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Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher
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
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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
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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
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The Voice Of Cheese: Murray Walters
VOC #19! We’ve had loads of wonderful submissions so far — I honestly can’t say I’ve disliked any single one of them. It just goes to show that KUR readers are smart, creative people! What sets this entry apart though … Continue reading
Posted in Music, The Voice Of Cheese
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Elektronikus Don Quijote
Major kudos to Our Man In The East, Balint, for having contributed to the Hungarian translation of Neil Slaven’s Electric Don Quixote — on sale now!
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Articles
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Idiot Bastard Son Redux
The Idiot Bastard, in conjunction with Cordelia Records, is concocting a pretty cool project: (…) to produce a CD of 20 different versions of Frank Zappa’s The Idiot Bastard Son to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the release of … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc
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Hollywood ’72
This Friday’s Boot is a cool show from the Grand Wazoo era: Hollywood Bowl, 10 September 1972. Not complete from the looks of it, but enjoy anyway…
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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My Generation
The Zimmers on MySpace. Fabulous. Thanks Duncan!
Posted in Amusing, Music, Pop Cult
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The Voice Of Cheese: Hermann Schindler
VOC #18 has wiki-contributor Hermann Schindler (aka Propellerkuh) whipping it out. The track is called “You-Nique!”. Hermann says: It’s a piece about stupidness of radio-listeners and Austrian radio-programmers, who always play music of Brian Adams, Bonny Tyler, D.J.Bobo, Cher, Celine … Continue reading
Posted in Music, The Voice Of Cheese
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ZPZ Antwerp: Tickets Now On Sale!
Tickets for Zappa Plays Zappa’s Elisabeth Hall gig in Antwerp (Oct 6) went on sale this morning and by golly: they are flying out the door. When I checked half an hour ago, the entire upper balcony was already sold … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Plays Zappa
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Waterbury ’75 (2)
You asked for it, so here is Waterbury ’75, Late Show — with thanks to Gilles, as always.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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Terry’s Drumkit
… and how it’s assembled on stage: (Via FlabberM)
Posted in Music
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Zappa Plays Zappa ’07’s Special Guest: Ray White
As noted in the comments by KUR’s Intrepid Eastern Europe Correspondent Balint, ZPZ’s summer/fall tour will not feature Napoleon Murphy Brock on vocals. Filling the void, guitarist and vocalist Ray White is said to join the tour instead. GuitarWorld Magazine: … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa News, Zappa Plays Zappa
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