Monthly Archives: February 2006

Seventies Singles

The inside story on the Top 100 singles of the Seventies — a fun read, but be prepared to leave haunted by the melody of “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree“!

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Idolspize

Do you idolspize?

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Beefheart In Belgium

Found this on youtube.com: something for the Captain Beefheart fans outthere: More Beefheart on YouTube…

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Frank Is Back

Our friend Evaristo sent me a couple of links that you may find interesting: – Frank Is Back: a mail-art project with a Zappa flavor to it, and – if you ever wondered where the phrase ““Eddie Are You Kidding?” … Continue reading

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Camp

The most outrageous (and queerest) record label of the 60s: Camp Records. An amusing characteristic of the records they issued was the “label numbers” they gave them. Almost all of them are tongue-in-cheek gay references, if the letters and numbers … Continue reading

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Rumor Has It…

Rumor has it (from a very good source) that… Rumor has it (From a very good source) that the Zappa plays Zappa show will debut in the US 4/21 at The Beacon Theatre in NYC. DZ and Napi are on … Continue reading

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Odds ‘n Ends

With the weekend finally in sight (hallelujah!), may I suggest you spend some time perusing Chas Radio — a deluge of wacky, hard-to-find audio stuff up for download is awaiting you there. The guy had a post about FZ some … Continue reading

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Blue Balls

Also: lots of little blue balls that move around.

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Würzburg ’82 (1)

Gilles thought we’d stay in Würzburg a couple weeks more by offering the 13/06/82 show — enjoy! Oh, and Imaginary Diseases finally made it to Barry Towers! Will be listening in a minute…

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Duke of Trombones

Who’d-a-thunk: back in the day, George Duke attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music – on a trombone scholarship: “They had too many classical piano players. I didn’t have their chops. I couldn’t keep up with them,” Duke said of … Continue reading

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Pygmy Gorillas plays Zappa

Tämä sivusto on tietopankki Frank Zappa tribuuttibändi Pygmy Gorillasista. Nämä sivut ovat vielä pahasti keskeneräiset, joten odotelkaa rauhassa kehitystä. Hey.

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Spamnesty International

Via Tom, a novel idea: Spamnesty International. We care about spam because spam is really important for your life! If spam would stop today, the world would end. We fight for a more evenly distribution of spam to everybody in … Continue reading

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Devo 2.0

I was contacted a while ago by someone from Disney Records asking me “to promote Devo 2.0 and to expose new and old fans to their music”. First up: yes, I get email from Disney Records. When you’re done giggling, … Continue reading

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iTunes Sig

‘t is a thing of wonder, the iTunes Signature Maker: iTunes Signature Maker (iTSM) analyzes your music collection and creates a short audio signature to represent who you are and what you listen to. After it checks your system configuration … Continue reading

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Suits You Sir!

Nice bit of fun with surnames: feed it yours, and it’ll show you how common it is in the US. Here’s my chart:

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