Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Apostrophe + OverNite Sensation: Making Of (DVD)

Having been aired on (Swedish? Norwegian) TV previously, this Classic Albums episode is shaping up to be a very cool DVD release: As ever the programme uses interviews, musical demonstrations, rare archive and home movie footage plus live performances to … Continue reading

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Dweezil On The London Breakfast Show

Ben Cohen writes: I stumbled across an interview with the Dweez. It’s from the Danny Baker London Breakfast show from around 2005 (I think). They discuss Wild Man Fischer, and the Hendrix guitar among other things. Danny Baker is clearly … Continue reading

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Hamburg ’82

The date: June 8th 1982 The venue: Congress Centrum Hamburg, West Germany Your mission: Download!

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Fido Plays Zappa

Maroual points out a Swiss Zappa tribute band called FIDO. Some mp3’s for your listening pleasure available here.

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Inca Roads For Clarinet & Piano

Tour de force: Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet) and Andrea Dindo (piano) perform a Zappa-medley, Atlanta 2006:

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Christian Clowns

Tired of YouTube? Maybe it’s time you checked out GodTube! For example: Christian Clown Training. Or how about A Summary Of Creation Science? Oh, and in other Christian Clown news, conservative christian leaders call climate change a “distraction”: […] Cizik … Continue reading

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The Voice Of Cheese: Stephane Jose

It’s… VOC #6! This week’s track is entitled Fraktal Suite Part 1 and was submitted by Stephane Jose who says: The project is called “Fraktal Musik and other 2-bits pieces”. It consists of the Fraktal Suite (a piece in 5 … Continue reading

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ReminderVille

… a good place to raise your kids up! Lame joke, as I’m sure you’ll agree. However, allow me to state again that: Anyone who wishes to contribute to KUR’s World Tour Scrapbook is still more than welcome to apply. … Continue reading

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A Lesson For Zappa

What would happen if FZ had a lecture from Edgar Varèse? EV: I must confess that my favorite rock song you did was “What’s the ugliest part of your body? [Here Edgard stands up, grabs an imaginary microphone, adapts a … Continue reading

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It All Makes Sense To Me Now

Today’s Crackpot Conspiracy features Britney Spears’ shaven head, a very dead Anna Nicole Smith, Madonna and Janet Jackson’s right nipple. What do they have in common, you ask? Why, they’ve all been brainwashed by the Illuminati, silly!

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F ‘n M Z On Letterman, 1982

The Letterman show, Oct. 8 ’82: Please welcome Frank and Moon Zappa! Part two is right over here. Update: Check the YouTube profile of the user who uploaded the above video for more rare Zappa TV-appearances.

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New CD Releases From Former Zappa Members

Aah press releases! They make posting here easy as pie. This one comes to us from Crossfire Publications. Bring on the quotation machine: On the record label front, Crossfire has lined-up rare, archival releases by former Frank Zappa and the … Continue reading

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The Voice Of Cheese: Pierre Vervloesem

Another Tuesday, another VOC! Pierre Vervloesem is quite a wellknown name in the Belgian alternative music scene. I first got acquainted with his music via X-Legged Sally, and later Flat Earth Society, two bands he was/is a member of. Pierre … Continue reading

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Britain, Britain, Britain

A layman’s guide to Britain: People who don’t live in London are called “provincials”, and are not allowed to meet the Queen or get married. Their suicide rate is high.

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Slick!

You’ll have to excuse the bad footage quality, but Grace Slick is, well, hilarious in this interview with FZ, from somewhere in the deep dark eighties:

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