David Libert, a founding member of the ’60s pop group The Happenings as well a tour manager for Alice Cooper and Prince, manager for George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins, the Runaways, Living Colour and many more, died February 20, according to a post on his official Instagram page. He was 81.
The title of Libert’s 2022 memoir is Rock and Roll Warrior, and it’s an apt one. Over the course of his decades in the music business, the Paterson, NJ-raised Libert found success as a musician, songwriter, road manager, concert promoter, author and (briefly) drug dealer, for which he spent about a year in prison.
Just out of the Air Force in 1961, Libert started The Happenings with four other kids from Paterson. The group’s major hits were “See You in September” in 1966 and a cover version of George & Ira Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” the following year, both of which peaked at No.
The title of Libert’s 2022 memoir is Rock and Roll Warrior, and it’s an apt one. Over the course of his decades in the music business, the Paterson, NJ-raised Libert found success as a musician, songwriter, road manager, concert promoter, author and (briefly) drug dealer, for which he spent about a year in prison.
Just out of the Air Force in 1961, Libert started The Happenings with four other kids from Paterson. The group’s major hits were “See You in September” in 1966 and a cover version of George & Ira Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” the following year, both of which peaked at No.
- 3/6/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: As George Clinton is preparing to get his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a new documentary about the Parliament-Funkadelic founder is in the works.
Clinton, a funk pioneer, is the subject of Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic?.
The documentary is written by Ishmael Reed, the author behind novels including Mumbo, Jumbo and known as the father of Afrofuturism, and co-directed by Alan Elliott, director of Aretha Franklin film Amazing Grace, and Christopher Harris, director of films including Reckless Eyeballing and Still/Here.
CAA and 3Arts are helping the filmmakers find financing. You can watch a trailer, narrated by Harry Lennix and introduced by Presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West, below.
Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic? tells the story of Clinton, his alter egos and friends. It is a somewhat absurdist take on the history of Parliament-Funkadelic featuring never-before-granted access to his archive.
It comes as...
Clinton, a funk pioneer, is the subject of Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic?.
The documentary is written by Ishmael Reed, the author behind novels including Mumbo, Jumbo and known as the father of Afrofuturism, and co-directed by Alan Elliott, director of Aretha Franklin film Amazing Grace, and Christopher Harris, director of films including Reckless Eyeballing and Still/Here.
CAA and 3Arts are helping the filmmakers find financing. You can watch a trailer, narrated by Harry Lennix and introduced by Presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West, below.
Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic? tells the story of Clinton, his alter egos and friends. It is a somewhat absurdist take on the history of Parliament-Funkadelic featuring never-before-granted access to his archive.
It comes as...
- 1/19/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
On Jan. 19, the Mothership will land on Hollywood Boulevard when George Clinton officially gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “It feels good as shit,” he tells Rolling Stone of the honor on a phone call from his home in Tallahassee, Florida. “I’m trying to think of some jokes to say, but the truth is that I’m proud as hell.”
The ceremony honoring the Parliament-Funkadelic mastermind — whose music added psychedelic and Afrofuturistic flares to funk, effectively laying the groundwork for hip-hop — will take place at 11:30 a.
The ceremony honoring the Parliament-Funkadelic mastermind — whose music added psychedelic and Afrofuturistic flares to funk, effectively laying the groundwork for hip-hop — will take place at 11:30 a.
- 1/11/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Led Zeppelin is responsible for some of rock history’s most epic guitar riffs and rhythms. The band transcended rock n’ roll and impacted other musical genres, including hip-hop. While the two seem like opposites, Led Zeppelin and hip-hop have come together to create excellent music. Here are five rap songs that sampled Led Zeppelin.
‘Life’s So Hard’ – 2pac John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, John Bonham and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin | Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage
“Life’s So Hard” isn’t a track many of 2pac’s fans may be familiar with, as it was released posthumously and never made its way onto an album. The song was recorded for the 1997 movie Gang Related, the rapper’s final film performance. “Life’s So Hard” samples Led Zeppelin’s “Ten Years Gone” from 1971’s Physical Graffiti.
Led Zeppelin isn’t the only group sampled in the song as it also...
‘Life’s So Hard’ – 2pac John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, John Bonham and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin | Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage
“Life’s So Hard” isn’t a track many of 2pac’s fans may be familiar with, as it was released posthumously and never made its way onto an album. The song was recorded for the 1997 movie Gang Related, the rapper’s final film performance. “Life’s So Hard” samples Led Zeppelin’s “Ten Years Gone” from 1971’s Physical Graffiti.
Led Zeppelin isn’t the only group sampled in the song as it also...
- 4/5/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Three all new celebrities in disguise took to “The Masked Singer” stage for “Hall of Fame Night” on Wednesday, singing their hearts out to become Group 3’s first King or Queen. Despite his best efforts, Gopher was eliminated following his funky performance of “It’s Your Thing” by The Isley Brothers and a Battle Royale against Bride that had them both belting out “All Star” by Smash Mouth. The adorable rodent was revealed to be “Mr. Funkadelic” himself, the legendary George Clinton.
“It’s hot as hell in here, but I’m cool,” he told host Nick Cannon during his unmasked interview. “Y’all was having too much fun on here. I saw T-Pain on this thing. I saw Gladys [Knight], Dionne [Warwick]. I had to get some of this.”
“Your music has inspired so many of us,” panelist Robin Thicke told him. “It still does today. When you...
“It’s hot as hell in here, but I’m cool,” he told host Nick Cannon during his unmasked interview. “Y’all was having too much fun on here. I saw T-Pain on this thing. I saw Gladys [Knight], Dionne [Warwick]. I had to get some of this.”
“Your music has inspired so many of us,” panelist Robin Thicke told him. “It still does today. When you...
- 11/10/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Dr Funkenstein has no shoes. Onstage at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, Los Angeles, 81-year-old funk trailblazer George Clinton looks so comfortable strolling around in bare feet that he could be in his living room at home. The rest of his outfit is considerably less understated: a sea captain’s hat covered in pearls and bedazzled robes give him the appearance of a human glitter ball, which isn’t entirely inaccurate.
It’s now 66 years since Clinton formed doo-wop group The Parliaments in the back room of a barber shop in Plainfield, New Jersey. After a spell as a staff songwriter for Motown in the Sixties, Clinton went on to give the sound of funk a revolutionary, acid-drenched makeover in the Seventies with his twin groups Parliament and Funkadelic. Incorporating psychedelic jazz, Detroit punk and Jimi Hendrix-style guitar pyrotechnics, Clinton’s brand of P-Funk produced a string of huge...
It’s now 66 years since Clinton formed doo-wop group The Parliaments in the back room of a barber shop in Plainfield, New Jersey. After a spell as a staff songwriter for Motown in the Sixties, Clinton went on to give the sound of funk a revolutionary, acid-drenched makeover in the Seventies with his twin groups Parliament and Funkadelic. Incorporating psychedelic jazz, Detroit punk and Jimi Hendrix-style guitar pyrotechnics, Clinton’s brand of P-Funk produced a string of huge...
- 8/19/2022
- by Kevin E G Perry
- The Independent - Music
Paul Cauthen boasts about having Benjamins to burn in “Fuck You Money,” an outrageous, tongue-in-cheek song on his latest album, the wildly entertaining Country Coming Down. And when he called from New York earlier this spring, it was obvious he’d taken the title to heart.
The Tyler, Texas, country singer flew to New York on a whim just to see, in person, a Spotify billboard featuring his likeness in Times Square. “My wife styled me and made all my clothes and she said, ‘I’ve got to see it with my own eyes.
The Tyler, Texas, country singer flew to New York on a whim just to see, in person, a Spotify billboard featuring his likeness in Times Square. “My wife styled me and made all my clothes and she said, ‘I’ve got to see it with my own eyes.
- 6/9/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
This is where I'm supposed to summarize the past year, find some overaching theme or thread running through my choices, spot trends, or something along those lines. Instead it's just another mea culpa for my continuing and accelerating estrangement from mainstream pop music. Don't mind me, I'm just a grumpy old fart. But these twenty new albums made me less grumpy.
1. Diiv: Is the Is Are (Captured Tracks)
I enjoyed their first album, and far from a sophomore slump, their second is even better. Sure, I'm heavily predisposed to love bands that conjure a moody '80s vibe with thrumming bass, chiming guitar jangle, and submerged vocals, but this is greater than the sum of those parts, simultaneously updating the sound while tapping into a new level of melodicism for this band.
2. David Bowie: Black Star (Sony)
I wrote about this at length. What can I add now that...
1. Diiv: Is the Is Are (Captured Tracks)
I enjoyed their first album, and far from a sophomore slump, their second is even better. Sure, I'm heavily predisposed to love bands that conjure a moody '80s vibe with thrumming bass, chiming guitar jangle, and submerged vocals, but this is greater than the sum of those parts, simultaneously updating the sound while tapping into a new level of melodicism for this band.
2. David Bowie: Black Star (Sony)
I wrote about this at length. What can I add now that...
- 1/18/2017
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Prepare to get funked up like you haven’t been in a long time. Legendary funk musician George Clinton is preparing to release a new album, his first since 2008’s “George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love.” The announcement was made Tuesday by record label Brainfeeder. Also Read: Bernie Worrell, Parliament-Funkadelic Keyboardist, Dies at 72 “Yes, the word is out! @George_Clinton will release a new album on Brainfeeder,” the label tweeted. “Details coming soon…,” the label vowed. The 75-year-old musician, best known as the man behind the bands Parliament and Funkadelic, has a history with Brainfeeder. Last year, he...
- 8/23/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Gaspar Noé’s mass, passionate following doesn’t exist by accident. The filmmaker’s four features, from last year’s “Love” to perhaps his most popular film “Enter the Void,” have stunned with their visual beauty and their unique style of filmmaking. Where many filmmakers’ attentions may center on those two elements, Noé also places focus on another tool for immersing the audience: music.
Read More: Why Gaspar Noé Directed on Cocaine, Masturbated in His Own Film and Shot a Live Birth
In a collaboration between Cinefamily and Red Bull Music Academy, composer Brian Reitzell sat down with Gaspar Noé for a conversation about not only the music in his films, but also his opinion on some of the great music moments and talents of all time. From his tendency to license songs instead of hiring a composer to the massive inspiration of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Noé touched on...
Read More: Why Gaspar Noé Directed on Cocaine, Masturbated in His Own Film and Shot a Live Birth
In a collaboration between Cinefamily and Red Bull Music Academy, composer Brian Reitzell sat down with Gaspar Noé for a conversation about not only the music in his films, but also his opinion on some of the great music moments and talents of all time. From his tendency to license songs instead of hiring a composer to the massive inspiration of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Noé touched on...
- 7/13/2016
- by Kyle Kizu
- Indiewire
This summer’s blockbuster N.W.A biopic, Straight Outta Compton, will be getting two new soundtrack releases in early 2016. One of these, titled Straight Outta Compton: The Soundtrack (not to be confused with Dr. Dre’s Compton) boasts remastered versions of classic N.W.A cuts like "Fuck Tha Police," "Express Yourself" and the title track. The 17-track effort is rounded out by solo tunes from group members Ice Cube ("No Vaseline"), Eazy-e ("Boyz-n-The Hood") and Dr. Dre ("Nuthin' But a G Thang"), as well as relevant tracks from acts like Parliament,...
- 11/18/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Featuring an ultimate 80’s punk and new-wave soundtrack, I Melt With You is released on DVD and to download by Momentum Pictures on 6th August 2012. This dark side of the hangover features a solid selection of songs to show including the one-two punch of “All Going Out Together” and “Blue Thunder” by Big Dipper and Galaxie 500 respectively. From there things get funkier with the classic “Maggot Brain” by Funkadelic, before The Jesus And Mary Chain arrive with the undeniable “Just Like Honey”. The staggering string of songs continue with “Caribou” by The Pixies, “Dog Eat Dog” by Adam And The Ants and the title track by Modern English.
The music featured in I Melt With You plays a big part in the film as the title reference to Modern English’s 1982 single suggests. The story of four male friends who stage a weekend reunion each year is pegged to the...
The music featured in I Melt With You plays a big part in the film as the title reference to Modern English’s 1982 single suggests. The story of four male friends who stage a weekend reunion each year is pegged to the...
- 8/2/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
I’m just gonna say it… We Like To Party, but even we can’t party as hard as the Wolfpack! Alan, Stu and Phil are bringing the party back to theaters this Thursday with The Hangover Part II, so we thought, what better way to ring in the party than to count down our favorite party animals!
These are the cool kids that bring the party! They rage, they get down… heck, they might even get “jiggy wit it”! Sure, they might not be from the fluorescent box of crayons, but these folks can MacGyver a good time out of a paper clip, a broomstick and a Nelson cassette. (Yep, I said it!)
So, without further adeu…
Top Ten Party Animals Honorable Mention: Trent (Vince Vaughn) Swingers (1996)
Trent (Vince Vaughn) is an aspiring actor. He’s loud, flirtatious, and he’s living the swinging lifestyle. Vegas is this kings castle,...
These are the cool kids that bring the party! They rage, they get down… heck, they might even get “jiggy wit it”! Sure, they might not be from the fluorescent box of crayons, but these folks can MacGyver a good time out of a paper clip, a broomstick and a Nelson cassette. (Yep, I said it!)
So, without further adeu…
Top Ten Party Animals Honorable Mention: Trent (Vince Vaughn) Swingers (1996)
Trent (Vince Vaughn) is an aspiring actor. He’s loud, flirtatious, and he’s living the swinging lifestyle. Vegas is this kings castle,...
- 5/25/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It plays more like a letter to, or a snapshot of a time and place, instead of your conventional narrative. But I don’t think it’s striving for the latter anyway. That specific time and place is London in the late 1970s. I certainly wasn’t there, but black British filmmaker Isaac Julien’s allegorical tale helped capture it for me.
Sure, there’s the plot involving the murder of an interracial couple, but that’s not the story’s heartbeat. The film is as much about the crime, as is the killing in Antonioni’s 1966 classic Blowup.
Parliament’s P-Funk Wants To Get Funked Up erupts over the opening of Young Soul Rebels, as an interracial sex act in the bushes turns into a murder, setting off a police investigation and waves of controversy in London’s black community. The year is 1977, and while some people are busy...
Sure, there’s the plot involving the murder of an interracial couple, but that’s not the story’s heartbeat. The film is as much about the crime, as is the killing in Antonioni’s 1966 classic Blowup.
Parliament’s P-Funk Wants To Get Funked Up erupts over the opening of Young Soul Rebels, as an interracial sex act in the bushes turns into a murder, setting off a police investigation and waves of controversy in London’s black community. The year is 1977, and while some people are busy...
- 3/8/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
This is a sad, sad day. David Mills was one of the great ones. The noted journalist/producer/screenwriter passed away suddenly yesterday in New Orleans at the age of 48, the victim of a brain aneurysm. Mills is perhaps known best for his work on the Baltimore-set HBO miniseries "The Corner," which he co-wrote and co-executive produced with David Simon. The six-episode mini picked up three primetime Emmys: Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special, Outstanding Mini-Series -- both of which went to Mills -- and Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special, for the work of Charles S. Dutton.
Prior to "The Corner," Mills had previously worked with Simon once before as a writer on an episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street." He went on to write a season four episode of "The Wire" ("Soft Eyes") and later returned to that team as a...
Prior to "The Corner," Mills had previously worked with Simon once before as a writer on an episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street." He went on to write a season four episode of "The Wire" ("Soft Eyes") and later returned to that team as a...
- 3/31/2010
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
Thanks to BBC America, DVD box sets, and torrents, more and more of us Yanks have the opportunity to see what folks on the other side of the pond are watching. And there's some good stuff to be had. The short run afforded British series' allows for a creative compactness that is often lacking in American shows. Dramas can move the plot along at breakneck speed when the story calls for it, or take a step back and let the characters simply do their thing, all without needing to resort to filler episodes while the writers bide their time to a season climax. Similarly, comedies can punch up the jokes-per-minute without worrying about running out of steam eight hours in, and the more farcical comedy need not come up with dozens of wacky scenarios to throw their characters in, eventually stretching the credibility of even the most lenient sitcom viewer.
- 12/3/2009
- by Seth Freilich
Welcome to another edition of Movies That Deserve a Second Life. If you need a refresher on what I’m referring to by “second life,” check out the Action/Adventure Edition. If you’re caught up, read on to see what funny flics I felt were unfairly ignored/disliked upon its release or have been forgotten in the years since its release.
Comedy is almost certainly the most subjective of all genres. What makes one person laugh is guaranteed to make another yawn or wrinkle his/her brow. Some find juvenilia in poor taste while others bust a gut. Everyone claims to have a sense of humor, but almost no one enjoys every type of humor there is, from dry wit and pungent satire to bodily fluid gags and intentionally groan-worthy puns. Therefore, I think it’s safe to say that no one (besides myself) will be satisfied with every choice.
Comedy is almost certainly the most subjective of all genres. What makes one person laugh is guaranteed to make another yawn or wrinkle his/her brow. Some find juvenilia in poor taste while others bust a gut. Everyone claims to have a sense of humor, but almost no one enjoys every type of humor there is, from dry wit and pungent satire to bodily fluid gags and intentionally groan-worthy puns. Therefore, I think it’s safe to say that no one (besides myself) will be satisfied with every choice.
- 4/6/2009
- by Matt Medlock
- JustPressPlay.net
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