Monthly Archives: May 2006

Whatever Happened to Punky Meadows?

Well, why don’t you read for yourself: Today, he wears perfectly creased form-fitting jeans and an unbuttoned-to-below-the-sternum silk shirt; the look is no less immaculate than the one the now-52-year-old sported before he came back to the D.C. area almost … Continue reading

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Yum! Cultural Stereotype Fest!

Ooh La La! The French have been voted the world’s most unfriendly nation by a landslide in a new British poll published. They were also voted the most boring and most ungenerous. The Germans have no to reason to celebrate … Continue reading

Posted in In The News, Silly | 8 Comments

Cal’s Specials

Got a couple hundred bucks to spend? Cal Schenkel has some new artwork for sale at “special prices”…

Posted in Frank Zappa, Visual Arts | 3 Comments

Forums Back(ed) Up!

Phew. I managed to restore the forum to a back-up from May 19 (CET). At first glance, all previously deleted threads are back. Depending on the exact time at which the actual back-up took place, any posts made after it … Continue reading

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Shit Happens, The Forum Edition

Last Friday night, one motherf@#!ing idiot thought it would be a good idea to spam the KUR forums. This asshat took the time to register and went on to post over 170 messages promoting some rancid pornsite. By the time … Continue reading

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The Relix Zappa Special

I dunno how it is where you’re at but outhere, it’s been raining cats and dogs all day week. What better circumstances to scan Relix Magazine’s April/May Zappa special, eh? So here it is: Zappa In Relix Magazine.

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Touring Can Make You Blog

Well duh, this hadn’t crossed my radar until Bob Again mentioned it: the official ZPZ Tour Blog. They really should have enabled comments though…

Posted in Zappa Plays Zappa | 3 Comments

Amsterdam Pics

Nice set of pictures of ZPZ in Amsterdam, from a couple of days ago. If anyone else has put their ZPZ photos online, hesitate not and drop me a note. Edit: this one’s even nicer! (See comments)

Posted in Zappa Plays Zappa | 11 Comments

Zappa In Humo

This week’s Humo Magazine has an article on the Zappa’s featuring interviews with Dweezil, Ahmet and Gail. I may be putting up a translated version later. For now though, here’s their intro, which I found rather amusing: On 15 November … Continue reading

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Kansas City ’80 (2)

… is now available.

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Run Da Vinci, Run!

Woops! Life’s a box of chocolates indeed: Several whistles instead of applause were all that greeted the end of Ron Howard’s 125-million-dollar film, and worse than that, the 2,000-strong audience even burst out laughing at the movie’s key moment.

Posted in Film, Pop Cult | 2 Comments

FZ On Arsenio

Video: FZ on the Arsenio Hall show, ’89. Many of you will have already seen this, but still a fun clip to watch.

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Zappa Plays Zappa Reviews

Now that ZPZ is finally on the road, I figured it would be interesting to open a thread where those of you who have attended any of the concerts could give your opinion, review, setlist, etc. This evening’s Copenhagen, next … Continue reading

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ZPZ In Amsterdam

Zappa Plays Zappa kicks off in Amsterdam this evening! I’ll be reading the Dutch Zappa-list with more than usual attention in the following days… :)

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Arrestato Massimo Bassoli

Remember Massimo Bassoli, the guy who appears on Dub Room Special picking his nose; the guy who performs “Tengo Na Minchia Tanta” in Uncle Meat (The Movie)? He apparently got arrested yesterday on charges of fraud. Article in completely non-understandable … Continue reading

Posted in Frank Zappa, In The News | 4 Comments