Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The Black Page: Teenage Drummer Version

If ZPZ is still around some 5 years from now, they should consider checking out 16 year old Michael Campo: Thanks Ryan!

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The Voice Of Cheese: Ezekiel Hubbard

VOC #17! The track: The Original Soup. Purpetrator Ezekiel Hubbard says: It was recorded on a battered Tascam 488 8-track cassette deck, the bass & drum (myself and Clay Stricklin, respectively) tracks were recorded live, with the last 3rd of … Continue reading

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New European ZPZ Dates!

And here they are, according to zappa.com‘s mailing list: Sep 25, 2007: London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire Sep 26, 2007: Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 Sep 27, 2007: Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg Sep 29, 2007: Fribourg, Germany Switzerland – Le … Continue reading

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Waterbury ’75

Ready for another boot? Check out Waterbury, CT, 29 October 1975. Review here.

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An Interview With Gail

Gail Zappa talks about the Apostrophe/Overnite-Sensation “Classic Albums” DVD release and other Z-related topics (including the Holy Grail Roxy release!) in this 18 minute (audio) interview — just in case that’s your kind of thing. :)

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Guess That Fundie!

Here’s a fun little quiz where you guess whether Jerry Falwell or Bin Laden made the quotes presented. I got 13 out of 20 right… (Thanks to Gnarly Artly who scored 9/20)

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RIP Kurt McGettrick

I can’t find much online but it appears Kurt McGettrick, saxplayer on the ’88 tour, passed away from cancer on May 6. Sad news. Update: more here.

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H.E.R.B.

US evangelist Jerry Falwell has died. Did a little “Falwell Zappa” googling and came across this: H.E.R.B. — “A Collection of Articles, Quotations, and Cartoons For Those Of Us Who Prefer Not To Live In A Theocracy”.

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Bismillah!

i have been playing songs on my hands for 37 years! this one was really hard to do! Everyone: Magnificoooo…

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The Voice Of Cheese: Tim, Eldon & Max Goode

It’s time for VOC #16, and boy, here’s a fun track if ever I heard one! Tim Goode writes: My boy’s Eldon & Max (5 & 6 years old at the time) wrote the lyrics. Whenever we drive around we … Continue reading

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Anecdote #464 (Scene One)

it begins in late 1977 in the basement of frank zappa’s hollywood home. it’s a saturday and as usual I’m learning the material for next week’s rehearsals. being the only “non-reader” in the band this was a common way for … Continue reading

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The Neocon Series

Dennis P. McCann, artist, FZ-fan and founder of the Yahoo! Zappa-List has started a series of paintings entitled the Neocon Series. He’s currently at “Phase two”: Phase Two examines the defining events by which history will judge the Bush administration, … Continue reading

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NEE

Question: at election time, where can you cast your vote and sign up for a blowjob? Answer: why, Belgium, silly!

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Ooooh Shiny

Last.fm now allows for the making and off-site inclusion of playlist “widgets”. Let’s see how that works out! Here are my Recently Played Tracks (my iTunes is currently on Party Shuffle mode by the way): Now then: I’ve shown you … Continue reading

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Rotterdam ’79

This week’s Friday Boot: Rotterdam, 27 February 1979. From The FZ Tape Reviewing Society: (…) this is a typical night, great, tight performances of all the usuals. Highlites include another nice Warren C solo during Cosmik Debris (…) A terrific … Continue reading

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