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Monthly Archives: September 2006
Fruitcake Ahoy
Homosexual rock stars! Groupies! SEX! SATAN! Oh boy: Rocker Frank Zappa (who discovered the awful truth December 4, 1993 the second he died) proudly boasted: “I’m the devil’s advocate. We have our own worshippers who are called ‘groupies.’ Girls will … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Pop Cult, Silly
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Wanted: Copywriter
See also: douchebags, every creative department has at least one. Picture by elmada, found at Flickr’s Frank Zappa Pool.
Posted in Amusing, Pop Cult, Zappa Imagery
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YouTube & Warner Strike Music Licensing Deal
Yes indeed: Under the deal, Warner Music has agreed to license its songs to the people who upload their videos to YouTube. Meaning that any video producer can now legally use Warner Music in their videos as theme or background … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Audio/Video
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Thunes Talks
The Idiot Bastard got to interview Scott Thunes recently: IB: What can you tell me about the session with Lisa Popeil? ST: You mean the original meeting? Or the week she was a full-fledged member of the ensemble before Frank … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc
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Trance Fusion Confirmed
An intrepid KUR reader (aren’t you all!) was browsing through a .pdf of Ryko Distribution’s upcoming releases and found this page at the end. So I guess that makes it official: Trance-Fusion, to be released 24 October 2006. (Thanks Thomas!)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa News
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Air Guitar Vai
(Via another Barry — thanks, Another Barry!) Update: video still up over here. Thank god we didn’t end up violating vai.com copyright with regard to this seminal performance as caught on tape.
Posted in Amusing, Pop Cult, Zappa Plays Zappa
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Drammen ’82
Three cheers for Gilles as he presents another 2-week Friday Boot: Drammen, Norway May 8 ’82.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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Trans Fusion
… appears to be available for pre-order over at cd universe — “Scheduled to release Tuesday, October 24, 2006″… (Thanks Rob!)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa News
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Rubber Slices
A Zappa bootleg up for grabs, courtesy of Hipi De Tripi: Directo de Zappa en el Knebworth Festival, Inglaterra, el 9 de septiembre de 1978 con la banda que grabó el majestuoso Sheik Yerbouti. (Alas with rapidshare.de annoyances.)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
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Where’s Zappa On iTunes?
Ian Stonehouse just alerted me to the fact that all of Frank Zappa’s back catalogue seems to have mysteriously vanished from the iTunes music store. I checked, and sure enough: nothing there — at least for now. Could it have … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
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One Person One SUV
Speak Up has a great post about wartime propaganda posters — both real and parody. Much of the conservation messages during the World Wars was brought about by actual need. Those wars devastated trade between western nations, and the need … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Pop Cult, Visual Arts
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More ZappaTubeâ„¢
Some Zappa videoclips to soften your Monday-blues: The Black Page, ’88 Watermelon in Easter Hay, ’88 Let’s Make the Water Turn Black, ’68 (Thanks Abe!)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
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Steve Mann
Steve Mann is one of the “people who contributed materially†as listed on the â€Freak Out†album (he played some with the early Mothers just after Henry Vestine). He has a new CD called “Alive and Pickin†and you can … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc
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