Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Jack Conte & Pomplamoose

Musician and YouTube phenomenon Jack Conte has two rules when it comes to his videos: What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice). If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden … Continue reading

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Gail On Huffington Post

It would appear that Gail Zappa now writes for the Huffington Post these days as “Writer, Art Director, Provocateur”. Take-away quote: But I digress. As usual.

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The Hungarian Ventrilo Choir Sings The Beatles

Ist das nicht unheimlich! Balint: you’ve got some explaining to do…

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The Rondo Hatton Report

Just spotted over at Andrew’s place: The Rondo Hatton Report, “an independent electronic platform where people can creatively confess their addiction to the music of Frank Zappa”. A consensus emerged from the 20th Zappanale in Bad Doberan that most of … Continue reading

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Frank Zappa And Sex

Paul Carr, who wrote earlier about the ZFT’s agressive copyright policies, has published another paper. This time, the subject is Zappa’s attitude toward sex. The essay closes with a quote from Herbert Marcuse which pretty much hits the nail on … Continue reading

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Valencia Zappa Film Festival

Manuel de la Fuente Soler is a Media Studies lecturer at the University of Valencia and writer of “Frank Zappa En El Infierno” (Frank Zappa in Hell), an analysis of political discourse in Zappa’s oeuvre. He’s the thriving force behind … Continue reading

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Egads! The Return Of Barryman!

Hey kids, we’re back from the wonderful parallel universe that is Argentina. I could write a thousand lines to describe our fantastic journey on my beloved azerty keyboard, but as clichés go, “a picture is worth a thousand words” is … Continue reading

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Oddest Zappa Cameo To Date?

Frank Zappa in a 1984 production of “Faerie Tale Theatre” called “The Boy Who Left Home to Find out about the Shivers”, with Peter MacNicol: (Thx Sterbus!)

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Bloody QWERTY

Hello boys qnd girls! Just q auick note to let you knoz Shqrl qnd I qre currently in Buenos Qires, so posting froñ us zill be light for the next zeek or so. Ze should be bqck zith our regulqr … Continue reading

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First Roxy, Then Son Of Roxy

Oooh look, a tweet from Charlie Boswell: Via @Weirdomusic.

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