Parliament-Funkadelic: The Ritz, New York NY

P-FUNK DO FOR the modern funk show what The Grateful Dead did to the rock show in the late '60s. They alter the time frame of the event, change the meaning performers and audience have for each other. In a few years, P-Funk may be as much of a nostalgia act as the Dead are now, playing for a cult of die-hards, but for the moment they are blowing conventions apart.