case you missed it: here is a great piece. i saw a p-funk gig at the cap center in dc (area) late seventies. certainly the wildest stage spectacle i've ever seen, and one of those situations where it was ok to be the only white guy, cause people were cool. and very very high. not to rain on the parade, but the stuff is pretty unlistenable now, though it should by cosmic justice sound great. but it's just as nonsensical as it seems. anyway if i could say one thing more about the mothership wherever it may be, i think the image actually originates in the nation of islam, where elijah muhammad preached that a big old spaceship would soon be appearing to take (as my bro jim, who loved p-funk and went to that gig with me, would say) our sable brethren back to planet black.