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Category Archives: Pop Cult
Malcolm McLaren: A Belated RIP
For one thing, he did manage to make this happen:
Dweezil Zappa – Dodge Theater, Phoenix, AZ
While Zappa Plays Zappa were performing at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona on February 26th, 2009, Dweezil Zappa spoke about his early influence – Eddie Van Halen – the day Eddie called up the Zappa family home wanting to … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 2009, Arizona, eddie van halen, eruption, Frank Zappa, Pheonix, van halen, Zappa Plays Zappa
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The Senate Committee Hearing Video
Have you ever wanted to watch the entire testimony of Frank Zappa, John Denver and others on the PMRC hearings? Because since C-SPAN has opened its massive 160,000 hours archive of videos dating back to 1985, now you can. Say … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Politics, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged C-SPAN, pmrc, Tipper Gore
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Chat Roulette Piano Improv
Ah, the wonders of Chatroulette: advertised as “instant video-chat” with complete strangers, in my experience it’s mostly a place where young desperate men log on to, erh, yank their crank for all the world to see. That and loads of … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged chatroulette, improvisation, piano
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Frank Zappa — Cynic, Satirist, Social Anthropologist
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
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Interview, Miscellany, Music, Personal, Politics, Pop Cult, Religion, YouTubery
Tagged 70s, 80s, cynic, Frank Zappa, interviews, Jim Ladd, Mark Radcliffe, satirist, social anthropologist
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Die Beistelltische – Are You Hardcore, Enough?
Die Beistelltische is a German sextet (from Göttingen) that performs Frank Zappa’s music a cappella. In 2007, they contributed a special edit of their a capella version of ‘The Idiot Bastard Son’ to “20 Extraordinary Renditions”, that was released on … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged a capella, billy the mountain, Die Beistelltische, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, tribute/cover band
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Frank Zappa’s Original PMRC Letters
Newish niche blog Letterheady publishes letterhead designs from the rich and (in)famous. The site recently got picked up and linked to by everyone and their grandmother. In the process, it came to light they also had Frank Zappa’s letterhead featured. … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, In Writing, Politics, Pop Cult
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“Rock ‘n Roll Evening News” with Frank Zappa
On two separate appearances on the “Rock ‘n Roll Evening News” – one on October 11th, 1986 (clip above), and another on November 29th, 1986 (clip below), Frank Zappa explains why most aspects of popular culture (in their case, the … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, In The News, Interview, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1984, 1986, AM, FM, Frank Zappa, Hollywood, Interview, TV
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Zappa on “Freeman Report” CNN – October 26th, 1981
In this long, five part interview from the October 26th, 1981, edition of the “Freeman Report”, host Sandi Freeman appears mostly well prepared as she asks Frank Zappa open ended questions concerning his views on a variety of topics. For … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, Miscellany, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1981, cnn, Frank Zappa, Interview, sandi freeman
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The Jack and Jim Show
Eugene Chadbourne and Jimmy Carl Black – the principle members of the Jack and Jim Show – perform a cover of Captain Beefheart‘s “Dropout Boogie” (first clip, below) at The Pit Inn, Shinjuku on June 6th, 2008 (available on their CD, … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Captain Beefheart, Interview, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged avant garde, covers, eugene chadbourne, jimmy carl black, pachuco cadaver, the jack and jim show
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