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FUNK-O-RAMA I



Review 12/01/97
From: Dr.Brookenstein

FUNK-O-RAMA in NYC - 12/01/97 [Funk Festival]                             

WOW!  What a great fuckin' show last night at the Wetlands!!!  I've heard 
some of the best "P-Funk"-type shit ever, especially from Starr Cullars & 
Enterprise and Enemy Squad!!!!!                                           

I met Ron "Stozo" Edwards around 8:30pm, just before Naviv (the first     
group) started their set.  We were talking about the merchandise that I   
purchased from him and he offered me a FREE FUNK-O-RAMA T-shirt for my    
troubles.  WHAT A GUY, EH?!  I told Stozo that I ordered some things from 
Pedro Bell and was in direct phone contact with Pedro for a week!!! (Pedro
is the original artist for the P-Funk mob, and this "old-head" has a WHOLE
LOT to say....about topics like his artwork and Adrian Sherwood's Tackhead
Sound System, an industrial music group!!  I feel like a young student    
learning at the master's feet, when I talk to him!)   Anyway, Naviv's set 
was basically a mixture of funk with some folk music.  It sounded alright,
but the best was yet to come.  Their set ended around 9:05pm.             

I met Michael "Clip" Payne about 15 minutes after Naviv's set (WOW!!!).   
For those who don't know him, he is the craziest member of the P-Funk Mob.
(At the last Philly P-Funk show (9/12/97), this guy was writing silly     
messages on toilet paper, like "ACID PAPER" and "SMILE", and tossing them 
into the crowd.  Also, this guy loves to scream during a song!! Talk about
a LOOSE motherfucker!!!  Hehehe!)  I thought to myself, after the last    
P-Funk show, "I have to meet this guy in person."  I asked Clip if the    
4:20 Funk Mob was going to do more shows in the future, and he said that  
4:20 was just a one-time experiment thing.  (DAMN!!  I'd love to go back  
in time to witness 4:20 again!)  Also, I told him how much I loved his    
craziness!!                                                               


The second group, Enemy Squad, started their set at 9:30pm.  DAMN, this   
motherfuckers are bad as hell!!!!  They are the new generation of         
Funkadelics, a really heavy-funk, guitar-driven group that follows in the 
footsteps of the original Funkadelic.  The guitars and basses were cranked
up to the max!!  The two vocalists were great and everyone was jamming to 
the funk!!!  This group was led by Gabe "The Undisco Kidd" Gonzalez (from 
the P-Funk Mob) and he provided a lot of vocals, too!!  One of the        
guitarists played the famous riff from "Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will  
Follow", which was excellent.  Gabe mentioned that Clip Payne was a big   
inspiration to him, before the group jumped into a tribute to Eddie Hazel.
This instrumental tribute song was the strongest of the set, summoning the
fierce spirit of early Funkadelic which ripped through the entire club!!  
The psychedelic funk was so dense you could cut it with a knife!!!!  You  
could just smell the funk!!! (It's burning, man.......IT'S BURNING!!!) I  
asked one of the vocalists, "Where I can get a copy of your songs?"  He   
replied, "You should check your local record store in the next 2 or 3     
weeks."  I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!  (from a newly Enemy Squad addict!) Enemy     
Squad's set ended at 10:30pm.                                             


Rhythm Republik's set began at 10:50pm.  This is a very funky band, led by
Kregg Ajamu (a friend of Pedro, and the guy I introduced myself to when I 
first entered the club).  The most memorable thing about the band was when
Kregg asked everyone if it's okay if he eats a little something           
something......then, some guy offers him a box of KFC chicken wings.  This
guy tasted one wing and said something like "Mmmm....this is......this is 
finger-licking good!"  Then, everyone chanted "When you start to lick, you
gotta keep on lickin'!"  (or something like that)  Very funny stuff!  This
group's set ended around 11:45pm.                                         


About 20 minutes passed before I spotted Gabe leaving a room.  Of course, 
I shook his hand and congratulated him on the Enemy Squad show!  Ten      
minutes later, Starr Cullars & Enterprise started their set.  The band    
included Starr Cullars on bass, Lige Curry on guitar, and Shawn Hill on   
drums.  Starr Cullars is one bad girl on the bass and vocals!!!!  WHEW!!! 
The first song started with a heavy guitar riff resembling a portion of   
the Praxis track "Seven Laws of Woo".  After a few tracks, Starr (feeling 
some serious love from her audience!) said, "Someone once said that gold  
is the hottest thing around.......well, they're wrong 'cuz silver is."    
(paraphrased)  (Hmmm...judging from her outfit, I think she's right.  Ms. 
Cullars was wearing this tight, shiny, silver tank top with matching      
jacket and pants.  The pants showed large side sections of her gorgeous   
legs.  YEP, SILVER IS *THE* HOTTEST THING AROUND.....WHEN SHE WEARS IT!!! 
Mmmm!!  Actually, Starr is an appropriate name for this lady 'cuz the girl
is a heavenly, radiant body!!)  She performed an unreleased song called   
"Lady Likes Bottom", written by her, George Clinton and Bootsy.  This song
was followed by Tina Turner's "Simply The Best".  The last song performed 
was a vocal song, using the music from "Sunshine of Your Love" (performed 
by Dewayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight).  Starr and the crew tore it up!!  The   
set ended at 1:15am.  DAMN.......what a night!!!!!