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defrogITEM [via Coilhouse]: The Mothership stage prop used by Parliament-Funkadelic has been acquired by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, where it will help anchor a permanent music exhibition when the museum opens its doors in 2015.
It’s not the original Mothership (which disappeared back in the 80s after Parliament had to stop using it because of money issues) but a replica built in the mid-90s. George Clinton has agreed to donate it to the Smithsonian.
The exhibit it'll be parked in sounds worth visiting as well:
Props. Maybe one day they'll include Common's White House VIP pass.
And now, here’s the song that usually cued the entrance of the Mothership onstage at Parliament shows.
PRODUCTION NOTE: “Chocolate City” is the name of a 1975 Parliament album.
CREDITS: Headline lifted from Funk Music News.
If you hear any noise it’s just me and the boys hittin’ it,
This is dF
It’s not the original Mothership (which disappeared back in the 80s after Parliament had to stop using it because of money issues) but a replica built in the mid-90s. George Clinton has agreed to donate it to the Smithsonian.
The exhibit it'll be parked in sounds worth visiting as well:
“With large iconic objects like this, we can tap into . . . themes of movement and liberation that are a constant in African-American culture,” says Dwandalyn R. Reece, curator of music and performing arts for the museum. “The Mothership as this mode of transport really fits into this musical trope in African American culture about travel and transit.”
It will be exhibited alongside other artifacts from American music history — Louis Armstrong’s trumpet, James Brown’s stage costumes, Lena Horne’s evening gowns. But it will be the only spaceship.
“It definitely fits in,” said Reece. “Funk is not just a good groove, it was its own kind of social protest movement.”
It will be exhibited alongside other artifacts from American music history — Louis Armstrong’s trumpet, James Brown’s stage costumes, Lena Horne’s evening gowns. But it will be the only spaceship.
“It definitely fits in,” said Reece. “Funk is not just a good groove, it was its own kind of social protest movement.”
Props. Maybe one day they'll include Common's White House VIP pass.
And now, here’s the song that usually cued the entrance of the Mothership onstage at Parliament shows.
PRODUCTION NOTE: “Chocolate City” is the name of a 1975 Parliament album.
CREDITS: Headline lifted from Funk Music News.
If you hear any noise it’s just me and the boys hittin’ it,
This is dF
