Alphonse Allais — Marche funèbre composée pour les funérailles d’un grand homme sourd

<p>Does funkiness have anything to do with mourning? Does it depend on how we use the word (do we attribute something of the stinky to the offbeat?)? How can funkiness precede funk? Is it the job of funkiness to flatten pomp? Can we ignore mourning when we think about funk?</p> <p>(What does Alphonse Allais have to do with this?)</p>