rock Sunday (For HerrBXXX)
Saturday, 15 September 2012
Steve Albini VS Amanda Palmer VS Steve Albini (Part 3)
"Well, since the new journalism is just re-posting what other people have lifted from message boards and twitter, there are probably going to be a hundred or so stories on the web with headlines like "Steve Albini calls Amanda Palmer an Idiot," so I'd better make my position on that clear. I don't think Amanda Palmer is an idiot, and it was rude and sloppy of me to make that impression. I'm sorry Amanda Palmer, the internet is going to tell you that I think you're an idiot, and while that's not true, it's my fault.
I Don't know Amanda Palmer, and don't recall ever hearing her music, though I hear a lot of music. Full disclosure, my wife Heather once tried to contact her through her agents to see if she would play at a charity event, but I don't know what happened with that other than nothing happened.
I have no problem with bands using participant financing schemes like Kickstarter and such. I've said many times that I think they're part of the new way bands and their audience interact and they can be a fantastic resource, enabling bands to do things essentially in cooperation with their audience. It's pretty amazing actually.
It should be obvious also that having gotten over a million dollars from such an effort that it is just plain rude to ask for further indulgences from your audience, like playing in your backing band for free.
Fuck's sake a million dollars is a shitload of money. How can you possibly not have a bunch laying around after people just gave you a million dollars? I saw a breakdown about where the money went a while ago, and most everything in it was absurdly inefficient, including paying people to take care of spending the money itself, which seems like a crazy moebius strip of waste."
Via
Okay to be honest I can't stand Albini or Palmer but Albini is right this time. She really is just taking the piss! Anybody who says "it's more insulting to offer someone a little bit of money than no money" has too much money.
♪♫ Forest For The Trees - Dream
Spaceboy and I just had a great wee dance to this. A track that has everything (and the kitchen sink)! Carl Stephenson. Absolute pop genius!
Friday, 14 September 2012
Jon Baines
@bainesy1969
A reminder that Cabinet Office fought to avoid#FOI disclosure of Hillsborough info, prior to setting up of Panel http://bit.ly/UMUTzM
A reminder that Cabinet Office fought to avoid
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