Monthly Archives: June 2006

Pistoia ’82

Posted on Friday, 06/30/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Una giornata ricissima ricchissima! Ahem. This (and next) week’s Friday Boot: Pistoia, Italy, 8 July 1982.

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American Splendor, Again

Posted on Thursday, 06/29/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Yesterday we watched American Splendor once again (previous reportage here). It’s really become one of my favorite movies — quaint, funny, slightly surreal and featuring an excellent Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar who, as it turns out, has a blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Film, Pop Cult | 5 Comments

Zappa Galleries Revisited

Posted on Wednesday, 06/28/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

As some of you old-timers may recall, there used to be a Frank Zappa image gallery around here back in the day (it was the year 2000, this site got about 10 visitors a day, and my ginger-tinted beard had … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Imagery | 1 Comment

How I Got To See Artis The Spoon Man

Posted on Wednesday, 06/28/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

So I post an entry linking to David Ocker’s blog, who in turn links to Duncan’s Zappa-page, which in turn links to his weblog where today’s post links to some cool YouTube footage of Artis The Spoon Man — but … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video | 2 Comments

The Kriegsmann Files

Posted on Wednesday, 06/28/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

… and here’s just one: See the entire set »

Posted in Amusing, Pop Cult | 2 Comments

VarÃ¨se, Zappa, Slonimsky & Ocker

Posted on Tuesday, 06/27/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

David Ocker, former copyist, synclavier programmer and clarinetist for Frank Zappa drops me a note: I don’t usually post about Frank on my own blog but I just did a long article entitled “VarÃ¨se, Zappa & Slonimsky“, which I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Articles | 6 Comments

Boner Rush

Posted on Tuesday, 06/27/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

What better way to exercise Conservative Family Values than to have a stash of illegally obtained Viagra sitting in your pocket? Just make sure you don’t get caught though, Rush!

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ZPZ Wrap-Up

Posted on Tuesday, 06/27/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

ZPZ‘s first leg of the tour is over, and we have a whopping 154 reviews to look back upon. Having read every single one of them, a couple of recurring remarks I noticed: The bandmembers: baffling musicianship, very tight playing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Plays Zappa | 9 Comments

Garni Du Jour

Posted on Monday, 06/26/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Interesting interview from Downbeat Magazine’s May ’78 edition, where Zappa talks (among other things) about foreground vs background in music and how he approaches the issue: The chord is like the establishing shot in a movie–where you see the exterior … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Articles | 5 Comments

Call Any Vegetable?

Posted on Monday, 06/26/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Okay… how about… PICKLE!

Posted in Bizarre, Silly | 2 Comments

Extreme Cello

Posted on Monday, 06/26/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Between 24 July and 4 August 2006, The Extreme Cellists will visit all 42 English Cathedrals with the aim of playing on the roof. Yes, that is correct – we will play at 42 Cathedrals in only 12 days. This … Continue reading →

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