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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!

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RIP The Captain

Captain Beefheart, dead at 69.

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Life In Music

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His Last Tour

Well here we are anyway Mr Zappa.

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And Now For Some… Punctuation.

The wonderful Victor Borge, ladies and gentlemen.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

From one of my all time favorite movies

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In Pictures: Zappa At The Roundhouse

Our pal Magic Fingers had the good fortune (and a sufficient amount of Pound Sterling) to visit last weekend’s Roundhouse event. Pictural evidence was transferred over to KUR’s head office for your perusal: For a closer, annotated version, be sure … Continue reading

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Theydon Bois Reviews Zappa At The Roundhouse

Over the weekend, Theydon Bois has been posting his experiences and thoughts on the Roundhouse event in this KUR thread. In fact, he did such an amazing write-up, I figured it deserves its own post. Many thanks Mr. Bois!

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New Release: Hammersmith Odeon

Zappa live at Hammersmith Odeon, 1978, 3-CD set. Click image for full barfiness announcement. Pre-order here. Update: Nov 8 2010: the correct tracklist can be found here.

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“Zappa The Hard Way” Reviewed

Quick! Name one artist that deserves a book about his last tour – a tour that ended prematurely? Andrew Greenaway, aka The Idiot, did just that with “Zappa The Hard Way”, a book focused solely on FZ’s ill-fated 1988 tour. … Continue reading

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