Monthly Archives: September 2005

Guitar poll (dot com)

This is a guitar-poll. Mr. Zappa is Nr. 9 – I don’t remember ever finding him that close to the leaders in a poll like this. A nice thing that the winner (although “he improved his teacher”) is also presented … Continue reading

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R.L. Burnside Bit The Big One

RIP R.L. Burnside…

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Katrina

Here and here is how to help. And, since I know he reads this weblog every evening, an open letter to George W. Bush. Sadly, somehow we knew this would happen…

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Del.icio.us

Late to the party as ever, I’ve just started to play around with del.icio.us, the much praised “online social bookmarking service”. And that’s what it is, basically. You “bookmark” sites you come across, tag them with keywords (e.g. zappa), others … Continue reading

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TRFZB Online

Well I’ll be darned: I had no idea that “The Real Frank Zappa Book” is available online in its entirety. Nobody ever tells me anything! Funny quote at the bottom: “Yes, all of these boldfaces, italics and underlines are really … Continue reading

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Zappa Straße

A street in Berlin is to be named after Zappa: Die bisherige namenlose Straße 13 in Höhe Landsberger Allee soll nach der US-Rocklegende Frank Zappa (1940-1993) benannt werden. Diesen Beschluß faßten die Bezirksverordneten. Orwo-Haus-Verein-Sprecher Tobias Nöthen sagte: “Das ist genau … Continue reading

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Paris Sum Mo’

It’s live and it’s here for a week: Paris ’84, Part Two. Have at it!

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About Time YOU Had A Dot Com

Dreamhost, the people that have been hosting KUR for almost 4 years now, have given me a $10 gift certificate that I can either apply on my own account or give out to someone else. If anyone’s interested to sign … Continue reading

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