Category Archives: Insane

FZ Toy

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Balint

You won’t believe this – a cut-out figure of Frank Zappa. Oh yeah… (found on Fuck Yeah Frank Zappa!)

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Bongo Fury – Shock Theatre, 1978

Posted on July 3, 2010 by urbangraffito

In the three short years since Zappa’s 1975 release of his mostly live album with Captain Beefheart and the Mothers at Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas on May 20th through 21st, 1975, it’s affect upon popular culture is astounding… … Continue reading →

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Blow Your Harmonica, Son

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Balint

See some more covers here.

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The Whip It Out Ensemble

Posted on July 17, 2009 by urbangraffito

The Whip It Out Ensemble is a Frank Zappa tribute band located in Alberta, Canada. In the clip (above) they perform a medley of songs from The Mothers of Invention album ‘We’re Only In It For The Money‘ including “Lonely … Continue reading →

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Fair Use versus Corporate Avarice — A Rant

Posted on July 6, 2009 by urbangraffito

Consider the following case, of Stephanie Lenz, who made a home video of her 13-month-old son dancing to Prince’s song “Let’s Go Crazy” and then posted the 29-second video on YouTube:

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John Cassavetes & Company, in the Studio

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Balint

A tiny bit of studio-presence, that supposed to be a “talk show” – if they were normal people. I love John Cassavetes, by the way, my favorite director – check out his film “Husbands”, if you can.  Or any of the … Continue reading →

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You Ef What You Zee — The Eternal Question

Posted on June 9, 2009 by urbangraffito

In one of the previous posts, “The MOI – Conflicted Histories“, I was struck by one of the questions posed to Jimmy Carl Black:

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Humor in Music — Z

Posted on May 31, 2009 by urbangraffito

Does humor belong in music? During this particular Z gig (NAMM, Hilton, Anaheim, CA) in late January, 1995, it did. Bryan Beller: The Z show was a private party for Peavey, with a special guest appearance by Dick Clark. We … Continue reading →

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Dummy Up: a/k/a Tommy Chong

Posted on April 10, 2009 by urbangraffito

Tommy Chong appears on Alex Jones‘ nationally syndicated radio show to discuss the recent FBI raid of Spectrum Labs and the seizure of 10,000 DVDs of Chong’s documentary, a/k/a Tommy Chong. Also on the show is Kevin Booth, creator of … Continue reading →

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Planetshakers – Majesty (Live)

Posted on April 9, 2009 by urbangraffito

Somewhere in the far reaches of the cosmos, the spirit of Frank Zappa just…spewed. Perhaps this was exactly what he was warning us all about with such releases as ‘Broadway The Hard Way’. While searching for something completely different, I … Continue reading →

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