Monthly Archives: January 2008

Zappateers Festival

Posted on Thursday, 01/31/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Fellow Zappateer Bengt Nilsson writes in: Hi dear Zappafellows (or Zäppi perhaps), We the Zappateers would like to invite all of you to our mini-festival in Nijmegen Holland on March 14-15. It’s an indoor event, rather a party than a … Continue reading →

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Tension = Sales

Posted on Thursday, 01/31/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Stanley Zappa makes an interesting point: (…) I had occasion to speak with my friend Mark on the telephone. We talked about this and that. “Tension equals sales” said Mark. “It sounds like Gail took marketing 101” Tension equals sales. … Continue reading →

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Links For 31-01-2008

Posted on Thursday, 01/31/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Zappanale 19: tickets on sale now! – “Due to many concerned calls and mails, we hereby want to relieve our fans and artists: there is absolutely no need to be worried. Zappanale 19 will be realized as planned.” Moon Zappa’s … Continue reading →

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Zappa Alchimiste II

Posted on Wednesday, 01/30/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Remember the Ensemble de Basse Normandie going on tour with a show called The Big Note/Zappa Alchimiste? Sure you do! Now there’s video: here, here, and here. Via The Idiot Bastard.

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El Copyright Del Mundo Invisible

Posted on Wednesday, 01/30/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Maroual writes in with the following question: Could the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation send a C&D letter? … and refers to this post he made on the Zäppî forums: The Zappa Wazoo liner notes mention “Cover Art ‘Mundo Invisible’ (oil on … Continue reading →

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Links For Jan 29th

Posted on Tuesday, 01/29/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“From today, feel free to download another 25 million songs — legally” – QTrax launches. Another 25 million crappy ads, yay! Sarcasm aside, I wonder where this will be going. Sleevefaces Robert Plant | No love for new music – … Continue reading →

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Year of the Freak: January (the rat)

Posted on Sunday, 01/27/08 by urbangraffito

In honor of our friendly neighborhood webmaster, Barry, and due to unfortunate circumstances beyond his control whereby the discography section can no longer post images of a thumbnail nature, I post the above. Hey, any excuse for a guitar solo … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa Ambigram

Posted on Sunday, 01/27/08 by Balint

An ambigram of the words ‘Frank Zappa.’ A bit of a hero of mine is Zappa, and I’ve wanted to design an ambigram around his name for a while. I came up with a symmetrical totem solution which I’m very … Continue reading →

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From Zappa To Lenin

Posted on Friday, 01/25/08 by Balint

Found on the Where On Earth blog (via zappafan.net), about FZ’s bust in Vilnius, Lithuania: A few years ago, I had the good fortune to share some beers with one of the students responsible for this very odd monument. He … Continue reading →

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So Dangerous to Society at Large

Posted on Thursday, 01/24/08 by urbangraffito

This is URBANGRAFFITO . . . it is my responsibility to research all the laws that haven’t been passed yet. It is also my responsibility to alert each and every one of you to the potential consequences of various ordinary … Continue reading →

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Wirtschaftliche Notwendigkeiten

Posted on Wednesday, 01/23/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

ZFT’s Cease & Desist against the Zappanale festival made it into this week’s issue of leading German magazine Der Spiegel. When asked for her reasons to fight a worldwide juridical war against Zappa fans, Gail’s answer was she “needs to … Continue reading →

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Links For 20-01-08

Posted on Sunday, 01/20/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

No Porn Pledge Dot Com – “This site is a place for you to publicly declare your porn-free status.” G-1000 Guitar Amplifier – “One channel is called the HAPPY channel. The other is called the ANGRY channel. For damn good … Continue reading →

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Paradise, Pomp & Puppets

Posted on Saturday, 01/19/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

David Ocker writes in to point out his “longest blog post ever” — about performing FZ’s orchestra music. An interesting read, coming from a man who obviously knows what he’s talking about; with an appreciative tip of the hat to … Continue reading →

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Open Mic Nite At KUR

Posted on Friday, 01/18/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Bob Again says: three guys walk into a bar… is the tape on? The tape’s rolling. Whip it out boys ‘n girls! What’s been eatin’ ya? Tonight’s Open Mic Nite at KUR — have at it.

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Status Back Baby

Posted on Wednesday, 01/16/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

If you haven’t already, we still urge you to sign the petition regarding the ZFT’s recent “Aggressive Actions”. 1208 signatures at this time of writing — not too shabby for a petition that’s been online for 4 days, but the … Continue reading →

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