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Monthly Archives: April 2004
GATT.org
Here’s a great account of how two “semi-employed, middle-class (at best) activists with only thrift-store clothes and no formal economics training” posed as spokespeople for the WTO. Among their proposals: a 3-foot phallus for administering electric shocks to sweatshop employees. … Continue reading
Tune In Drop Out
(From the Inbox:) Next April 18th USB Radio will be hosting a twelve hour celebration of Frank Zappa’s music along with John Tabacco, Nigey Lennon, Greg Russo (author of Cosmik Debris) and a bunch of others. The whole show will … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
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The Little House I Was Evicted From
Via affz, an update on Carl Zappa’s current predicament: it would seem he has effectively been evicted from the house, and the name of the landlord would appear to be… Gail Zappa. (Rumours, rumours! Please don’t shoot the messenger! ;-)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc
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Let’s play that
Some news about the man with the horn. Or maybe you prefer a violin… Oh, no?! You are a guitar virtuoso! (Well, I’m just starting. Someday I will be like Barry! And then you will have some fine cool msgs … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Articles
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Help Carl…
Since the passing of his mother earlier this year and his eviction from their home, Carl Zappa, who works part time at a fast food restaurant, has found himself with unforseen living expenses.He hopes that someone would enjoy owning a … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc
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Subservient Chicken
Tell it what to do and Subservient Chicken will do it for you!
Good Friday
It’s that time of the week again where I gloriously fail at conjuring up a funny way to introduce the Friday Boot.So there. How’s that?
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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Night of the Zappapologist
Benny Hill with Guitar Solos: Night of the Zappapologist! (thanks Montana Wildhack :)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Articles
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Whippin Bunny
“It was very disturbing,” Norelli-Burke said. “I could not believe what I saw. It wasn’t anything I was expecting.”
Do Re Mi…
Heresy! It’s The Sound of Music Drinking Game, just in time for Easter. Which reminds me: do Americans/Brits use “do re mi fa sol la si do” for chart notation, or do they use letters (A, B, C, D, E, … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Cult, Silly
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Porn Wars II
Forget the War On Terror, enter The War On Porn: “Lam Nguyen’s job is to sit for hours in a chilly, quiet room devoid of any color but gray and look at pornography. This job, which Nguyen does earnestly from … Continue reading
The Shy
“Normally, relationships progress by way of a reasonably paced flow of self-disclosure that is reciprocal in nature. A disclosure process that moves too quickly–and computer anonymity removes the stigma of getting sexually explicit–doesn’t just destroy courtship; it is a reliable … Continue reading
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Reality Bites
There’s an article on The Onion today that I think we can all relate to: Frank Zappa Fan Thinks You Just Haven’t Heard The Right Album.
Posted in Amusing, Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc
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