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Monthly Archives: August 2006
At First It Was A Hobby
Meet Alfred, the Belgian Penguin Man. Throw in the Poodle Woman from a couple of entries ago, and we have ourselves some nice Conceptual Continuity brewing!
X-Ray Sound
A different type of bootlegging: in the USSR and Eastern Europe in the 1950s underground night spots would play music pirated from the west. The only media they had were records etched into discarded X-ray film. (…) enterprising young people … Continue reading
Hit it, Dweez!
We didn’t talk about sports much, though he did like a game of badminton,” says Zappa. “But I don’t think he’d be upset that I play golf. For my dad, the ultimate disgraceful pursuit would be becoming an A&R man … Continue reading
Posted in Zappa Misc
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Open Mike Weekend
I’ll be away from the site for most of the weekend enjoying things like sunshine, beer, and actual human interaction — but in the spirit of Web 2.0 I figured: why not let our readers express themselves any which way … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Randamonium
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Vancouver ’75 (2)
Those who downloaded part one of Vancouver, Oct. 1st ’75 will be happy to know that part two is now up.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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The Pikasso
Top 20 strangest guitars. Here’s the “Pikasso”: The guitar was built for Pat Metheny by luthier Linda Manzer in 1984 and it has 42 strings.
Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Silly
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Tu sais ce que c’est un lapdog?
Here’s one reason why French TV makes my toes curl: For some reason they think the viewer can’t read subtitles, so they bring in a staccato-speaking voice-over to dub Frank’s voice, thus losing all the little nuances of what he’s … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
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Baby Snakes On The Big Screen
Zappa fans living in or around Santa Monica are in luck: the local Aero Theatre is screening 1979’s “Baby Snakes” next Thursday — with Gail Zappa on hand to discuss the movie. Other classic rock documentaries planned for showing are … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
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The Vinyl Museum
No, this is not a photo from the set of Deliverance, it’s part of the cover art for an album entitled Jesus Is A Soul Man. Many more weird records including soundbites at Frank’s Vinyl Museum. (Via Used Wigs)
Straight Outta Lynwood
It’s “We Are The World” all over again: Weird Al sings Don’t Download This Song.
Tehran Dog Breath Variations
“It’s a good life when you are trying to get things started that are impossible,” he said. “Such as the Tehran Symphony Orchestra playing Frank Zappa.” Nader Mashayekhi, the orchestra’s new leader, takes it all in stride. In fact, he … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa News
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We’ll Always Have Paris
Flabbergasted I am. Via The Idiot Bastard.
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Pop Cult
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Two-Handed Tapping – Bob Zabek
I think that the stuff I do is original because it happened naturally, so I think that is good. I agree. He’s Bob Zabek. See his homepage for more videos – and here’s an interview with him.