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Monthly Archives: January 2007
The Captain, A Documentary
Via Casper (thanks Casper!), here’s an interesting 1997 BBC documentary on the life and times of Don Van Vliet, Captain Beefheart: Parts two and three.
Posted in Film, Frank Zappa, Music
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Velvet Acetate
A rare acetate of the Velvet Underground’s lost Scepter studio sessions was recently sold on eBay for $25,000. Care to have a listen? The mp3’s are available here.
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
4 Comments
3000 Faces
Check this painfully clear and accurate Flash-based presentation of the demographics of U.S. service members who have died in the Iraq war to date. These days I tend to avoid posting about “Operation Iraqi Freedom We’re Not Winning So Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Politics
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Frank Zappa En El Infierno
Spanish author Manolo de la Fuente writes in about his newly published book “Frank Zappa En El Infierno” (Frank Zappa In Hell): It analyzes the role that Zappa developed as a political activist in the 80s. In those years, Zappa … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Frank Zappa
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Boston ’75
For those of you interested in a slice of authentic Bongo Fury, this week’s boot should be a treat: Boston, 27 April 1975 (Early Show). The Late Show (which differs greatly from the Early one) will be featured next Friday. … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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The Penetrators: Shopping Bag
How this wonderful video got rejected by MTV I simply cannot fathom — The Penetrators, “Shopping Bag”: … via KUR’s very own Thing-Fish, aka Jim Davies.
Posted in Film, Music
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Hendrix’ Welsh Anthem
It’s called Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau: The version of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Land of My Fathers, was discovered on the end of a dusty eight-track tape which had languished for years in a forgotten tea chest in a north … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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Jaws & The Rite Of Spring
Joe Queenan’s A-Z of classical music: Q is for quirkiness, R is for Rite of Spring: It is impossible to list the number of movie scores whose soundtracks are either influenced by or lifted from The Rite of Spring (only … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
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Happy ’07 Yada Yada
… and we’re back — with not much interesting to report really. So why not kick off the year with some inanity: celebrity patents! For example, Patent #4,656,917 — “Musical instrument support”, owned by one Eddie Van Halen: I say … Continue reading
Posted in Randamonium
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