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Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher
The VoC: So Long & Thanks For All The Fish!
Indeed: the time has come to lay to rest The Voice Of Cheese. Over the past months, no less than 35 participants have had the guts to submit a track, knowing full well their entry would be scrutinized and critiqued … Continue reading
Here’s One I Prepared Earlier
For my birthday Dr Sharl got me a wicked little Wacom drawing tablet. Takes some getting used to, but with a bit of help from Jackson Pollock, adequate results are obtained in a snap: Opening bid at 10,000 euro. Anyone?
Frost On The Pumpkins
A message from the ZFT Marketing Dept: gz: Frost is on the Pumpkins And you know what that means. Maybe even sooner than 10 questions from Jayp. Hat tip: Michael P.
Melbourne ’76
This week’s boot takes us back to Melbourne, 22 january ’76. Apologies for the rudimentary naming of the tracks (i.e. Track 01, 02 etc) but I haven’t had time to listen to this one yet myself! Besides, today’s my birthday … Continue reading
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The Voice Of Cheese: SOFA (II)
VOC #35 has our buddy SOFA chiming in once more. He says: The band is called “Reckless” and it is the brainchild of my buddy Scott, and the drummer Jim. The idea is for this band to play American Country-Pop … Continue reading
Could Be Worse. Could Be Wuthering Heights.
You’re Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain! With an affinity for floating down the river, you see things in black and white. The world is strange and new to you and the more you learn about it, the less … Continue reading
London ’72
Are you up for some vintage Grand Wazoo? Of course you are. Gilles will be providing your fix in the week to come: The Oval, London, 16 September 1972 — up for download as of… now! Enjoy.
ZPZ DVD: Sneak Preview
So the Zappa Plays Zappa DVD is finally for sale at concerts since the Paris gig (Oct 5). Want to have a look at the goodies? Here’s a little sneak preview to whet your appetite…
The Voice Of Cheese: Pablo Contursi
VOC #34! Pablo says: Here it is my contribution to VOC. This tune is named “La danza de los colibrÃes esquizofrénicos” (“Dance of the Schizophrenic Hummingbirds”) and I did it all by myself on my PC. I don’t have much … Continue reading
Kansas City ’74
Dr Sharl and I are preparing for a nice little weekend-trip to Antwerp — and ZPZ obviously. While we’re out of the office, enjoy this week’s Friday Boot: Kansas City, 8 March 1974: a bunch of classic FZ tunes if … Continue reading
Zappa Wiki Jawaka: Upgraded
It took some blood, sweat ‘n tears, but Zappa Wiki Jawaka has (finally) been upgraded from its ancient 1.4.2 incarnation to MediaWiki‘s newest, super shiny 1.11.0 version. Spambots be gone! I hope!
The Voice Of Cheese: Toupé
VOC#33, with Grant Sharkey. Grant says: We’re called Toupé (myspace link) from the UK. Get compared to FZ a lot (mainly lyrically) and to Primus, musically – though there is a lot more in there. We’ve just released our third … Continue reading
Upgrade Ahoy
Your attention please: we’re about to upgrade to the latest WordPress version. Things might look a bit wonky in the next half hour or so… Update: Well that seems to have gone over rather smoothly. Let me know if you … Continue reading
Clapton Goes Jazz
Subtle, complex, intricate, multi-layered — in one word, beautiful: More? Sure thing. How about some Steve Vai?