Monthly Archives: February 2008

U-Turn In Preparation

Update March 10 2008: Have a look here, why don’t you! Want to be notified by email when the new KUR launches? Enter your mail address and hit that “Keep Me Posted” button: Google certified no spam, no worries. Not … Continue reading

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I Ain’t Gonna Work On Maggie’s Farm No More

Once upon a time, in a decade far far away, I became fascinated with the music of this weird character called Frank Zappa. Then along came the internet, and it didn’t take long before I had my own little homepage … Continue reading

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Baby Your Face Is Mutated

The Tubes are a San Francisco-based theatre rock band founded in the early 1970s and known for their live performances which combined lewd quasi-pornography and wild satires of media, showbiz excess, consumerism and politics. Influenced by the Mothers of Invention … Continue reading

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First Church of Zuppuology

R. Gayle Shiester: Welcome to the First Church of Zuppuology! Don’t you be Tarot-fied We are here to help you fill the cultural vacuum Don’t you be Tarot-fied Just pay your dues to the estate of the founder FRONK ZUPPU!!! … Continue reading

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San Valentín A Medida

You there with the emerging Hallmark Valentine Nausea and the Spanish accent: you might just want to send one of these. Not your thing? How about these? Hey, Dr Sharl and I had loads of fun making them. Pardon the … Continue reading

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Throttling The Mother

In today’s Guardian Online Arts edition: Throttling the Mother of Invention, wherein columnist Owen Adams writes about GZ’s “lengthy campaign against those who ride on his [FZ’s – ed.] memory”: Her recent ire was directed against a laughably bad fans’ … Continue reading

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A Compulsive Commenter Speaks

A descent into the bizarre kingdom of the comments window. Based on actual facts. Here comes the train! MOOOOO

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Links For 07-02-2008

Flickr: CD Cover Meme The point Why Scratching Relieves An Itch – “The reduced brain activity occurred in the anterior cingulate cortex, an area associated with aversion to unpleasant sensory experiences, and the posterior cingulate cortex, which is associated with … Continue reading

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Italy Passes Law Allowing P2P Music?

The Italian parliament passed a new copyright law in both houses that would allow citizens to share noncommercial and degraded music over the internet freely. That’s going to hurt – but some say it happened totally unknowingly – we’ll see … Continue reading

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Year of the Freak: February (the weesa)

In honor of that special individual who has stuck by the freak through the long years of freakdom — be it a friend, a girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, mate, ex-wife or ex-husband (hey, you can’t expect everyone to stick around: twenty … Continue reading

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FZShows v. 7.1

Under the highly competent maintainance of Oscar Bianco, the document has undergone some Massive Improve’lence, and FZShows v. 7.1 is now to be found [in a new place, under zappateers]. Make sure to update your links and bookmarks! FZShows v. … Continue reading

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Gunpoint

Outrageous: we’ve received a video showing what we presume to be a young webmaster held hostage and forced to confess at gunpoint. Gunshots could be heard on the tape and it’s clear that the prisoner has been denied basic human … Continue reading

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Nick Harper: Titties and Beer

Nick plays a cover of Frank Zappa’s ‘Titties and Beer’ for his encore at Greenbelt 06. Interesting choice of song for a Christian festival! From another source: Roy’s son Nick regularly features a version of ‘Titties and Beer’ in live … Continue reading

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