Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

When Chinese North-Korean Eyes Are Smiling

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Zappanale Fever

Herr Thomas, head cheese over at Zappanale, just announced this year’s headliner (drum roll): Yes, that would be Eddie Jobson!

Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Zappanale | 6 Comments

Glass Ghost, Burning Castle

Flashback to December 17 2008, when KUR received the following email: I’m recording a new project soon and I wrote NEW music for The Black Page. If I sent you guys a copy of the album and you like it … Continue reading

Posted in Frank Zappa, FZcovers, Heh Heh, Music | 21 Comments

Paul Buff’s Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives: The Collection

This just in by way of Andrew – from Crossfire Publications: During 2010, Crossfire rolled out 35 download volumes (a total of 417 tracks) from Paul Buff’s archives of Pal and Original Sound recordings. Many of you wanted lossless files … Continue reading

Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Freak Out In Cucamonga: An Update, Long Overdue

Those of you who’ve been reading this weblog for more than just a couple of years may remember our coverage of Adam Fiorenza’s documentary on FZ’s Cucamonga days, aptly titled “Freak Out In Cucamonga”, featuring interviews with the likes of … Continue reading

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Mo’s Vacation

Funny how some people who adore FZ’s “regular” music tend to shy away from his “more serious”, “classical instrumental” music. They tend to see it as impenetrable, obscure, entirely inscrutable — in short, way over their heads. Not so. The … Continue reading

Posted in Classical music, Frank Zappa, Personal | 13 Comments

This One Goes To Eleven

Yes, the entire internet may have beaten me to it, but what the hey. Happy New Year everyone!

Posted in Community, Heh Heh, Personal | 1 Comment

Cover Freak’s Zappa Tribute

Eleven Zappa covers from a variety of bands, a year in the making + free download equals coolness! Mucho kudos to Cover Freak, a blog well worth following I should add.

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The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle

By now you may have read about this elsewhere: the ZFT yesterday released another Birthday Bundle. It’s a digital-download compilation album featuring various artists including Macy Gray, Holland Greco and of course FZ himself. Full tracklist here, a bit more … Continue reading

Posted in Frank Zappa, FZ's birthday, Official Releases | 22 Comments

Stravinsky’s First Childhood Memory Of Sound

… and I quote: …an enormous bare legged peasant seated on the stump of a freshly cut tree singing a two-syllable nonsense song and accompanying himself with what we as kids used to call “arm farts.” … and so: The … Continue reading

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