“Calculon sent Sonic-Funkatronic to us from a distant planet,” the old man told the young ones sitting at his feet. “It saw that earth had lost its funkiness, that we needed to be get our groove back.” The young ones nodded at the old man’s wisdom. It was said he had actually SEEN Sonic-Funkatronic once! […]
Category: Funk
Revenge of Calculon – “Manipulator” (2024)
My history with Revenge of Calculon goes all the way back to 2017, when I ran through the sideways rain of a November Reykjavik evening to catch them live in the upstairs room at a bar called Dillon. A friend insisted I had to check them out, so despite the insane weather I headed out […]
[Morris Day and] The Time – “Ice Cream Castle” (1984)
We were in Minneapolis for a few days to see friends and catch The Kills at the infamous First Avenue, the club Prince brought to national awareness by featuring it so prominently in the film Purple Rain, where it almost became a character in its own right. And of course any time we travel I […]