Funkanauts "Reclaim" the Funk on KPFA December 12, 2008 Much anticipated Funkanauts from Oakland,Ca. release "Reclaiming The Pyramids"The History of Funk with Rickey Vincent Fridays 10:00pm-12:00amOakland, Ca. December 8th,2008 - The Funkanauts are far from your average funk band.They claim to have been abducted by aliens, and exposed to alien love secrets. The band features songs of guitarist / vocalist Jason "Jstone" Collins & John 'MacFab" Flaherty. December 12, 2008 Listeners worldwide will be listening to the hit singles 'Right Thang,' Funky People , Something Fo' Ya! & Feel the Funk. Guest appearance on the album by Amp Fiddler keyboard extraordinarie.Rickey Vincent of KPFA will be talking about the new CD, touring and how they started their musical journey. "Everything has a vibration, vibrations can be amplified there are good vibes and bad. The Funkanauts seek out the negative vibrations that subdue the Earth's consciousness".This interview will be two hours of the strongest, stankiest, uncut fonk anywhere on the airwaves.
Rickey Vincent has been developing his “History of Funk” radio concept since the early 1980s, beginning as a UC Berkeley undergraduate on KALX radio in Berkeley. In 1996, he published the first comprehensive treatment of funk music, “Funk, The Music, The People and the Rhythm of The One”, St. Martin’s Press, 1996.Rickey Vincent now teaches “From Funk to Hip Hop” at San Francisco City College (you can take the class!), and he continues to expand the scope and understanding of Tha Funk!www.kpfa.orgwww.myspace.com/funkanautsKPFA 94.1 FM (24k mp3) KPFB 89.3 FM (16k mp3) KPFA ogg vorbis (stereo) iTunes Radio: "Public" Comcast Digital Cable 967