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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Rondo Hatton Report: Vol. 5
Right in time for Christmas, a new Rondo Hatton Report has been published – Volume 5 can be downloaded here and contains ten fresh essays. For coming issues, you are encouraged to submit your own!
UnCovered Interview – Over-Nite Sensation by Dave McMacken
Here’s a nice – and long – article about and by graphic designer Dave McMacken, from Rock Pop Gallery (april 2010) – the following is a small part of the text: That night I listened to a truly bizarre take … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Visual Arts
Tagged 200 motels, album covers, Dave McMacken, Over-Nite Sensation
2 Comments
Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #6
For this week’s Sunday Big Note, I’ve got a fantastic gem of a listening session in store – a soundboard of Wishone Ash from 1976. Although short (approximately one hour in length), the sound quality is excellent, and the performance, … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1976, progressive hard rock, San Francisco, twin lead guitar format, winterland ballroom, wishbone ash
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RIP The Captain
Captain Beefheart, dead at 69.
Posted in Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, In The News
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Mike Miller Quintet – Live At The Baked Potato, 2008
Mike Miller, known around Los Angeles as a guitarist’s guitarist, along with the rest of the Mike Miller Quintet – Jimmy Johnson, Chad Wackerman, Walt Fowler, and Albert Wing – performed a live set at Los Angeles’ The Baked Potato … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2008, albert wing, chad wackerman, jimmy johnson, Mike Miller, Mike Miller Quintet, the Baked Potato, walt fowler
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Henry Rollins’ Tribute to Frank Zappa
If you notice, Fanatics, tonight is a bit of a concept show. It’s all Zappa, all night. We take this Saturday’s broadcast to do this because on 12-04-93, Frank Zappa passed away. I know, it’s not the happiest occasion to … Continue reading
Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #5
From the very start, Led Zeppelin was a band whose essential ingredients were a ”crushingly loud interpretation of the blues”, “heavy, guitar-driven blues-rock sound”, a style that crossed many music genres, and their unbound male sexuality. It pulsed beneath the … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1975, led zeppelin, Long Beach, streaming audio, sunday big note
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Gentle Giant’s “Funny Ways” – Brussels, 1974
A little something special for all you aficionados of Gentle Giant music. “Funny Ways” is the second track from Gentle Giant‘s debut album of the same name released in 1970. Vocals were provided mostly by Phil Shulman, with Derek Shulman … Continue reading
Posted in Interview, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 16mm film, 1974, Christopher Nupen, funny ways, gentle giant
16 Comments
Eat That Question 2010
Up there George Duke Eats that question with the ZPZ – some more Echidnas and Inca Roads are to be found. And speaking of questions…
Posted in Official Releases, Zappa Family Trust
Tagged future releases, gail zappa, george duke, zappa family trust
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