Category Archives: Alumni

Selected Idiot Bastard Sons

Posted on May 8, 2010 by urbangraffito

As a big fan of all Zappa and Zappa-related recordings, I’ve accumulated an immense number of live concerts, shows, and radio broadcasts via Zappateers and purchased elsewhere (far, far too many to name in this post). Among them, certain shows … Continue reading →

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Project/Object In Europe

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Zappa tribute band Project/Object will be touring Europe this May (check out the flyer). No Belgian venue though… André? (Thx Thomas Böhme)

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21 Burnt Weeny Sandwiches

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The Idiot Bastard: 20 artists were asked to condense the Mothers Of Invention’s Burnt Weeny Sandwich album down to 5 minutes. Some succeeded. The results were handed over to Pete Brunelli, who produced a megamix – an excerpt from which … Continue reading →

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Theoretical5

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Balint

Live, Absolutely free form improvisation @ lo-tek studios in beautiful downtown Mar Vista. THEORETICAL 5: Tommy Mars (keyboards, vocals) Warren Cuccurullo (guitar, samples) Arthur Barrow (bass) Larry Klimas (saxophone) Andy Kravitz (drums, percussion) See all six of their videos here.

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Mothers In Da House – The Don & Bunk Show

Posted on April 15, 2010 by urbangraffito

In the last few years, with the cost of touring becoming so high, musical acts (to my knowledge Mike Keneally is also performing these intimate concerts) have had to innovate, playing whenever and wherever feasibly possible – including community halls, … Continue reading →

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Tunes, Treats & Torrents – The Grandmothers

Posted on April 12, 2010 by urbangraffito

The first version of The Grandmothers came into being in 1980, formed by original Mothers of Invention and Soul Giants alumni Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black and Bunk Gardner. From almost the start, the group was a thorn in Zappa‘s … Continue reading →

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Tunes, Treats & Torrents – The Muffin Men

Posted on March 31, 2010 by urbangraffito

Anyone who has followed my posts knows that I’m a avid downloader of torrents from Zappateers (and a fantastic bunch of freaks they are – I tip my hat to them for all the excellent Zappa torrents I’ve downloaded through … Continue reading →

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The Don and Bunk Show

Posted on March 20, 2010 by urbangraffito

This just in via Andre Cholmondeley: The Don and Bunk Show…on tour!! THIS SUNDAY – for those of you in the Wilmington DE, Philly, Baltimore area — Don’t miss an amazing and rare show with the two and only DON … Continue reading →

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The Muffin Men @ Fairport & Elsewhere

Posted on February 12, 2010 by urbangraffito

In 2008, The Muffin Men – a British band, based in Liverpool, England which primarily plays the music of Frank Zappa – performed at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, performing such Zappa classics as “Zoot Allures”, “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” and … Continue reading →

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The Magic Band – Peel Sessions, July 2004

Posted on February 6, 2010 by urbangraffito

Besides being an avid collector of Frank Zappa and Mothers of Invention bootlegs and field recordings – as well as a collector of Captain Beefheart‘s various and sundry recordings (and a collector of all the related recordings of the various … Continue reading →

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