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Category Archives: Community
The Black Page Against The Machine
A fun initiative from The Idiot (as seen on Facebook): To mark what would have been composer Frank Zappa’s 70th birthday on 21 December 2010, let’s try and repeat the success of Rage Against The Machine’s Christmas #1 with “The … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Frank Zappa, Miscellany
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Rondo Hatton Report Vol IV
A new Rondo Hatton Report has been published: Amongst other contributions, this issue features a second submission from Kohjitsu Ohyama, author of two authoritative Japanese books on FZ, proposing a solution to the vexed question of the ‘ultimate compilation’ problem … Continue reading
Fuck Yeah Frank Zappa!
I heartily recommend that you direct your browser to this tumblr blog.
Posted in Community, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh
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Defending Zappa?
In my youth, I felt like I had an easier time introducing my friends to Zappa. I used to simply play “Bobby Brown Goes Down,” because when you’re 14 or 15 years old, it’s the funniest thing you could possibly … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Frank Zappa, Politics, Pop Cult
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KUR’s 2nd Annual Virtual Zappanale Mix
Welcome to KUR’s 2nd Annual Virtual Zappanale Mix for August 2010. For those of us who cannot make it to this year’s festival in Bad Doberan, I have compiled an eclectic mix of some of my favorite FZ covers by … Continue reading
Spotlight, Swedish TV, 1971
While in Stockholm, Sweden on December 4th, 1971 during a short European tour, Frank Zappa and The Mothers appeared on the Swedish TV show entitled “Spotlight“. The 34 minute broadcast had interviews with Zappa mingled with music clips from 200 … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Community, Frank Zappa, Interview, Jean-Luc Ponty, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1971, 200 motels, france, Frank Zappa, paris, Spotlight, vaudeville band
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Zappanale #21: Zappa & The GDR Exhibit
Aside from five days of live Zappa music, the Zappanale festival will this year be hosting an exhibition reflecting 20 years of Zappanale. One part will consist of information specifically about “Zappa and the GDR“:
Posted in Community, Frank Zappa, Politics, Zappanale
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Ian Penman: “Don’t Do That On Stage Anymore”
Did Mr Penman get it right back in 1995, when FZ’s back catalog was being re-issued by Ryko? Let’s have a look… For the pop life of me, I cannot see why anyone past the age of 17 would want … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Frank Zappa, In Writing
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