Tales from the Tour Bus, Season 2 (Cinemax, Nov. 2nd)
On loan from his main gig at Silicon Valley, Mike Judge returns to his side project with another pack of colorful, rollicking anecdotes from the music world. The first season employed a fusion of interviews (rotoscoped for maximum trippiness) and animation to formulate an oral account of country music’s great outlaws; the new episodes shift focus to the equally wild history of funk music. In candidly ribald fashion, firsthand witnesses recount a testy run-in between Rick James and police in the Deep South; larger-than-life antics from James Brown; and Bootsy Collins’ days running with George Clinton. Until you can live the rock star life, hearing about it will have to suffice.