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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Peaches, Peaches, Peaches en Regalia!
Grammy Award aside, Peaches en Regalia is a fantastic song regardless of when it is performed and by whom. These videos show Zappa Play Zappa performing the song from their live DVD; FZ and his 1988 Best Band performing the … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery, Zappa Plays Zappa
Tagged classic song, cover versions, field recordings, Frank Zappa, live versions, peaches en regalia, school of rock, videos, ZPZ
65 Comments
Tubes Cover Zappa, 1972
The following tracks are the two Zappa covers done by The Tubes in a 1972 concert. The exact date and location are unknown, but the concert probably took place in a club in the San Francisco area. I wish to … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged classic songs, covers, field recordings, Frank Zappa, streaming audio, The Tubes
3 Comments
The Berlusconi Protest Song Project
Michel Delville of Belgian FZ tribute band The Wrong Object writes in to announce an interesting project: There is a new myspace page devoted to musical responses to the New Fascism in all its guises and disguises. Please come and … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Heh Heh, Music, Politics, YouTubery
Tagged berlusconi, fascism, protest songs
3 Comments
ZPZ Wins At The Grammys
Dweezil Zappa’s ZPZ band has won this year’s Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance: “Did you feel it? The world actually fell off its axis,” said Dweezil Zappa, accepting the award for best rock instrumental performance for “Peaches en Regalia,” … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Plays Zappa
Tagged award, grammys, peaches en regalia, Zappa Plays Zappa, ZPZ
117 Comments
You Gotta Have Goals, Guys…
On the bright side, at least you aren’t Canadian (these evil sons-a-bitches have been planning world domination ever since 1867…just watch ’em). Take the music of Celine Dion, for instance (an insidious effort to turn everyone into Canadians, one person … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, Insane, Miscellany, Personal
Tagged comedy, denis leary, humor, parody, satire, stand-up
19 Comments
The Forum Is Dead, Long Live The Forum!
As of this moment, the forum located at killuglyradio.com/forum, has been shut down, although its archives can still be browsed. From its ashes, a new forum has arisen: forum.killuglyradio.com. Go register now! For those interested, a couple of reasons why … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Frank Zappa, Site News
Tagged enforced audience participation, forum
4 Comments
Gil Scott-Heron at Wolfgang’s Vault
Activist poet and musician, Gil Scott-Heron’s musical career began in the late ’60s. He quickly emerged as a sharp, intelligent critic of contemporary culture, boasting terrific jazz-styled accompaniment. By the late ’70s, Scott-Heron’s sound had adopted a bit more of … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Politics
Tagged classic albums, gil scott-heron, jazz fusion, r&b, streaming audio, Wolfgang's Vault
6 Comments
Beatles On The Rooftop
I’m sure you’ve all seen this before — The Beatles’ last public performance: The live concert idea culminated with the Beatles and [Billy] Preston performing 30 January [’69] on the rooftop of the Beatles’ Apple Building at 3 Savile Row … Continue reading
Tuesday Mix: The Golden Era
Let your mind drift back fellow Zappa freaks to that Golden Era of Zappadom: the 1970s. During that decade he did his most prolific touring, began recording his live shows almost religiously, and produced some of the most successful and … Continue reading