Category Archives: Interview

Frank Zappa: New York & Elsewhere, 1980, Excerpts

Posted on July 16, 2010 by urbangraffito

In this 1980 Austrian TV Documentary, interviews with Frank Zappa are interspersed with concert footage from New York’s Mudd Club on May 8th, 1980 (“Mudd Club” and “Chunga’s Revenge“) and Upper Darby Township’s Tower Theatre on May 10th, 1980 (“Beauty … Continue reading →

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Not Just Another DIY Musician: Louis Cole

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Louis Cole is one of those young musicians who “get” the potential of the internet as a medium for getting your music out there. In the past, he’s collaborated with such people as Jack Conte of Pomplamoose fame (previously). Here … Continue reading →

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An Interview With Lorraine Belcher

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Andrew just published an interview he did with Lorraine Belcher, full of wonderful little nuggets such as this one: He told me that his wife never made a sound during sex. This made him feel bad. One day, after he’d … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa – WBCN Interview, 1978

Posted on May 1, 2010 by urbangraffito

Frank Zappa stops by for an after gig radio interview at WBCN-FM, Boston, MA, on October 26th, 1978. Zappa apologizes for his lateness by producing a tape from the mixing board of the start of the prior night’s show of … Continue reading →

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Zappa, Prague, & Prazsky Vyber – Then & Now

Posted on April 20, 2010 by urbangraffito

While researching tracks for the next KUR mixtape, I happened upon some historical footage of Frank Zappa’s visit to Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1990 – and a chance to reacquaint myself with the metal group, Prazsky Vyber, with which Zappa performed … Continue reading →

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Tunes, Treats & Torrents – The Grandmothers

Posted on April 12, 2010 by urbangraffito

The first version of The Grandmothers came into being in 1980, formed by original Mothers of Invention and Soul Giants alumni Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black and Bunk Gardner. From almost the start, the group was a thorn in Zappa‘s … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa & Ron Paul – American Fascism

Posted on March 10, 2010 by urbangraffito

In these two distinct interviews, 21 years apart – Frank Zappa on CNN’s March 28th, 1986 episode of “Crossfire”, and 2008 presidential candidate Ron Paul on the December 23rd, 2007 episode of “Meet The Press” – both men discuss the … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa – My Guitar & Interview

Posted on February 28, 2010 by urbangraffito

In this fan-made video, Frank Zappa’s 1969 7″ Extended Version of “My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama” is combined with a Zappa interview by Bill Hewey on “What’s It All About” – recorded for the Presbyterian Church in the … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa — Cynic, Satirist, Social Anthropologist

Posted on February 18, 2010 by urbangraffito

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 →

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The Muffin Men @ Fairport & Elsewhere

Posted on February 12, 2010 by urbangraffito

In 2008, The Muffin Men – a British band, based in Liverpool, England which primarily plays the music of Frank Zappa – performed at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, performing such Zappa classics as “Zoot Allures”, “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” and … Continue reading →

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