Monthly Archives: February 2010

Music and Mindset: How Rock Music Can Enhance Your Casino Strategy

Picture this: you’re sitting at your computer, ready to dive into an evening of online gambling. The stakes are high, the adrenaline is pumping, but something’s missing. Suddenly, you remember that playlist you curated last week, filled with the timeless … Continue reading

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Frank Zappa – My Guitar & Interview

In this fan-made video, Frank Zappa’s 1969 7″ Extended Version of “My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama” is combined with a Zappa interview by Bill Hewey on “What’s It All About” – recorded for the Presbyterian Church in the … Continue reading

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Trouble Every Day – Live In Philadelphia ’74

A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by a couple of old friends I knew in High School, and among our collective reminiscences, were those long afternoons we spent listening to my Frank Zappa and Mothers of Invention records … Continue reading

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Return Of The Knick Knacks

Ha! There you were thinking this weblog was going down the drain. Silly you. News from Zappanale: Ike Willis and Bobby Martin will be part of the show again, Thomas is currently awaiting confirmation from Ray White. KUR reader Alex … Continue reading

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Hedgehog

The BBC is currently broadcasting a superb documentary series about the internet and how it will change any and all of us in the future. Last night’s episode, Homo Interneticus, was all about social networks such as Facebook and how … Continue reading

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Frank Zappa — Cynic, Satirist, Social Anthropologist

Frank Zappa had been referred to as a lot of things throughout his thirty year career – some complimentary (genius, iconoclast, family man) and some not so complimentary (misogynist, anti-semite, misanthropist) – yet all one need do is listen to … Continue reading

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Zappa, Frank – 200 Motels DVD

As mentioned in the comments by LA Guru, heeeere’s Zappa’s 200 Motels: Released on DVD for the first time, by original director Tony Palmer, is this flawed masterpiece of circa 1970 Frank Zappa craziness. Obviously shot in a very short … Continue reading

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Botswana Ronnie Whips It Out

This is just plain fantastic — behold: More at Bokete7’s YouTube channel. (Via Yo Contra El Mundo)

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Dweezilla!

Looks like Dweezil is branching out into new territory. From the inbox: Get ready to expand your harmonic horizons and ignite your musical creativity this summer at DWEEZILLA! DWEEZILLA is a unique five-day experience where musicians will be surrounded by … Continue reading

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Zappa Timeline

Ward Shelly paints timelines. The history of avant garde, Andy Warhol, …and Frank Zappa: Big version here — even bigger version cached here at KUR. (via Kottke)

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