Monthly Archives: June 2005

Actually

Unsurprisingly, I am, in fact, probably — yet unwittingly — and although I’m not really a writer per sé — guilty of many of these agonizing writer’s mistakes, no really.

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WikiFreaks

Well look who’s turned their homepage into a wiki! How long before zappa.com jumps on the wiki bandwagon? ;)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc, Zappa Wiki | 4 Comments

Corporate Covers

What would happen if corporations abused famous album covers to sell product? (Inspired by this news story) Edit: link actually works now!

Posted in Amusing, Music, Pop Cult | 9 Comments

The Real Munich 80

Several knowledgeable readers (I’m lookin’ at you Balint!) have noticed some oddities with regard to the Munich 80 boot that was made available last Friday. Fear not, the correct version is now in place. Nothing but the best for KUR … Continue reading

Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots | 7 Comments

More Zappa Plays Zappa

Billboard interviews Dweezil. On the setlist: Many a forgotten gem — some of which may never have been performed before — will be spotlighted. “We’re probably going to play a few things that might be from the ‘We’re Only in … Continue reading

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Munich 80

— KUR: Salut Patron! Pour le boot de demain, une fois de plus le choix est à toi! Par contre, il y a un type qui voulait vraiment qu’on mettes le Munich ’80 – est ce que tu l’as celui-là? … Continue reading

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Agency Man

The CIA is looking for a graphic designer. Neat! No such fun as photoshopping non-existent nuclear missile bases for a living.

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You Talkin’ To Me?

In case you missed them: the 100 greatest movie quotes of all time. As pointed out here, “These go to eleven“ is sorely missing.

Posted in Film, Pop Cult | 1 Comment

Chip, Ben, Kagan & Cameron

I’m absolutely loving this collaborative illustration weblog — some great stuff there daily. What’s more, these guys are cool cats!

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The Sound Of Cheeze

Pictures of a drumset made out of cheeze. One commenter asks: “was the drummer any Gouda?”

Posted in Music, Silly | 2 Comments

Intelligent Design

Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. It was He who created all that … Continue reading

Posted in Amusing, Science | 2 Comments

Some surf-music

Now try to think of a guy, who is american, plays the guitar, has a touring band, makes not only music but also some movies, and also has tons of admirers (mostly but not only) on the web, and these … Continue reading

Posted in Music | 6 Comments

Past The Lyrics

Pat has compiled a double cd set of his favorite inoffensive instrumental Zappa tunes that he hopes, will sweep the minds of those sceptics who find it hard to “get past the lyrics”. I’d add this lovely ditty but I … Continue reading

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Hurray For Beethoven

Awful atonal music? Apparently, we have Beethoven to blame for it: Beethoven managed to put an end to a noble tradition by inaugurating a barbaric U-turn away from an other-directed music to an inward-directed, narcissistic focus on the composer himself … Continue reading

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Kung Fu Hustle – the movie

„It was strange, really” – says Stephen Chow, director – „I was sitting in my Hong Kong office, then suddenly the door flung open, Quentin Tarantino rushed in, hugged me, kissed me, and rushed away. We’ve never met before, I … Continue reading

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