Posts tagged "Bootsy Collins"
No, George Clinton Does Not Explain The Pink Dreads In His New Book

No, George Clinton Does Not Explain The Pink Dreads In His New Book

Does George Clinton’s new memoir give you uncut funk, the Bomb?

Spin Cycle: William Shatner’s “Seeking Major Tom”

There’s nothing inherently offensive about William Shatner’s music career. His style is innately silly, sure – generally speaking, spoken-word recitations of pop songs strung over bombastic instrumentals – but it’s difficult to begrudge him his moment in the musical spotlight, given his hammy seriousness. The former Captain Kirk attacks pop tunes as though they were Shakespeare monologues (or, in the case of his first musical outing, 1968’s The Transformed Man, because they’re Shakespeare monologues). The amount of sheer, campy, go-for-broke melodrama […]

New Release Report 4/26/11: Explosions in the Aisles!

Welcome to the potpourri edition of the New Release Report, where we have new music coming out from artists in pretty much every genre conceivable! If you like your rock and roll grandiose and epic, you might want to give the new one from Explosions in the Sky a shot. Take Care, Take Care, Take Care just might be the Texas band’s American breakthrough. They’ve received some great press (and some notice in the UK), but they haven’t quite caught […]