Monthly Archives: October 2004

5.000 Comments

… and the immortilizing honor of posting the 5.000th comment goes to none other than our favorite Reekin’ Burt, aka David Walley. Congratulations buddy! No prize I’m afraid, but a plug for your excellent book “Teenage Nervous Breakdown” should suffice. … Continue reading

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Great Googly Moogly!

Being a bit late to the party, I’ve decided to give Google Ads a try on these pages. I settled for a pretty unobtrusive ad-placement (they’re below the “Recent Chatter” box to the right). Does this mean we’re only in … Continue reading

Posted in Frank Zappa, Site News, Zappa Audio/Video | 2 Comments

WHO KNEW?

TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!!! ALSO: A MESSAGE FROM BARRY’S BANDWIDTHS!!!

Posted in Friday Boots, Silly | 1 Comment

Bush ‘n Bulbous

John Cleese: “How many Bush administration officials does it take to change a light bulb? None. There’s nothing wrong with that light bulb. There is no need to change anything.”

Posted in Amusing, Politics | 5 Comments

Postmodern DIY

Here’s a great idea involving old record sleeves — and Kinko’s.

Posted in Amusing, Pop Cult | 2 Comments

It’s A Has Been, Jim

At the small chance that you hadn’t come across this already: Has Been — William Shatner’s new album as produced by Ben Folds and featuring, among others, Adrian Belew. You can listen to some tracks here (via evaristo). A classic … Continue reading

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Déja Voo

Guess what: the rock-concept-opera-album is making a comeback. Run Forest, run!

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Pungent 3D

This morning at KUR headquarters: a slight headache, pungent cigar remnants and some very entertaining 3D Bush animations. Oh, and looking up the correct spelling for “pungent”, along came this.

Posted in Politics, Randamonium | 1 Comment

This morning, at KUR Headquarters

I demand an explanation!

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Kwizz of the month

Which file extension are you?

Posted in Amusing | 7 Comments

The Zappa Composing Method

“When composing, would he go straight to drawing notes on music-sheets, or would he use a piano/guitar and hum along until something good came along? How much of his compositions were accomplished during rehearsals, and how much was defined right … Continue reading

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Zappa Misc

Our Brazilian pal Filipe sent us links to some Zappa-related mp3-downloads you will no doubt enjoy: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6.

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video | 9 Comments

” I think I did OK in the debate”

Verbatim highlights of the daily journal of George W. Bush for the week previous to the third debate.

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Olympia En Regalia

Goodbye Sandwich, hello Paris. Also: an interesting write-up on “Peaches En Regalia”.

Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots, Zappa Articles | 4 Comments

A Hideous New Trend

Sears poncho, anyone?

Posted in Pop Cult | 3 Comments