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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Hope I Die Before I — Uh Never Mind
The classic American midlife crisis has found a new outlet: garage-band rock ’n’ roll. Baby boomers across the US — mostly middle-aged dads who never quite outgrew an obsession with the music of their youth — are cranking up their … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Music, Pop Cult
2 Comments
Sicko
If you’re a Michael Moore fan, check this out: Sicko, his latest documentary, is available on GoogleVideo in its entirety!
Posted in Film, Pop Cult
2 Comments
Darwin Who?
Yes Yes! The earth is flat, the entire universe revolves around it, and there is no way we could have evolved from apes. About time you turn in your common sense for some groovy Creationism! See also.
Posted in Religion, Science
8 Comments
Göteborg ’74
Inca Roads! Echidna’s Arf! Oh No! A whole bunch of classics is awaiting your download: Göteborg, 25 September 1974.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
8 Comments
Interview?? With??? Frank Zappa?!?!?
Okay, you won’t believe this: “FZ gives a neck massagio with salami to a Japanese Italian TV host, while talking about Milan, pop stars with only one glove, and Thing-Fish”. (from: Zappa Internet Jam Sessions) Have you ever had salami … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Silly
12 Comments
Belgium Is Massachusetts
… as Argentina is Michigan — at least according to this map which renamed US states for countries with a similar Gross Domestic Product.
Posted in Amusing, Randamonium
2 Comments
Go Kiss Yourself
Pictures of people kissing themselves. Freaky.
Posted in Bizarre, Visual Arts
2 Comments
The Voice Of Cheese: Mikko Muranen
VOC #20 comes to us from a One Man Band called Low Budget Orchestra. The track is called “Less Beautiful“. Mikko says: Greetings from frosty Finland! The music is instrumental progressive rock/metal. Although it may not be overtly obvious, the … Continue reading
Posted in Music, The Voice Of Cheese
2 Comments
Crush All Boxes
While I mull over the rather baffling results of yesterday’s Belgian elections, may I direct you toward Crush All Boxes: a Zappa-centric blog well worth keeping an eye on.
Posted in Frank Zappa, In The News
5 Comments
Turn It Up To 11!
Music recordings these days are becoming entirely TOO LOUD. Peter Mew, senior mastering engineer at Abbey Road studios: “Record companies are competing in an arms race to make their album sound the ‘loudest’. The quieter parts are becoming louder and … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Music
13 Comments
The Inauguration Of Frank-Zappa-Strasse
For those of you who are a bit bummed out by the fact that Napoleon Murphy Brock won’t be playing any of the ZPZ shows, here’s some good news (if you can make it to Berlin). From a press release … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc
9 Comments
UCLA ’70
Here’s a nice little Friday treat for you: Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, 15 May 1970 — Zubin, hit it!
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
6 Comments
It Was 36 Years Ago Today
… John Lennon and Yoko Ono joined Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention on stage at the Fillmore East where they performed three songs – “Well (Baby Please Don’t Go)”, “Scumbag”, and “Au”. Yoko arranged for the event to … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, In The News, Pop Cult
13 Comments
Gingerism
Redheads, and how they suffer. Photographer Charlotte Rushton has been chronicling the UK’s redheads for a book, Ginger Snaps. Of the 300 she snapped, only two have been spared bullying because of their hair: “I was on the Tube, pregnant, … Continue reading
Posted in In The News
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A Whole Lotta Smoke (On The Water)
On June 3rd 2007, in Kansas City, Ks, 1,683 people played “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple at the Community American Ballpark for the Guiness World Record: More here. Thanks Rick!
Posted in Music, Pop Cult
7 Comments