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18 hrs ago | Lowering the Bar

ALERT: Unauthorized Bow-Wow-Wow-Yippie-Yo-Yippie-Yea-ing May Result in Liability

Here's yet another reason why those of you who are always going around singing "bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yea," need to stop doing that.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Funk, George Clinton, Parliament, R-N-B, Public Announcement

Fri Dec 04, 2009

This is Dorset

It's summer Madness at Camp Bestival

PREPARE for a weekend of summer madness - " literally - " when Camp Bestival returns for the third time to Dorset next year.

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Related Topix: Parliament, Black Entertainment, Funk, George Clinton, Folk, Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick, Dave Swarbrick

Thu Dec 03, 2009

All About Jazz

CONTEST/GIVEAWAY: The Futures Caught You from Behind: Rhett Frazier...

The Futures Caught You from Behind: Rhett Frazier Inc. Merge Music History and Beyond with Debut Album "Escape from Dee-Troyt" Its futurist.

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Related Topix: Funk

Wed Dec 02, 2009

JamBase

The Staxx Brothers | 11.19 | Santa Cruz

The Staxx Brothers :: 11.19.09 :: Moe's Alley :: Santa Cruz, CA In funk music we find a pronounced commingling of elements, where rock, jazz and R&B bump uglies, moistened with soulful lubrication and powered by a church-like need to get folks onto their feet and out of their constrictions.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Sly & the Family Stone, Black Entertainment, Funk, The Meters

Tue Dec 01, 2009

The Apiary

The CHI Hip Tip

Stand-up comedian Ricky Carmona will star in the fourth of the showcase series "Unlimited", designed to give Chicago Underground Comedy 's strongest performers special 45 minute sets.

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Related Topix: Parliament, Funk

Fri Nov 27, 2009

City Paper

Clip Job: Five Genre-Identifying Band Names

Channeling late '70s bands like the Jam and the Beat, D.C.'s Modest Proposal was a fixture of the city's early-'80s mod and ska scenes, and the group performed for several years before disbanding in 1986.

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Related Topix: The Skatalites, Ska, Funk

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Hometown Life

Canton hits all notes with holiday shows

Detroit's own Howling Diablos, a bluesy, soulful rock group that headlines its own shows and has opened for the likes of George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic, Alice Cooper, Incubus and ZZ Top, is set to follow one of the area's newest bands, The Infatuations, on stage during an 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Eve bash at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Canton, MI, Black Entertainment, Funk, George Clinton, Parliament

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Tallahassee Democrat

Keyboard wiz Bernie Worrell meets Bear Creek

There are some tough jobs in the world. Ice-road trucker. Bomb-defuser. Bodyguard for Amy Winehouse.

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Related Topix: Funk, Bernie Worrell, Parliament, Live Oak, FL, Theater, Arts

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Riverdale Press

Grandfather of funk: George Clinton electrifies Lehman audience

As George Clinton walked on stage at Lehman Center on Saturday night, he brushed aside his iconic neon hair and looked over the crowd sitting comfortably in their seats.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Funk, George Clinton, Parliament

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Artist behind iconic album art struggling to get by

'We really believed that if we did this, we'd be able to support ourselves' Chicago's Pedro Bell was the artist behind some of music's most iconic album covers.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Cosmic Slop, Science Fiction Movies, Black Entertainment, Funk, George Clinton, Parliament

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Riverdale Press

Bronx debut

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts will host a special live concert by George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic, on Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Parliament, Funk

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Bootsy tells life story to TV's 'Unsung'

The lights dim in the 437-seat Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts on a recent Thursday evening, casting the murmuring members of the audience into shadow.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Funk, Bootsy Collins, Cincinnati, OH, Parliament

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Avion Newspaper

Bear Creek Music Festival expecting many great bands

Three generations of funk are set to converge at this year's Bear Creek Music & Art Festival Nov.13-15 at the beautiful Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, voted "Florida's Best Live Music Venue" by readers of Florida Monthly Magazine earlier this year.

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Related Topix: Funk, Bernie Worrell, Fred Wesley, The New Mastersounds, Entertainment

Daily Nebraskan

Emotional guitar works trump technical prowess

The guitar is a strange and wonderful instrument. From its earliest days, it has been the instrument of shepherds and kings alike.

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Related Topix: Funk, Punk, Fugazi

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Red and Black

Out & About

Having trouble deciding what songs by a band are truly worth listening to? Try visiting Rank 'Em, a Web site constructed in 2007 by University graduate Adam Wexler and designed purely for the love of the music.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Funk, The Pixies, Athens, GA, Athens Metro

Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Red and Black

40 Watt's Halloween party showcases tribute groups

This Halloween, the music of several famous rock and funk bands will come back from the dead.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Pixies, Funk

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Louisiana Weekly

George Clinton epitomizes the Voodoo Music experience

It just seems so right that George Clinton, the Godfather of Funk and the ringleader of Parliament Funkadelic, performs at the Voodoo Music Experience on Halloween night .

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Funk, George Clinton, Parliament, New Orleans Metro, New Orleans, LA

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Syracuse New Times

Little Big Man

If the Parliament-Funkadelic's Mothership flew over "The Big Pink" and hit the boys in The Band with the Bop Gun and funky-fied their vibe, you'd get an idea of what to expect when you tune your ears to Karl Denson's Tiny Universe.

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Related Topix: Funk, Karl Denson, Jazz, Theater, Arts

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Asbury Park Press

Bernie Worrell holds keys to the universe

There's more to Bernie Worrell than just the funk. A lot more. What makes Worrell Worrell, besides the funk, will be on display when his new group, SociaLybrium, takes the stage Friday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Funk, Bernie Worrell, Plainfield, NJ, Hampton, NJ, Parliament, Symphony, Arts

Fri Oct 16, 2009

WCFB-FM Orlando

Baisden's B-Side Playlist: October 15, 2009

See the playlist for October 15, 2009! HOUR 1 #1 Funkadelic One Nation Under A Groove #2 Parliament Flash Light #3 Steely Dan Black Cow #4 Hall & Oates I Can't Go For That #5 Chic Good Times #6 Chic Le Freak #7 Charlie Wilson Can't Live Without You #8 Elton John Bennie And The Jets HOUR 2 #1 Destiny's Child Girl #2 Keyshia Cole Shoulda Let You Go ...

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Related Topix: Funk, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock

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