Funky Biz

The Comet (The Comet)

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:21:05 +0000

SHOPPERS in Stevenage were treated to a funky dance exhibition at the weekend. On Saturday dance company IJIG who incorporate dance styles such as salsa, west coast swing and lindy hop with modern jive, entertained people in the town centre.

Diarmuid Gavin shares tips on how make your garden fun and funky (Times Online)

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:02:19 +0000

Quite a reputation precedes Diarmuid Gavin.

Rocking but not rolling (The New Straits Times)

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:22:08 +0000

Funky Ikea rocker (left) and an antique design. If you want a chair to relax in or just snooze the afternoon away, a rocker is just what you need. JAMES HIPKISS writes.

El-P and Dizzee Rascal Announce Tour (Pitchfork)

Thu, 08 May 2008 19:52:30 +0000

It looks like Def Jux ’s partnership with Dizzee Rascal to release Maths + English in the U.S. was the beginning of a beautiful relationship. And the next result of that relationship is a juicy tour featuring Dizzee and label honcho El-P . After they play the Def Jux SXSW showcase in March (alongside Del the Funky Homosapien and Devin the Dude, among others), the two will take North America by …

Bethlehem’s Michael Brolly speaks volumes with mere wood as his voice (The Morning Call)

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:05:26 +0000

Funky pieces highlight a group show at the Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia. Funky pieces highlight a group show at the Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia.

A Surprisingly Funky Blast From the Past (Washington Post)

Thu, 08 May 2008 05:01:32 +0000

There are double takes and then there’s what happens at an Eli “Paperboy” Reed concert. If you took your eyes off the DC9 stage Tuesday night you might think you’d been transported to some Stax recording session in 1967 Memphis. But there onstage was a 24-year-old Jewish kid from Massachusetts,…

Idol final four results: Still no progress after a Bo break (USA Today)

Thu, 08 May 2008 01:50:14 +0000

Bo sings his Witness, whose intro bears an intriguing resemblance to Neil Young’s Down by the River, a similarity quickly dispelled as soon as he opens his mouth. Bo pulls out all his funky rock stops. Not much of a…

Freeze-dried chips your hips can love (The Record Searchlight)

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:40:07 +0000

A zero-fat potato chip that has no funky additives, is crispy and — here’s the real test — addictive?

Anemic Tigers knuckle under to Wakefield, Red Sox (The Toledo Blade)

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:26:12 +0000

DETROIT - Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball dipped and danced last night as it often does. And when the Boston Red Sox pitcher mixed that funky pitch with a curveball and fastball, it made his knuckler all the more effective.

Dell gets hip to the sound of the underground (Addict 3D)

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:11:26 +0000

Wily Ferret the Inquirer , Wednesday 7 May 2008. 08:05:00 Laptop lids for funky kids DELL IS GETTING HIP to the underground scene, dawgz, by manufacturing laptops skinned up with crazy artwork from Mike Ming.