The History Of Funk

The History Of Funk

10:00 PM Pacific Time: Fridays

Two hours of the strongest, stankiest, uncut funk anywhere on the airwaves, hosted by Rickey Vincent.

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The History Of Funk

The History Of Funk – September 27, 2013 at 10:00pm

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This entire show is an intermixed collage of the thoughts and impact of Marshall McLuhan during the electrically charged 60’s with an emphasis on the mass effects of TV, along with music from Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention and Captain Beefheart. The medium is the massage. 3 Hours.   

The History Of Funk

The History Of Funk – September 20, 2013 at 10:00pm

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Beginning with all four of our CD players filled with lots of 60s jazz played all at once, and a reprise of The Last Poets relating the history of jazz, we continue with Nico and The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, Country Joe McDonald vs. LBJ, an ode to Richard Nixon, and lots of other mid … Continued

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The History Of Funk – September 13, 2013 at 10:00pm

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This one is all about The Last Poets, who introduced everyone to rapping in the mid 60’s, accompanied by civil rights radicals like Malcolm X, and the whole aura of black radical revolutionary lyrics and speeches that scared us all in that short but intense era of black political emergence. Vietnam underlies much of this … Continued

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The History Of Funk – September 6, 2013 at 10:00pm

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Subbing for Barb and the Crack-O-Dawn usually here on the first Thurs of every month, this extra OTE continues with yet more songs and radio from the mid 60’s, most of which are from Great Briton, including a BBC parody retrospective, “1966 And All That.”  Suddenly it’s 1966. At 3:00 AM, I continue subbing another … Continued

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The History Of Funk – August 23, 2013 at 10:00pm

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After a call for website help and Casey Kasim consigns us to hopelessness in song, we move through a whole array of songs, DJ’s, and dialog from the mid 60’s era, including a great little mix of West Side Story’s “Somewhere,” Ronee Spector speaks, the space program is remembered, and flying saucers become the subject … Continued

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The History Of Funk – August 16, 2013 at 10:00pm

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Not quite Receptacle-free this time, it’s all Dylan, all from the 60’s again. The songs are all different, most are boots or unreleased tracks, more from many interviews, authentic jingles from our sponsers, Coke & Pepsi, and Izzy is still on that billy-horn. 3 Hours.  

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The History Of Funk – August 9, 2013 at 10:00pm

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All Dylan in the 60’s, including songs you may have heard but versions you probably haven’t. Hounder of the hero, A.J. Weberman talks article wording with Bob on the phone, The Birch society keeps him off The Ed Sullivan Show, lots of interviewing, and all the songs are bootleg versions or unreleased. Also, a rare … Continued