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Category Archives: Heh Heh
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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The Cognitive Bias Song
Note to self. (via Michel)
Posted in Heh Heh, Music, Science, YouTubery
Tagged psychology
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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
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Hedgehog
The BBC is currently broadcasting a superb documentary series about the internet and how it will change any and all of us in the future. Last night’s episode, Homo Interneticus, was all about social networks such as Facebook and how … Continue reading
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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Hayseed Dixie
You gotta love these guys:
Posted in Heh Heh, Music, YouTubery
Tagged bluegrass, bohemian rhapsody, country, hayseed dixie
7 Comments
Blow Your Harmonica, Son
See some more covers here.
Can You Play It Backwards?
Funny little anecdote about Zappa’s typical way of dealing with musicians. Act one goes like this: Just to be sure that Mr. Piano had a fair chance at the reading part of the audition, Frank gave him 2 pieces of … Continue reading
LA Phil Plays Zappa
Concert details to be found here. Some more information over at EarBox, written by the conductor. Gotta love the introductory paragraph: OK, all you Zappa heads out there in the audience. I can recognize you a mile away because of … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Music
Tagged LA Philharmonic, live zappa, orchestral zappa
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