Fakin' the Funk: Talent Show Chapter 1
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“If you fake the funkyour nose WILL grow...”
- George Clinton
1MAY ‘06 •$2
One of the best memories I have of my adolescences is traveling in a school
bus listening to rap music. I didn’t recognize it at the time but this was
true meditation. All of my senses were being stimulated. One had to sieze
a window seat on the school bus inorder to get the best visual experience
to accompany the audio. Hip-hop music was in perfect harmony with the
streets of Chicago’s north side. The pistons that fired the bus’ deisel engine
were in sync with the syncopated beats. Slang ridden lyrics presented the
stories of the Chicago streets. Melly Mel could narrate the tragic scene
of a pan handling bum sitting in a puddle of his own urine. 3rd Bass’ MC
Serch and Pete Nice could present a drunk stumbling though past the Polish
bakery to an old blues guitar riff. Then, to punctuate the street opera, came
the texture of cracked sidewalks and crackling excerpts of forgotten music.
These sights and sounds have stuck with me all my life. The experience
was so immersing that diesel fumes and the irratic vibration of the bus
became numbing white noise. In this state, I got a hold of my psychological
bearings; fear, hopes, dreams, and mysteries. This started when I was eleven
years old and now I am twenty six years old. My brother Peter was there too.
These years of getting bused to inner city schools, learning the visual arts
and falling in love with hip-hop music have inspired my brother Peter and I
to tell a story. The themes are identity and integrity; who am I and how can I
be happy. We are artists. Hip-hop is art. Enjoy the “Funk”!
This book was made possible by: Eric Billingsly, mom, dad, Pete, Beth,
grandma, nana and the whole 7000 B.C. crew!Story Peter & Paul Ziomek
ArtPaul Ziomek
“Talent show” pt. 1
FAKIN’ THE FUNK ©2010 PETER & PAUL ZIOMEK
“FAKIN’ THE FUNK”CREATED BY
PETER & PAUL ZIOMEK
Looks like Keenan’s gonna get jumped..or maybe not. Find out in Fakin’ the
Funk #2!*
*Available at baaadasssscomics.com/store/index.htm