Comments on: Bootsy Collins launches world's first online "University of Funk" http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Wuss Brillis http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788742 Wuss Brillis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788742 "Thank you for funking up my life!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5mhI5C00Bg&feature=PlayList&p=28853C85F8D88A27&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1 “Thank you for funking up my life!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5mhI5C00Bg&feature=PlayList&p=28853C85F8D88A27&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787722 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787722 So glad the Funk hasn't died!!!!! So glad the Funk hasn’t died!!!!!

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787978 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787978 Maybe he's got plenty of funky milkshakes squeezed from those funky teats. Maybe he’s got plenty of funky milkshakes squeezed from those funky teats.

]]> By: boborooni http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787733 boborooni Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787733 As a bass player of the planet Earth, who has just started to explore the wonders of funk, I look forward to the funkaficiousness that is to come. As a bass player of the planet Earth, who has just started to explore the wonders of funk, I look forward to the funkaficiousness that is to come.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788504 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788504 The Extraterrestrial Brotherhood already has the funk baby. The Mothership came to this unfunky planet to help us get funk'd up and to teach us how to live at one with the funk. ya dig? The Extraterrestrial Brotherhood already has the funk baby. The Mothership came to this unfunky planet to help us get funk’d up and to teach us how to live at one with the funk. ya dig?

]]> By: kettledog http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787740 kettledog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787740 Best post ever. I'll be in class day one, on the one. I'ma playa and I'm playin' just to play And I ain't playin', dig it? Best post ever. I’ll be in class day one, on the one.

I’ma playa and I’m playin’ just to play
And I ain’t playin’, dig it?

]]> By: bat21 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787746 bat21 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787746 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZScoOkBENsQ">Here's a video of Bootsy talking about his 2 biggest influences, James Brown and acid.</a> Here’s a video of Bootsy talking about his 2 biggest influences, James Brown and acid.

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787754 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787754 Funk is its own reward. Funk is its own reward.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787761 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787761 Just a quick comment that Bootsy only played with James for one year, 1970-1971. He sure left his mark though. Just a quick comment that Bootsy only played with James for one year, 1970-1971. He sure left his mark though.

]]> By: elliottbledsoe http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787762 elliottbledsoe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787762 but i thought bootsy lost the funk to old greg?! but i thought bootsy lost the funk to old greg?!

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787773 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787773 If I'm going to the University of Funk, it is not going to be online. If I’m going to the University of Funk, it is not going to be online.

]]> By: TheCrawNotTheCraw http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-789320 TheCrawNotTheCraw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-789320 Thanks for being an inspiration, you crazy genius. Thanks for being an inspiration, you crazy genius.

]]> By: RogueModron http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787793 RogueModron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787793 Awesome, I thought the same thing immediately. For those who may wonder wtf we mean, here's TMB's story of Bootsy and The Funk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLo5jWTeHfc Awesome, I thought the same thing immediately.

For those who may wonder wtf we mean, here’s TMB’s story of Bootsy and The Funk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLo5jWTeHfc

]]> By: friendpuppy http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787802 friendpuppy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787802 This is the groove. This is *the* groove. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHrdLwa_y8 This is the groove. This is *the* groove.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHrdLwa_y8

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788084 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788084 I wonder if it is accredited? I wonder if it is accredited?

]]> By: patchmo http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788104 patchmo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788104 I want to be Funk Soul Brother #1!!! I want to be Funk Soul Brother #1!!!

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788115 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788115 Exactly, kettledog. If you play an exercise right, he'll say, "YEAH, Bay-be!" But if you screw up the same exercise, he'll still be like, "YEAH, Bay-be!" It'll be a funky confusion across the semester. Exactly, kettledog. If you play an exercise right, he’ll say, “YEAH, Bay-be!” But if you screw up the same exercise, he’ll still be like, “YEAH, Bay-be!” It’ll be a funky confusion across the semester.

]]> By: paulj http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788901 paulj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788901 Funk University is where you go after graduating from Rock School: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDgpQBaziy0 Funk University is where you go after graduating from Rock School: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDgpQBaziy0

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-797349 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797349 I am waiting for the funkativities to start I am a funkatress and more funk avaliable I need to know... Yes I am going to Funk U I am waiting for the funkativities to start
I am a funkatress and more funk avaliable I need to know… Yes I am going to Funk U

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788395 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788395 I can just imagine Bootsy in a tweed jacket with leather patches and some star spangled pants! I can just imagine Bootsy in a tweed jacket with leather patches and some star spangled pants!

]]> By: dawoosince1942 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-796843 dawoosince1942 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-796843 when someone wants to get together a new funky {r&b soul blues rock reggae jazz} band -- (or get together WITh same if one here already exists) locally --- may be this will help.!. the students could use bootsie's class bulletin board to connect with each other locally......(not sure why such a music mecca for other music as Seattle doesn't have much funk, but to some old funk people who just moved here it doesn't seem to...) wonder if victor wooten is related to harold wooten, now in seattle area (everett) www.haroldwooten.com; victor knows bootsy i think... remembering seeing the whole crowd of em from 3rd row, oakland coliseum back in the day...classic feelgood sexy rhythm on rhythm party... we WILL enroll! when someone wants to get together a new funky {r&b soul blues rock reggae jazz} band — (or get together WITh same if one here already exists) locally — may be this will help.!. the students could use bootsie’s class bulletin board to connect with each other locally……(not sure why such a music mecca for other music as Seattle doesn’t have much funk, but to some old funk people who just moved here it doesn’t seem to…) wonder if victor wooten is related to harold wooten, now in seattle area (everett) http://www.haroldwooten.com; victor knows bootsy i think… remembering seeing the whole crowd of em from 3rd row, oakland coliseum back in the day…classic feelgood sexy rhythm on rhythm party… we WILL enroll!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788155 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788155 Whoa. Only "bass players of planet Earth"? That's more limiting than I'd expect from Bootsy. Must be some bassists coming from elsewhere via the Mothership, no? Whoa. Only “bass players of planet Earth”? That’s more limiting than I’d expect from Bootsy. Must be some bassists coming from elsewhere via the Mothership, no?

]]> By: Drew from Zhrodague http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788184 Drew from Zhrodague Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788184 Sounds like a funktrocious time. Love seeing Bootsy in those wacky sunglasses. Sounds like a funktrocious time. Love seeing Bootsy in those wacky sunglasses.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788188 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788188 'And that's the funk' I feel you, brother. ‘And that’s the funk’
I feel you, brother.

]]> By: benchscientist http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787702 benchscientist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787702 This will be Funking awesome! Gotta get the advanced degree This will be Funking awesome! Gotta get the advanced degree

]]> By: JDMcDonnell http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-788729 JDMcDonnell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788729 Well, a PHd in Funkology will probably take me farther than my MA in English did. Sign me up baby! Well, a PHd in Funkology will probably take me farther than my MA in English did. Sign me up baby!

]]> By: ScottMcG http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787962 ScottMcG Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787962 Norwood Fisher from Fishbone started the same kind of thing a few months back. Go to http://www.basstospace.com/ to see that one. Seems like a good way to spread the wisdom and make a little cash...as long as there's actual, useful info. Norwood Fisher from Fishbone started the same kind of thing a few months back. Go to http://www.basstospace.com/ to see that one.

Seems like a good way to spread the wisdom and make a little cash…as long as there’s actual, useful info.

]]> By: bardfinn http://boingboing.net/2010/05/13/bootsy-collins-launc.html#comment-787709 bardfinn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787709 Just hit it on the one, and put what you feel in between, man. Just hit it on the one, and put what you feel in between, man.

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