Monthly Archives: July 2009

Acoustic Brick

Sweet: Via Our Man In Hungary who has been posting some great stuff as of late.

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Frank Zappa–Pioneer Of Future Music

Directed by Frank Scheffer, “Frank Zappa–Pioneer Of Future Music” (2007) is a two part documentary which combined and re-edited footage and interviews from “Frank Zappa: The Present Day Composer Refuses to Die” (2000) and “Frank Zappa: Phaze II, The Big … Continue reading

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Trent Reznor Has Some Advice

The point is this: music IS free whether you want to believe that or not. Every piece of music you can think of is available free right now a click away. This is a fact – it sucks as the … Continue reading

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Howard Stern Interviews Moon Unit & Frank

(Thx Cory)

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Jimmy’s Last Tour — Jimmy Carl Black & The Muffin Men

After stumbling across this 1993 promo video of Frank Zappa’s “Willie the Pimp” featuring Jimmy Carl Black and The Muffin Men (live with studio footage), I found the following Podcast on The Muffin Men homepage. The band reminisces about Jimmy’s … Continue reading

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Marianne Faithfull — BBC Four Interview/Sessions

Marianne Faithfull is an English singer, songwriter and actress whose career spans over four decades. Her early work in pop and rock music in the 1960s was overshadowed by her struggle with drug abuse and heroin addiction in the 1970s. … Continue reading

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Elsewhere

How does your language shape the way you think? Fascinating photo gallery: American pictures Living with Jesus (dot com) The Coolness Index Mutiny! The Big Pirate Bay Sellout Your browser is the new OS – Kottke nailed it 5 years … Continue reading

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Arthur Barrow Interview

Recorded on April 18th, 1996, Juha Rompannen interviews Arthur Barrow in Los Angeles, California.

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Fair Use versus Corporate Avarice — A Rant

Consider the following case, of Stephanie Lenz, who made a home video of her 13-month-old son dancing to Prince’s song “Let’s Go Crazy” and then posted the 29-second video on YouTube:

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Zappanale (Then & Now) – Frank Zappa Memorial Pancake Breakfast

The Frank Zappa Memorial Pancake Breakfast, also known as Finnish Zappa Tribute band (featuring Napoleon Murphy Brock and Denny Walley) perform “Montana” at Zappanale 19 in Bad Doberan, Germany, on August 17th, 2008 before an enthusiastic and appreciative audience.

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