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That Bootsy Collins “Old Navy” Commercial

• November 14, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Bootsy and Catfish Collins, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Music, Television
Tags: Advertising Campaign, Bootologist, Bootsy Collins, Dr. Funkenstein, Erykah Badu, Facebook, Funnovations Inc., Gap Inc, George Clinton, James Brown, Kyle Willis, Lane Bryant, Old Navy, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Snoop Dogg, Supermodelquins, Talk Bass Forum, United States, William "Bootsy" Collins, Willy Wonka, Yo Gabba Gabba

Phoebe.

• May 6, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Health, Jews, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Phoebe Snow, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Stroke, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "Fresh", African Americans, Ashkenazi, Bessie Smith, Big Bill Broonzey, Billie Holiday, Blacks, Bohemian, CeCe Peniston, Children, Constables on Patrol, Differently-Abled, DNA Analysis, DNA profiling, Four-Octaves, General Foods, George Clinton, Gloria Steinem, Greenwich Village, Growing Up, Hallmark, Howard Stern, Iberian Peninsula, Jackson Browne, Jewry, Jews, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Martha Graham, Mavis Staples, Medically-Induced Coma, Michael McDonald, Michelob, Mother, Mother's Day, Muslims, New York, New York Rock and Soul Revue, Passing, Phil Kearns, Phoebe Ann Loeb, Phoebe Snow, Poetry Man, Robert DeNiro, Santana, Sephardic, Singer Songwriter, Sly Stone, Television Commercials, The Seventies, The Sisters of Glory, Thelma Houston, TV Commercials, Valerie Kearns, Woodstock 25

I’m Sorry I Missed This Last Night: Craig Ferguson Celebrates Black History Month By Inviting Dr. Cornel West and George Clinton to “The Late, Late Show”

• February 3, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Education, George Clinton/Parliament-Funkadelic, Health, Late Night TV, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, National Issues, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television
Tags: "The Late Late Show", Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Tutu, Black History Month, CBS, Cornel West, Craig Ferguson, Desmond Tutu, Elvis Presley, George Clinton, Humility, Jack Paar, NPR, Peabody Award, Respectful, Seeking, Stephen Fry, Stephen Sondheim

Memorial Jam for Catfish Collins Tomorrow, September 4

• September 3, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Bootsy and Catfish Collins, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, James Brown/The JB's, Love, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Sexuality, The Netherlands/Holland
Tags: Bootsy Collins, Catfish Collins, Charlie Wilson, Cornel West, Covington KY, Dressing Up, Fly, Freekbass, Funeral Expenses, Funk, George Clinton, Holland, James Brown, Kandi, North Sea Jazz Festival, Patti Collins, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, Ray Parker, Razzberry, Rotterdam, The Bootsy Collins Foundation, The Catfish Nation, The Catfish Nation Musician's Fund, The James Brown Tribute Band, The Madison Theater, The Netherlands, Tribute, William "Bootsy" Collins

Phelps “Catfish” Collins, 66, Funk Pioneer, Member of P-Funk and Bootsy’s Rubber Band, and Brother of William “Bootsy” Collins, Joins the Ancestors

• August 8, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, Black People, Bootsy and Catfish Collins, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, James Brown/The JB's, Love, Music, P-Funk All Stars, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality
Tags: "Stop Making Sense", "The Cincinnati Enquirer", African Americans, Bernie Worrell, Blacks, Bootsy, Bootsy Collins, Cancer, Catfish, Catfish Collins, Cincinnati OH, Death, Deceased, Diaperman, Father Figure, Funk, Funk Pioneer, Garry "Diaperman" Shider, Garry Shider, George Clinton, Guitar God, Guitar Idol, James Brown, Musician, P-Funk All Stars, Parliament-Funkadelic, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The JB's, The Seventies, Vox Ultrasonic, William "Bootsy" Collins

Weekend Music, February 19-21, 2010: “(I Ain’t Gonna Play) Sun City,” Artists United Against Apartheid, 1985

• February 21, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Artists United Against Apartheid, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Music, Music Videos, South Africa, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Glory Days", "I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City", "Men Without Women", "Sun City", "The Sopranos", "WATW", "We Are the World", African National Congress, Afrikaaner, Artists United Against Apartheid, Bantustan, Bonnie Raitt, Bono, Bophuthatswana, David Ruffin, DJ Kool Herc, Eddie Kendricks, George Clinton, Haiti, Herbie Hancock, Jam Master Jay, Janet Jackson, Kurtis Blow, Little Steven, Melle Mel, Miami Steve, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Nelson Mandela, New School, Nona Hendryx, Old School, Peter Garrett, Silvio Dante, South Africa, Steven Van Zandt, The Reagan Administration, The Sullivan Principles

Saturday Night Music, August 8: P-Funk All Stars with Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell, “Mothership Connection,” Live @ Woodstock, 1999

• August 9, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Music, P-Funk All Stars
Tags: "Mothership Connection", Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Colllins, Catfish Collins, George Clinton, P-Funk All Stars, Parliament-Funkadelic, Woodstock

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