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A Cyclone Of The Mind...
FUNKYPUNKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK everyone. it's the post you've all been waiting for. a post dedicated to one band that simply cannot and will not be denied... you guessed it! FUNKYPUNKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the headlining act at the Fandango show in Osaka, Funkypunky are... well... perhaps the best and the worst band OF ALL TIME. how can i describe them? rolling stones meets INXS meets a giant penis in an iridescent dome of wonder, confusion, a shit load of english catch phrases that obey an utterly unique logic of their own and numerous hand signals reminiscent of madonna, prince, and... uh... some other random shit? no. nothing can do FUNKYPUNKY the justice they deserve. but humbly we try with this post, devoted solely to the majesty of FUNKYPUNKY. they were the last band to take the stage at Fandango and for many of the girls in the crowd, their arrival on stage was long long long awaited. indeed, i wondered to myself about the strange scarves bearing unreadable (at least to my eyes) katakana that many of these young women had wrapped around themselves. what was their purpose? why oh why? but the answer became OH SO GODDAM CLEAR by the time FUNKYPUNKY had obliterated... well... our minds. the pictures i managed to pull off during the mayhem can only signify a portion of the insanity, the sheer totality of the experience that is FUNKYPUNKY. are they funky? are they punky? i'm not sure. but somehow they are FUNKYPUNKY. at this point i really don't know what to say. i'm still trying to make sense of what i saw and heard. while i gather my thoughts, look at these pictures. some of them might be blurry, but alas... this is not normal reality. THIS IS FUNKYPUNKY!!!!!!!!!!!






































































there you have it. some pictures of FUNKYPUNKY. well. what to say next... oh yes. so many grandiose moments how can i recount them all? one highlight was when the lead singer pointed a fake gun at the crowd. another highlight was when the lead singer picked up an acoustic guitar ala mick jagger singing "wild horses" and sang a ballad that was... well... basically wild horses. oh they had some bangers all right. i'm not going to deny it. i'd be lying if i told you that somehow, someway... I AM A HUGE FAN OF FUNKYPUNKY!!!! but of course, they saved the best for last and didn't make make us (the fans) wait too long. i'm talking about the encore. here's what happened: they left the stage after a massively dramatic pause (i think the first picture might show this "pause" but then again... there were quite a few)... so they walk offstage for maybe two minutes, maybe even less! the crowd is obviously flipping shit at this point. i'm still wondering what the hell the scarves are all about... but oh how i was soon to find out their mind-twisting purpose! for these scarves were no ordinary scarves... these were the scarves of CYCLONES. and indeed the whole night had been leading up to this one moment, this final song, which i can only describe as FUNKYPUNKY in a nutshell... a song we like to call... CYCLONE. the chorus went something like this: CYCLONE (WHOO WHOO WHOO). maybe there were a few "baby"s in there for good measure. in fact i'm sure there were. now can you guess what the scarves were for? that's right! suddenly there was a whole cyclone of swinging scarves! everyone went ape with the scarves, carving their respective circumferences out of the smoke-filled air of Fandango as FUNKYPUNKY achieved the ultimate. the whole crowd was singing along to the WHOO WHOO WHOOs, David and I included. how could we not? can you blame us? why the hell would you? THIS IS FUNKYPUNKY MAN! after Cyclone they peaced out and the girls swarmed. we watched the spectacle, a bit confused, quite bewildered, and finally decided to get back to Namba where oh so precious Wendy's was waiting for our consumption. i'm afraid i haven't done FUNKYPUNKY justice with this post... but what can i do? you should look them up on the web, become their biggest fan, join in the Cyclone. god dammit. this is FUNKYPUNKY!!!!! someday i hope to film a documentary about this band, starting way back in their Happy Jack days and following them all the way up to the Cyclone. who can say how many lives have been changed by their music and their perplexing live show? other questions linger in my mind... i mean... just how old are these guys? just how popular are they? i have no idea! i guess they're timeless and in their own funkypunky dimension, they are infinite stars, forever outshining all other rock bands now and forever. FUNKYPUNKY. yeah baby. thank you hello. goodnight.