Monthly Archives: July 2005

And The Poop It Kept A-Comin’

Hot Poop is four years old today. Now that may not seem like much but in blogging terms, try multiplying that by 10 to get a feel. Amazingly, I’ve yet to make it to step 3 in the lifecycle of … Continue reading

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Cal’s Special Offer

Calvin Schenkel is selling some original hand painted album artwork. Only $2000 a cover! A bargain, I tells ya. (Thanks Duncan!)

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Freak Out in Cucamonga

Adam Fiorenza, one of the guys who’s now wrapping up the Cucamonga documentary, is putting on a concert on July 30th at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California. He writes: We are calling it “40 Miles East of L.A.: Freak … Continue reading

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Full Length Documentary On FZ

There’s an “official” Frank Zappa documentary in the making: The Zappa family is assembling the first full-length documentary about the legendary musical iconoclast, which they plan to release by early next year. They will debut a condensed version of the … Continue reading

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London Live, 1988

With recent events, I thought it appropriate to present a London show: Wembley Arena, April 18th 19th ’88. Music Is The Best!

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Reuters, Not Roiters

Wow, a series of explosions in London’s underground have closed down the entire network, plus several busses a bus exploded in the town’s center. And of course, that’s when people run to Google and do a search for “Roiters”… (screenshot) … Continue reading

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FZ Singles For Sale

A friend of mine is selling his Zappa singles collection. This Word document has the list. There are some rare gems inthere! If you’re interested shoot me an email and I’ll forward your request. Hurry!

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Where is FZ Lyrics?

Me smells trouble. Where is Fz Lyrics & else? Google shows it, but the REAL page cannot be seen. What could have happened? Hey, it would be a terrible loss!

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Anti-Hit

The Anti-Hit List: music from the depths of the net. Say, for instance, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” as sung by Tuvan Throat Singers.

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Icon Hat

In other news, Bono gets his hat back. Bono had told the court he would not have given away the items, valued at £3,500, which he considered had iconic status, particularly the hat. “The point of principle involved was of … Continue reading

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Trout Pout

Gallery of the Absurd: A new species of fish has been discovered in Hollywood: the Trout Pout (Collegenus Lip Inflatus). Baffled scientists are at a loss to explain how the mutation occurs, but have observed that it often happens suddenly … Continue reading

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The B-word Again

Well that’s been a while: sorry folks. Update Late At Night: by some highly serendipitous coincidence, my webhost DreamHost has upped my monthly bandwidth limit with a hundred GB — at no cost whatsoever. The boot is therefor once again … Continue reading

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WOIIFTM 24K Gold

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab is proud to release ‘We’re Only In It For The Money’ ULTRADISC IIâ„¢ 24K Gold CD featuring GAIN 2â„¢ remastering from the original 1968 Verve / Bizarre mixes.” News to me.

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Zappa In Budapest

14 years ago, in June ’91, Frank Zappa visited the Czech Republic and Hungary on an invitation by Vaclav Havel and mayor Gábor Demszky. In remembrance of this event, Balint presents this page with memorabilia, pictures, audio- and video-artifacts.

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Live 8

Save up the sarcasm, and make poverty history.

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