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Monthly Archives: March 2006
Coat Hang Wire
Welcome to the stone age, South Dakota! Here’s your new logo. (via)
Posted in In The News, Politics
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Round Swamp
… is a band whose influences include Frank Zappa, Rufus Wainwright, Wilco, Weird Al and Flo & Eddie. Whoah, will have to give their tracks a listen when I get home. Look at those influences! Might as well have thrown … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
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Meet The Press
TV interviews gone awry (including of course Zappa on Crossfire). I’d read about Tom Cruise’s looney bin performance on Oprah but hadn’t seen the actual footage until now — what can I say, the guy frightens me.
Posted in In The News, Pop Cult
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Würzburg ’82 (2)
… können Sie ab Heute hier döwnlöaden für eine Woche.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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The Lost Tour
From AlterDudes (a site well worth keeping an eye on, methinks), an interview with Frank Zappa in Electronic Musician, dated September ’86: EM: What about live performances? Would you go out with the Synclavier? FZ: I’ve been trying to figure … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Articles
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Doorknob
Today’s Newsgroup Post of the Day comes from a drawing-group I subscribe to, that shall remain nameless: I’ve just added some posts to my blog. They may not be quite “on topic” but as Karen says, “draw whatever you want…” … Continue reading
Posted in Randamonium, Silly
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Gag Me With A List Of Catch Phrases
Here’s a massive list of catch phrases to waste some time on, including “Gag me with a spoon!”, “Yowza, Yowza, Yowza!” and “Hi-ho Silver!” yet sadly missing “Great Googly Moogly!”. (And yes, I probably need to get out more.)
Posted in Pop Cult
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Cliché Finder
Just what the world needs: Have you been searching for just the right cliché to use? Are you searching for a cliché using the word “cat” or “day” but haven’t been able to come up with one? Just enter any … Continue reading
Posted in Randamonium, Silly
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Drinking The Kool-Aid
Time for our bi-monthly linguistic minute. “Drinking the Kool-Aid” — now there’s an expression I didn’t know the origins of! Wikipedia to the rescue: The idiomatic expression drinking the Kool-Aid is a reference to the 1978 cult mass-suicide in Jonestown, … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Cult, Randamonium
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Rock Swings
I know most of you will have to resist vomiting when I mention Paul Anka, but bear with me: his Rock Swings album, a collection of rock covers, has an oddly irresistible charm to it which at times transcends the … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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