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Category Archives: Personal
John Lennon’s 70th Birthday
Imagine Peace.
In the Beginning…
In the beginning there was a word, and the word was secret, and the secret word was…Mudshark! And for fifty years the Mudshark ruled supremely as the only secret word on the planet Earth, but one day the Mudshark became … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Music, Personal
Tagged 2010, ike willis, Zappanale 21, ZAPPATiKA!
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Le Noise
Nobody plays distorted guitar in the absence of Crazy Horse the way Neil Young does it – Long May He Run.
Impact (Part Deux)
I was really quite enthusiastic about the whole idea when Barry first tagged me on Facebook and proposed it. At first, it sounded all too simple, too easy. The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal, Pop Cult
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Impact (Part One)
If you’re on Facebook, you may have come across a recent meme there which states simply: 15 albums that have had a big impact on me. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you’ve heard that will … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal, Pop Cult
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Gil Scott-Heron – Me and the Devil (2010)
I recall the first time I ever encountered the work of Gil Scott-Heron, I was in my mid teens and I had just borrowed a load of records, among them his 1971 release, Pieces of a Man from the public … Continue reading
Posted in Interview, Miscellany, Music, Personal, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, collaboration, gil scott-heron, new release, Richard Russell, XL Recordings
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Some Nostalgia For The Old Folks…
As a long time fan of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, the names of particular musicians have threaded through much of the music I have listened to and collected throughout the years. Names such as Andy Cahan, Lawrence … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Miscellany, Music, Personal, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1969, 1978, Andy Cahan, geronimo black alumni, Lawrence 'Stash' Wagner, mothers of invention, Tom Leavey
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Who IS The REAL Frank Zappa, Anyway?
Sometimes I am quite delighted to discover a fan-made Frank Zappa video like the one posted above. It reinforces my belief that the future of FZ’s public image is in the right hands: creative, open-minded, technology embracing hands. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, Personal, Pop Cult, YouTubery, Zappa Family Trust, Zappanale
Tagged Alumni, Frank Zappa, video, zft
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KUR’s 2nd Annual Virtual Zappanale Mix
Welcome to KUR’s 2nd Annual Virtual Zappanale Mix for August 2010. For those of us who cannot make it to this year’s festival in Bad Doberan, I have compiled an eclectic mix of some of my favorite FZ covers by … Continue reading
Zappa & Zin
Next August 24, The Ed Palermo Big Band will be playing at the City Winery, which is cool because they’re one of the superior FZ tributes out there IMHO — but there’s a twist: As the night progresses we will … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Music, Personal
Tagged beer, ed palermo big band, live zappa
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