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Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher
Zappa Plays Zappa: Fall Tour!
It’s that moment we’ve all been waiting for here in the Old Continent: ZPZ hits Europe today, playing at Shepherds Bush Empire, London this very evening. I know Magic Fingers is attending, so I’ll be interested to read his review. … Continue reading
The Voice Of Cheese: David Hulbert
If it’s Tuesday, this must be The VOC — this week featuring David Hulbert and his buddy Rob. David says: Me and my mate Rob a.k.a Erroneous Apostrophe used to have a regular Zappa night, playing Frank’s music and discussing … Continue reading
Greetings From Ghent
The Magic Fingers Tribe came over for the weekend. The photographical evidence is overwhelming: … and then on Saturday evening along came my pal Franky. We played some of our greatest hits: Mrs Magic proved to be a fan: … … Continue reading
Cuyahoga Falls ’84
Good morning, and where’s the aspirin? We’re having Mr and Mrs Magic Fingers over for the weekend which, so far, has meant loads of fun — and Grimbergen. Anyway: on to this week’s Friday Boot which happens to be Cuyahoga … Continue reading
Exorcising Boulez
Roger Bourland on being interviewed by a young French composer: He was brimming with happiness. Seeing that he clearly needed some articulation of this newfound freedom, I grabbed my Chair’s Wand and zapped him saying “YOU DO NOT HAVE TO … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Music
Tagged classical music, dogma, pierre boulez
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Music And Amnesia
In March of 1985, Clive Wearing, an eminent English musician and musicologist in his mid-forties, was struck by a brain infection—herpes encephalitis—affecting especially the parts of his brain concerned with memory. He was left with a memory span of only … Continue reading
The Voice Of Cheese: The Lost Bees
Undaunted, the Voice of Cheese continues… This week’s tune, “Billy-a-Dick”, was sent in by Rick Wood. Rick says: The song “Billy-a-Dick” was written by Hoagy Carmichael during WWII and arranged for use in the film “For the Boys” with vocals, … Continue reading
Album Art Grabber
Need a good quality version of a certain album’s artwork? Been browsing Google’s image search ’til your eyes bled? Album Art Grabber to the rescue. It works by querying Apple’s iTunes database, and returns images up to 1425x1425px and above. … Continue reading
Daily Log I Lurk
Fun with the anagram generator. Wanna play too? This way.
Posted in Randamonium
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My Real Age
Though I am about to turn 36, my real age is apparently 34.5, and I am calculated to die at the ripe old age of 75.5. That means I can expect to live approximately another 14400 more days. Woohoo! Plenty … Continue reading
Posted in Randamonium
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Frank Zappa Meets Ed Wood
Brilliant. And slightly NSFW I suppose. Glen or Glenda? Part one: Part two: Via Shakesville.
Posted in Film, Frank Zappa, Pop Cult
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Düsseldorf ’82
Aah Germany. The beer, the sauerkraut, the erh… So hey, this week’s Friday Boot comes to us from Düsseldorf — 22 May 1982 to be exact. Enjoy!
Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots
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The Big Rock Off!
Dr Sharl and I got to see Tenacious D & The Pick Of Destiny on DVD last night. Good times, and funny as hell (eh heh heh): Jack Black’s a genius! Must buy the soundtrack.
Posted in Film, Music, Silly
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Uber Cool High Nerd
Took The Nerd Test. The results of the jury: Mmmmyeah. 46% for math? Somewhere my high school math teacher is popping a vein or two right now. But the nurse is getting his meds, so that’s okay. Oh, and uber … Continue reading
Posted in Geek, Randamonium
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Duke Download
Faces In Reflection, a solo-album by George Duke released in 1974, is available for download here. The album hasn’t been re-issued on CD yet. Duke had this to say about it: I actually like this record. This was the first … Continue reading
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