Monthly Archives: November 2003

Anyone hear part two of the BBC Radio FZ Jazz Special? It talks of FZ’s love/hate relationship with the idiom of jazz, with testimonies from Tommy Mars and Pat O’Hearn, among others. Fascinating ear food.

Peter of united-mutations is doing an excellent job producing a monthly FZ newsletter. This month’s issue is once again chock full of interesting FZ news and tidbits; check it out.

‘Even though I disagree strongly with many administration policies…’, well how else would you start a letter to any countries president, prime minister, or policy maker. The reason for this particular communication was the PMRC hearings on record censorship. Well … Continue reading →

Anyway The Wind Blows—get it while it lasts.

Doing a reverse IP lookup for zappa.com can be an interesting passtime. Here’s what I found: – Torchumuk.com, which leads to a page about ThingFish (and its StageCraft Entertainment edition), – Zappaforgovernor.com, not a website as of yet, but the … Continue reading →

I’m telling you: were I to release a dance record here in Belgium today, I’d be in the top 30 by tomorrow morning. I kid you not.

Rejoice: the complete Seinfeld scripts! Ever noticed how Seinfeld-fans can be divided into two camps: the Kramer-fans and the Costanza-fans (a small feminist fraction forms the Elaine-camp)? Nobody ever likes Seinfeld, and he’s the pro comedian of the show, go … Continue reading →

Never been a fan of heavy metal—the hair, the superfluous umlauts, the läther overkill, the satan bruhaha, the guitar as a phallus symbol… And I definitely wouldn’t want to be caught dead in the mosh pit with these guys: Pink … Continue reading →

Cpt. Beefheart on #58 with Trout Mask Replica. Zappa on #243 and #296. Help, I’m a Rolling Stone!

I just know I’m doing my good friends at thebignote.com a big favor by posting this link which has every track from William Shatner’s ’68 groundbreaking “The Transformed Man” up for download. Hey! Mr Tambourine Man!

“Hi Barry, Our names are Josh Rubin and Jeremy Lubin. We are contacting you because we are doing a documentary on Wild Man Fischer. We are wondering if you have any archival materials i.e. photos, film footage, live recordings, video … Continue reading →

Holy redesign Batman! The New & Improved Uffish. She still gives good—erh copy.

Jim Haverkamp, producer at brighteyepictures just commented on this post about Monster Road (the upcoming Bruce Bickford docu): “I can vouch that it will, in fact, be unleashed upon the world soon! Brett Ingram, the film’s director, and I are … Continue reading →

Have you ever been to Pimpadelic Wonderland? Their 70s cinema section kept me entertained for quite a while—they don’t make ’em like that anymore…(via ultimate insult)

Another variation on a theme.