Monthly Archives: May 2005

Zomby Woof: Republicans

ZW made a beautiful cover of Republicans. I’m just gazing out of my head of amazement. Beautiful. Well, “we” have a tribute-band also (btw: do you like them?), but this is something different. I HAD TO write a few words … Continue reading

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Louie Louie Again

Frank, if you’re upthere, you just have to read this. (Thanks, SOFA!)

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Big Plans

Dweezil has big plans: “We have a really big plan for this year, something that we’ve never done before.” Dweezil says. “We’re going to put a band together and play only Frank’s music. We’re going to start in Europe then … Continue reading

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Let’s Move To Stockholm

With the news of an upcoming Zappa tribute concert in Stockholm, I figured let’s have a look at the gigs FZ played there. This one seemed more than nice enough: Johanneshovs Isstadion, 3 march 1979. Gilles told me it had … Continue reading

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Cucamonga Revisited

More information about the upcoming Cucamonga Years documentary: By the end of 2005, filmmaker Fiorenza of Pasadena and producer Miley of Whittier plan to wrap up two years of exhaustive research, culminating in a documentary that celebrates the artists and … Continue reading

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Pulp Fiction

Judge a book… by its cover — a big and fabulous collection of 70s pulp book covers.

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Insightful Svendsen

Today is apparently turning into Swedish Day here at KUR. One Kim Svendsen has been stomping through the Zappa Albums section like the proverbial elephant in the porcelain shop, making such insightful comments as “SO FUCK YA ALL RIGHT UP … Continue reading

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Stockholm ’05

According to a press release from Ema Telstar (a big Swedish concert promotor) published in yesterday’s Sundsvalls Tidning, there will be a big Zappa tribute concert in Stockholm this fall (see KUR’s earlier coverage). Gail, Dweezil and Ahmet are coming … Continue reading

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Petulant

Anybody know Petulant Frenzy? It’s an Australian FZ tribute group. They have a couple of cool downloads on their site, as well as a very promising history page. (via Dawayne)

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A Jolly Good Doctor

Happy Birthday, Doctor Sharleena!! D’you think she’d like this as a present?

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