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Category Archives: Bizarre
Best (or Worst) FZ Covers – The Four Directions perform “Lonesome Cowboy Burt”
Jeff and Diane of The Four Directions perform “Lonesome Cowboy Burt” at the Bolton Street Theater in NewCastle, Australia – complete with trumpet and harmonica solos, as well as an improvised tap interpretation. I kid you not. Personally, I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged australia, Frank Zappa covers, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, The Four Directions
10 Comments
Best FZ Covers: Battle of the YouTube Muffins, Or, Some People Like Cupcakes Better…
I’m really not certain which of these groups belongs in a compilation of best FZ covers – each has something different and unique in their version of Frank Zappa‘s Muffin Man that the other two groups do not. Give them … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery, Zappa Plays Zappa
Tagged 2008, 2009, Frank Zappa covers, MazMyth, Muffin Man, Pappa Plays Zappa, youtube, Zappa Plays Zappa
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BluBlu a la Zappa
While surfing YouTube recently I came across this wonder piece of stop motion animation, entitled MUTO, from the walls of Buenos Aires by graffiti and animation artist BluBlu which someone has added Frank Zappa‘s “The Torture Never Stops” from Hordern … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged blublu, Frank Zappa, graffiti art, stop motion animation
8 Comments
Chat Roulette Piano Improv
Ah, the wonders of Chatroulette: advertised as “instant video-chat” with complete strangers, in my experience it’s mostly a place where young desperate men log on to, erh, yank their crank for all the world to see. That and loads of … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged chatroulette, improvisation, piano
18 Comments
Frank Zappa — Cynic, Satirist, Social Anthropologist
Frank Zappa had been referred to as a lot of things throughout his thirty year career – some complimentary (genius, iconoclast, family man) and some not so complimentary (misogynist, anti-semite, misanthropist) – yet all one need do is listen to … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Interview, Miscellany, Music, Personal, Politics, Pop Cult, Religion, YouTubery
Tagged 70s, 80s, cynic, Frank Zappa, interviews, Jim Ladd, Mark Radcliffe, satirist, social anthropologist
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Die Beistelltische – Are You Hardcore, Enough?
Die Beistelltische is a German sextet (from Göttingen) that performs Frank Zappa’s music a cappella. In 2007, they contributed a special edit of their a capella version of ‘The Idiot Bastard Son’ to “20 Extraordinary Renditions”, that was released on … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged a capella, billy the mountain, Die Beistelltische, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, tribute/cover band
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Maybe I’m Totally Wrong, But I’m a…
(Played by The Ohio University Marching 110 at the Ohio Theatre in November, 2000.)
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2000, Dancin' Fool, Ohio University
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“Rock ‘n Roll Evening News” with Frank Zappa
On two separate appearances on the “Rock ‘n Roll Evening News” – one on October 11th, 1986 (clip above), and another on November 29th, 1986 (clip below), Frank Zappa explains why most aspects of popular culture (in their case, the … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, In The News, Interview, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1984, 1986, AM, FM, Frank Zappa, Hollywood, Interview, TV
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The Jack and Jim Show
Eugene Chadbourne and Jimmy Carl Black – the principle members of the Jack and Jim Show – perform a cover of Captain Beefheart‘s “Dropout Boogie” (first clip, below) at The Pit Inn, Shinjuku on June 6th, 2008 (available on their CD, … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Captain Beefheart, Interview, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged avant garde, covers, eugene chadbourne, jimmy carl black, pachuco cadaver, the jack and jim show
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