Monthly Archives: January 2009

John Mayall & His Bluesbreakers

Posted on January 30, 2009 by urbangraffito

Now that the weekend is here, and you’ve finally got some room to move, why not kick it off with these two live videos of John Mayall and His Bluesbreakers (probably the seminal british blues band) performing “An Eye For … Continue reading →

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Pygmy Twylyte – Five Versions

Posted on January 29, 2009 by urbangraffito

I was going through my Zappa collection the other day, and I noticed I had quite a few versions of Pygmy Twylyte. The first four are covers by Tribute/Cover Bands, and the fifth is one of my favorite proto-versions from … Continue reading →

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Odds & Ends

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Let’s skip the witty opener and get right to the bulleted list, shall we? Unlike most “unauthorized” Zappa DVD’s, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention In The 1960s is mandatory viewing. Trust me on this one! All of The … Continue reading →

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Lumpy Money: The Playlist

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Now that Lumpy Money orders are officially being shipped, I’ve added this 3 disc release to the discography pages. As ever, the Mighty Wiki has more background info. If anyone has had a chance to give this one a listen, … Continue reading →

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Holland Doc: Zappa Documentary

Posted on January 24, 2009 by urbangraffito

For those who missed the posting of this documentary the first time around, here’s it is again (in all it’s glory). Documentary by Roelof Kiers. Zappa talks about his youth, his interest in explosives, blues, guitars, non-Western music and the … Continue reading →

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Tom Waits: Musik & Mythos

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

It took our pal Tommi Brem and his associate Daniel Knapp two years to translate Jay S. Jacob’s Tom Waits biography, “Wild Years: the Music and Myth of Tom Waits”, into German — Tommi at one point likened it to … Continue reading →

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Thursday Mix: Mothers Auxiliary

Posted on January 22, 2009 by urbangraffito

When one thinks of the ever expanding web of musicians who both directly played with Frank Zappa, then those who have then played with those musicians in turn, it’s not very surprising the enormous effect that FZ had on the … Continue reading →

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ZFT Litigation Frenzy: School of Rock Edition

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I kid you not. Incredibly, having just lost the Zappanale lawsuit, the ZFT is now going after Paul Green’s School of Rock — more specifically Napoleon M. Brock’s envolvement therein. Here’s the Berger-Kahn letter (pdf). Quote: It recently came to … Continue reading →

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ZFT vs Zappanale: Gail Loses

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Taken straight from Der Spiegel (and translated to English by yours truly): His name belongs to me, thought Zappa widow Gail — and so she started a lawsuit against the music festival “Zappanale”, organized each year in his honor by … Continue reading →

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1973 Monday Conference & RDNZL

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I love FZ’s deadpan delivery of lines that contain words such as “organs” and “gratification” in the interview part — also a nice version of RDNZL:

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