Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Please Update Your Feeds & Bookmarks

Posted on Saturday, 05/03/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Just a little message to let you know that “Hot Poop – The Blog” has been put to rest and will no longer be updated (as you might’ve guessed by now). However this doesn’t mean we’re no longer blogging! Please … Continue reading →

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U-Turn In Preparation

Posted on Friday, 02/22/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

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

Posted on Sunday, 02/17/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

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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San Valentín A Medida

Posted on Thursday, 02/14/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

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

Posted on Monday, 02/11/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

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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Links For 07-02-2008

Posted on Thursday, 02/07/08 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

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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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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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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