Category Archives: Interview

Hawksley Workman — Live in France & Elsewhere

Hawksley Workman (born Ryan Corrigan on March 4, 1975) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his quirky yet accessible blend of cabaret pop and glam rock. Workman has released ten full length albums throughout his … Continue reading

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Zappa Radio Interview, New York, 1978

Frank Zappa, on the air with Mark Simone, October 30th, 1978, at WPIX-FM, New York, just prior to one of his annual (and albeit, infamous) Palladium concerts. It’s quite easy to see why these Palladium concerts were of the must … Continue reading

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Zappa On Censorship

Frank Zappa gives his extensive views and opinions on censorship (among other things) on this KPFK FM Radio interview on June 21st, 1990.

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I Am All Day And Night: The Music Of Frank Zappa

Remember Barry’s post “Odds & Ends” back at the end of January? One of the “Ends” he mentioned was the CBC Radio 2 – Inside The Music program, “I Am All Day And Night: The Music Of Frank Zappa” written … Continue reading

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Three FZ Alumni Interviews

During the same week in April, 1996, while in Los Angeles, California, Juha Rompannen recorded several private interviews with Frank Zappa alumni. On April 20th, Rompannen conducted his interview with Tommy Mars (first clip). Mars talks about his musical schooling, … Continue reading

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Zappanale (Then & Now) – The Grande Mothers

Between now and August 16th, 2009, the start of Zappanale’s 20th Jubilee, I am going to feature both past and present participants of Zappanale, beginning with The Grande Mothers. The Grande Mothers feature Zappa alumni, Napoleon Murphy Brock (lead vocals, … Continue reading

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Zappa Books

The purpose of this site is to provide a little help to those that are looking for written material about Frank Zappa. This is just a reminder for all of us about this amazing site called Zappa Books. The layout of … Continue reading

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Frank Zappa On FNN

FZ, 1990, sitting in for Bob Berkowicz on Financial News Network’s Focus show. He interviews Vladimir Zvyagin, bureau chief of Soviet television in the United States:

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Dummy Up: a/k/a Tommy Chong

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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A Lumpy Legacy

Yesterday, an eight minute feature aired on NPR entitled Frank Zappa: A ‘Lumpy’ Legacy’. From the intro: Gail Zappa is going after cover bands she accuses of “identity theft.” Her lawyers have sent scores of cease-and-desist letters. But many of … Continue reading

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