Monthly Archives: July 2003

That’s sunday, in the west of europe, of course. Pronunciation guide, just say demon-sh, quickly, but say mourn instead of mon. It’s from the latin, dies dominica, day of the lord, but they’ve dropped one of the d’s. Anyway, c’est … Continue reading →

To those that have fully downloaded Pachuco Hop: enjoy! To those that haven’t: it is my sad duty to tell you it is no longer available. $45 surplus bandwidth is something I simply won’t pay. Sorry about that.

Brussels, belgium, and your heading back from a day at the office. What don’t you expect ? Well how about this and this. In fact this new breed of bovine are to be found all over the belgian capital. I … Continue reading →

The american public holiday of independence day. What should a non-american make of this institution. An FZ fan would possibly wonder, since, ‘Frank Zappa, his raucous band, and Captain Beefheart effiecently bash and bite at Independence Day’. Why could this … Continue reading →

“We must stand as one – ebony and ivory, and even those unfortunates without much pubic hair to begin with (like Asians and Native Americans) – and with a single voice cry, “Here we draw the line!”—An anguished defense of … Continue reading →

One loyal housewife came to this page with a very particular request. Any suggestions?

I haven’t even had time to give this one a listen, but Gilles says it’s one of his favorites, so it must be good: Pachuco Hop – Rockpile Toronto, February 23 1969. By the way: if not for some kind … Continue reading →

I love personality tests that go out of their way to tell me just how speshul a person I am: “Barry, you show a slight right-hemisphere dominance with a moderate preference for auditory processing, an unusual and somewhat paradoxical combination … Continue reading →

First day at the office, yer gets yer tea out, and stentorian tones tell you it’s a coffee break, not a tea break. So, yer sneaks out, under the back, see ? Way down where barry can’t find you. Then … Continue reading →

UK based readers may be interested to know that tickets for the upcoming Thing-Fish performance at Battersea Arts Centre are available as of July 1. To get yours, drop a mail at boxoffice@bac.org.uk.

Hans Zeiger, 18, is an Eagle Scout and president of the Scout Honor Coalition. He is a Seattle Times columnist and chairman of Washington Young Americans for Freedom. He is also an idiot.

I know a certain someone who will laugh her butt of when she follows this link.

Empty seats at the front desk of the office, why that must mean it’s holiday time, since who ever heard of a virtual reality recession. This could result in the KUR answer to Suan Zao Ren Tang, but unless barry … Continue reading →

Fred, intrepid Z-reporter of the french persuasion, recently stumbled across some Zappa-live pictures on eDonkey. He’d like to publish them on his site but in order to avoid any copyright issues, he wants to know who took the pictures, and … Continue reading →

In the spring of 1993 Zappa invited some friends over to his house at Laurel Canyon. Among them were Johnny Guitar Watson, The Chieftains, The Tuvans and some FZ techs. Here are some video excerpts from that memorable day. More … Continue reading →