Category Archives: Frank Zappa

Zappa’s Coven of Drowning Witches

Posted on January 19, 2011 by urbangraffito

On more than one occasion, upon seeing the colossal size of my Frank Zappa music collection, I’ve been asked, “How many versions of Zappa songs do you really need?” Of course, to someone who isn’t a fan of Zappa’s music, … Continue reading →

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Flo & Eddie interviewing FZ

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Balint

About the ’88 tour, about 200 Motels, about remixing CDs… you’ll love it.

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Freak Out In Cucamonga: An Update, Long Overdue

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

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

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

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 →

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Women Drummers – The Black Page

Posted on January 5, 2011 by urbangraffito

Once considered a boy’s only club, more and more women are taking up the drums as an instrument of choice – such as Lucy Landymore* (above) who performs Frank Zappa’s “The Black Page Drum Solo”, as well as Heather Thomas … Continue reading →

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Francesco Zappa – His First Homepage In Over 200 Years

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Balint

Indeed, Francesco Zappa really lived and wrote much more music beyond that rearranged in the posthumous record. Yes of course – and finally he has a website now (in italian and english). Looking pretty nice, and the content is quite … Continue reading →

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KUR’s Vinnie Colaiuta Primer Mix

Posted on January 2, 2011 by urbangraffito

Back on November 26th, 2010, I suggested the idea of a Vinnie Colaiuta inspired mixtape. Little did I know at that time the actual extent of Colaiuta’s extensive recordings. Although he only played with Zappa from Spring 1978 to Fall … Continue reading →

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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #8

Posted on January 2, 2011 by urbangraffito

For as long as I have been a Zappa/Mother‘s freak – going four decades strong and showing no evidence of slowing down – almost every fan of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention I’ve encountered has also been a … Continue reading →

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Exclusive FZ-Audio at Rolling Stone Dot Com

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Balint

An exclusive Audio feature from the Rolling Stone: …his estate is releasing a three CD concert set taped at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1978. The shows were the source of some tracks on 1979s Sheik Yerbouti, but the complete unedited … Continue reading →

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Cover Freak’s Zappa Tribute

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

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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