Monthly Archives: September 2005

Lou’s Garage

FZ-fan Lou Allred is hosting a “Day In The Desert With Frank” for the second year in a row — be quick though because the event is scheduled for next Sunday. Attending are Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood, Candy Zappa, and … Continue reading

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Like Coldplay

Wouldn’t you agree that everything sounds like Coldplay now?

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Zappaesk

Via Balint, I came across Zappaesk, a comic about the life and works of Frank Zappa drawn by German artist Andreas Rausch. 240 pages, €19 — hmmm I might just…

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Manchester ’79

In the coming two weeks, Gilles is offering a great show that had been “making the rounds” recently: Manchester, February 12 ’79 — enjoy…

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Patio

Always interesting to receive mail from Zappa Patio: Mr. Ugly Radio, Quick question: might you, or anybody you know, have; a) A CD copy of “Studio Tan” on Barking Pumpkin, WITHOUT an “Re-1” in the matrix code (the little code … Continue reading

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Borg

Parodies of popular songs using karaoke-style backing music with vocals provided by audio pronunciation samples from online dictionaries — trust me, it’s funnier than it sounds.

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iPod, You Pod

Well today I could no longer resist the sheer beauty and functionality of the iPod, so I went and bought me one. Not the Shuffle (1Gb, ha!), nor the iPod nano (4Gb, haha!) and certainly not the iPod U2 (U2, … Continue reading

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Dogstuff.hu

Just try to imagine a lovely town… full of lovely people… some of them having lovely little pets – leaving lovely little “by-products” after themselfes on the streets. 40 tons of dogshit!!!!! Per day!Here’s a campaign for cleaning up the … Continue reading

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Rent My Daughter

WTF Of The Day: RentMyDaughter.com — and they’re not kidding. Have this posted here please.

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Brussels Postponed

The Zappa Plays Zappa concert in Vorst Nationaal which was to take place on November 11 has also been “postponed”, according to Go For Music. Someone on the Dutch Zappa-List posted the following (his source unclear to me): “The reason … Continue reading

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Butterfly Effect

As for George Dubya, there does appear to be some method to his madness…

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Katrina (2)

Crooks & Liars is gathering audio and video of media-coverage in the aftermath of Katrina and oh my, there’s some chilling stuff to view. Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard as he was interviewed by Tim Russert, Geraldo Rivera and Shepard … Continue reading

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Dub Room Special

Artwork: not yet available Synopsis: – Gallery: is not available Tracks: No tracks found Does that sound like an upcoming Zappa release or what? ;)

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When Cosby Sings

At waxy, a complete download of Bill Cosby’s 1971 album “Bill Cosby Talks To Kids About Drugs”. Slightly surreal, I should add.

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Mondo Hollywood

Mondo Hollywood — available on DVD?

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