Monthly Archives: July 2005

Postponed?

This had better not be true.

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Paging Mario Fuente and all earthlings in LA!

Urgent! Chaffey College to “Freak Out” for Zappa: Full details are at www.palstudioz.com, but Saturday’s performers include a chamber music septet, a jazz fusion band and a surf rock group, a suitably eclectic lineup. Mario, don’t get any compromise for … Continue reading

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Indie Covers Vol I

A collection of mp3s of indie bands covering top 40 hits from the likes of Whitney Houston, The Who and ABBA!

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NYC Palladium, Part Two

From the legendary shows that brought us Zappa In New York, here’s NYC Palladium, 27/12/1976, Part Two.

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DIY Furniture Art

Dr Sharleena demonstrates how to turn an old wreck of a chair into a thing of unspeakable beauty!

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Rosco ‘n Boss Hogg

Ha! This Dukes of Hazzard soundboard is most amusing. Enos how ya doin? Just get me the Duke boys!

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The Administration and the Fury

If William Faulkner were writing on the Bush White House: “Go and get him Saddam’s gun,” Condi said. “You know how he likes to hold it.” Dick went to my desk drawer and took out Saddam’s gun. He gave it … Continue reading

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A Mothers album without Zappa?…

This is Flo, Mark Volman of Flo & Eddie; I wanted to write and say hello to you all, and I wanted to clear up a few rumors: # 1 Howard ( Eddie) and I never sued Frank or the … Continue reading

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A Small Eternity (2)

You want some more Yoko, well here’s some more: in ’72, John & Yoko appear on the Mike Douglas show with Chuck Berry… During some random boogie moments Yoko grabs a nearby microphone and lets loose with some spirited Yoko-style … Continue reading

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Rock The Casbah

The blues apparently has (some) Muslim roots: The vocal style of many blues singers using melisma, wavy intonation, and so forth is a heritage of that large region of West Africa that had been in contact with the Arabic-Islamic world … Continue reading

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Guess That Cover

Guess the 50 albumcovers hiding behind the thumbnails. Okay so we’ve got #14, #15 and #35 down, but what about the rest? I think I recognized about 13 of them…

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Burton’s Sketches

The Guardian offers a peek in Tim Burton’s sketchbooks. “They help me think more than anything else. They calm me down and, also, they’re a way for me to think subconsciously. I prefer to act out of my subconscious – … Continue reading

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Zappanale #16

Once again this year’s Zappanale (#16), an Arf-Society production, will be broadcast live online at FabChannel. At the festival a limited edition DVD of each performance will be available just hours after the show, numbered 1 through 22, at the … Continue reading

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Five Times

Because farting is funny.

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A Small Eternity

“Lennon,” the Broadway musical that’s supposed to be about or inspired by John Lennon, is “a horrid wreck of a thing that needs major overhauling before it opens Aug. 4″. Let’s hear it for Yoko!

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