Category Archives: Visual Arts

Zappa & The Mothers – Does Geography and Media Influence Musical Tastes

Posted on April 10, 2011 by urbangraffito

Having grown up on the Bible Belt of Western Canada where the only sources of musical entertainment for the longest time were the local Country & Western and adult easy listening radio stations, it’s hard to imagine such a place … Continue reading →

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Be In My Video?

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Balint

You’ll find more videos from them on Youtube – with always perfect timing.

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Varèse: Poême électronique 1958

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Balint

First presented at the 1958 Brussels Worlds Fair with 425 speakers placed throughout the famous Philips pavilion, the placement of the speakers and design of the building gave the spectators a feeling of being housed within a concrete, silver seashell. … Continue reading →

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Dave McMacken – again…

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Balint

…on Over-Nite Sensation, again (remember this interview?). Found at Zappateers. And if it’s not enough, you can get an in-depth look at the cover on this Flickr gallery! Woww…

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Unreleased Lumpy Gravy Cover Photos – Part 6

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Balint

The final (6th) part of these unreleasesd photo series (see our earlier post). From the Commodore Crush blog, with no Zommify Widget this time, but watermarks – read the accompanying text there also, hehe.

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UnCovered Interview – Over-Nite Sensation by Dave McMacken

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Balint

Here’s a nice – and long – article about and by graphic designer Dave McMacken, from Rock Pop Gallery (april 2010) – the following is a small part of the text: That night I listened to a truly bizarre take … Continue reading →

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FZ Toy

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Balint

You won’t believe this – a cut-out figure of Frank Zappa. Oh yeah… (found on Fuck Yeah Frank Zappa!)

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Frank Zappa – Sleeping In A Jar (Animated)

Posted on August 1, 2010 by urbangraffito

This piece of early animation set to “Sleeping In A Jar” excerpted from the Swedish TV program ‘Spotlight: Stockholm, Sweden‘ originally broadcast on December 4, 1971, begins and ends with Frank Zappa’s commentary on the possibility of the merging of … Continue reading →

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Richard Burke Photography – Frank Zappa

Posted on July 1, 2010 by urbangraffito

In the 1970s, Richard Burke had a small photography studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Recently, Burke rediscovered old negatives and has been scanning them. Most of them have never been seen. Images of Zappa, Jean-Luc Ponty, Sal Marquez and others (of … Continue reading →

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One Size Fits All – Best Album Art

Posted on June 6, 2010 by urbangraffito

With the recent news of an upcoming Zappa release, my thoughts turned to releases of days gone by – in particular, 1975’s ‘One Size Fits All’ and its magnificent album artwork. Zappa fans who only know of FZ’s albums through … Continue reading →

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