Word: funke
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Across the street at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, you'll find 21 shops offering everything from animé comics to beauty products made of tofu. There's more sartorial funk at Far East Plaza's Level One (one of the few places where graffiti are tolerated in squeaky-clean Singapore-but only on designated walls, of course). But the newest kid on the youth block is Upstairs on Bugis Street. What was once an inconspicuous entrance to a football club now leads to some 40 boutiques touting club wear, vintage fashion and more...
...hard-driving band from New Jersey are just unzipping their gig bags. "We rock at 7:30 sharp," says David Wish, the band's leader, founder and token grownup. Wish's group has a lot on its schedule: a run-through of a Carlos Santana tune, some funk and blues improvisation and a tutorial in stage presence. "Make a face like you're mad, like you mean it," Wish hollers over the din of nine acoustic guitars while windmilling his arm Pete Townshend--style. Their lips snarling, their E chords ringing, his bandmates are already killing--and they have math...
...health care. So the startling announcement last week that the American economy surged 7.2% in the third quarter--the most torrid rate of quarterly expansion since 1984--has many wondering whether this is, at last, the start of a sustained recovery that might pull workers out of their funk. Until that happens, strapped workers and the unemployed are wondering why, if the growth rate is so high, they feel...
Four-piece VHS or Beta plays all disco, all the time. With two guitars, drums and bass, these four young men from Louisville will put le funk back into your life. Also adding some boogie into your night are Your Enemies Friends and Moving Units. $9. 9 p.m. The Middle East, 472-480 Mass. Ave., Cambridge...
...epileptic, ambitious new wave band is still going strong after almost 25 years together. Fusing funk, ska and bubblegum pop, Fishbone has won over a cult following over the years, enduring even 1997’s career-killing ska revival. Their live shows have always been frenzied and energetic, with lead singer Angelo Moore jumping and hollering all over the stage while his band plays the funky, undeniable rock that has kept crowds dancing for decades. 9 p.m. Tickets $20; 18+. The Middle East Downstairs...