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Category Archives: Pop Cult
Catching the Culture with its Pants Down — George Carlin
George Carlin talks about the famous “7 Dirty Words” Supreme Court case in this December 17th, 2007, 5th part of 7 interview by Jenni Matz and Henry Colman for the Archive of American Television. He talks about his HBO specials, … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, Interview, Miscellany, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 7 dirty words, comedy, culture jamming, george carlin, Interview, video
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The Mothers of Invention – Conflicted Histories
As time has passed since the publication of The Real Frank Zappa Book, and more interviews of original band members have emerged whose individual recollections contradict was had been written (and often taken as factual history) — it further sheds … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, In Writing, Interview, Miscellany, Pop Cult
Tagged don preston, fiction/non-fiction, Frank Zappa, interviews, jim pons, jimmy carl black, The Real Frank Zappa Book
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Frank Zappa as KPFA-FM Disc Jockey
Part 1: In 1968, Tom Donahue interviews Frank Zappa about his life and work, while Zappa spins some of his favorite music ranging from surf music, doo-wop, jazz, the blues, to the works of Pierre Boulez. The song selection is … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Interview, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult
Tagged 1968, audio streaming, blues, disc jockey, doo-wop, internet archive, Interview, jazz, kpfa-fm, Zappa
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Four Chords
… that will get you a hit! With a bullet! Behold: For those interested, my ears tell me they are, in order: E major B major C# minor A major Go ye and make ye hits!
Posted in Heh Heh, Music, Pop Cult
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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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Beefheart Night at the Knitting Factory
Back on April 9th, 2008, Gary Lucas curated “Beefheart Night at the Knit“, a salute to the Music, Poetry and Art of Don Van Vliet, a/k/a Captain Beefheart. Click here to view highlights of that night and backstage interviews with … Continue reading
Posted in Captain Beefheart, Interview, Music, Pop Cult, Visual Arts, YouTubery
Tagged Captain Beefheart, fast 'n' bulbous, gary lucas, tribute concert, tribute/cover band
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Led Zeppelin at Wolfgang’s Vault
Here’s some Led Zeppelin for us old coots at KUR from the second set of that final show (April 27) of their legendary four night run of shows at San Francisco’s Fillmore West in April, 1969, via Wolfgang’s Vault, before … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult
Tagged classic bands, classic tracks, led zeppelin, live music archive, streaming audio, Wolfgang's Vault
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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
Zappa Versus the Packard Goose
It’s easy to understand where FZ got his distaste of rock ‘n roll (and music) writers from — just read some the reviews of his albums and concerts, here. On the other hand, though FZ wasn’t known as a very … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, In Writing, Miscellany, Pop Cult
Tagged counter culture media, journalists, reviews, william s. burroughs, writers, Zappa
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