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Category Archives: Personal
Bloody QWERTY
Hello boys qnd girls! Just q auick note to let you knoz Shqrl qnd I qre currently in Buenos Qires, so posting froñ us zill be light for the next zeek or so. Ze should be bqck zith our regulqr … Continue reading
Message From The Travel Agent
Well, it’s been an interesting week so far. Last Saturday, Sharl had an accident involving a broken thermos and hot boiling water splashing on her chest. The result: rather nasty first and second degree burns and blisters a-go-go. While she’s … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Zappanale
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Audience Misbehavin’
Back before video rentals became big business with the opening of the first Blockbuster Video store in Dallas in 1985, people went out to theaters for much of their entertainment.
Posted in Bizarre, Community, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music, Personal, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged censorship, concert films, repertory movie theatre, talking heads, Zappa
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Fair Use versus Corporate Avarice — A Rant
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:
Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, In The News, Insane, Miscellany, Personal
Tagged copyright, corporate avarice, fair use, irony, parody, satire
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You Ef What You Zee — The Eternal Question
In one of the previous posts, “The MOI – Conflicted Histories“, I was struck by one of the questions posed to Jimmy Carl Black:
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Insane, Music, Personal, YouTubery
Tagged don preston, fanatical fans, jimmy carl black, novelty song, the eternal question, video, vile foamy ectoplasm, zappa alumni
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Warren Zevon Collector’s Edition
Warren Zevon was already a ten-year music industry veteran who had written songs for the Turtles, backed up Phil Everly, done years of session work and been befriended by Jackson Browne by the time he cut this self-titled album for … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Personal, Pop Cult
Tagged bonus tracks, re-mastered, singer songwriter, streaming audio, turtles, warren zevon
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Madrugada — Discordant Sounds from EU
Madrugada – Majesty Madrugada (which in Spanish and Portuguese and means “dawn”, “the blue hour” and was suggested to the band by poet/writer friend Øystein Wingaard Wolf) is a Norwegian rock band formed in 1995 hailing from a little place … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Personal, YouTubery
Tagged anti-love songs, discordant music, madrugada, norwegian rock, thought provoking, video
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The Tom Waits Book Has Materialized
You’ll remember my going on and on about the Tom Waits book Sharl and I illustrated. Ah, well a couple of days ago we finally got our copy: The front- and back-cover with some of the postcards. Some more postcards. … Continue reading
Posted in In Writing, Music, Personal, Visual Arts
Tagged biography, collage, illustration, tom waits
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One Year Old Scotch Milk
Today this weblog turns one (although technically, it’s to turn eight in July)! Having made the switch in February 2008, we instantly lost a whole bunch of readers. The new KUR started out with about 12,000 views per month. We … Continue reading