-
Archives
- May 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
- April 2005
- March 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- December 2004
- November 2004
- October 2004
- September 2004
- August 2004
- July 2004
- June 2004
- May 2004
- April 2004
- March 2004
- February 2004
- January 2004
- December 2003
- November 2003
- October 2003
- September 2003
- August 2003
- July 2003
- June 2003
- May 2003
- April 2003
- March 2003
- February 2003
- January 2003
- December 2002
- November 2002
- October 2002
- September 2002
- August 2002
- July 2002
- June 2002
- May 2002
- April 2002
- March 2002
- February 2002
- January 2002
- December 2001
- November 2001
- October 2001
- September 2001
- August 2001
- July 2001
-
Meta
Category Archives: Books
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
Zappaaaaahhhh!
It is said that true immortality is achieved only when one becomes part of the popular culture’s collective consciousness. This being said, I wasn’t too surprised to find this reference to Frank Zappa in the Serpent’s Tail anthology, Intoxication: an … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Frank Zappa
5 Comments
Yet Another Zappa Book
It’s called Hungry Freaks Daddy, and it’s written by Scott Parker: (…) “HUNGRY FREAKS, DADDY the Recordings of FRANK ZAPPA and The Mothers Of Invention Volume One 1959-1969”. It’s the first of what may be a four or five-volume series … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Frank Zappa
3 Comments
Frank Zappa En El Infierno
Spanish author Manolo de la Fuente writes in about his newly published book “Frank Zappa En El Infierno” (Frank Zappa In Hell): It analyzes the role that Zappa developed as a political activist in the 80s. In those years, Zappa … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Frank Zappa
1 Comment
The Frank Zappa Memorial Fund
The Frank Zappa Memorial Fund: The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom and the Freedom to Read Foundation have been designated by the Frank Zappa family as among the organizations to receive contributions made in his memory. The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc
5 Comments
Lizard Queen
Meet Patricia Kennealy: author, Celtic priestess, retired rock critic, wife of Jim Morrison. She had a brief relationship with David Walley — “probably the closest friend I have ever had“.
Posted in Books, Music, Pop Cult, Zappa Misc
2 Comments
Kill Ugly Radio World Tour
Remember those scrapbooks that were passed around when you were a kid? A friend would ask you to write or draw something in his/hers and then you’d give it back. Some of the pages would turn out rather cheesy, while … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Frank Zappa
38 Comments
Comics Dot Org
Oooooooh comics heaven: “We intend to catalog key story information, creator information, and other information which is useful to readers, fans, hobbyists, researchers. Our goal is to include all the comic books ever published.” Just looking up Robert Crumb yielded … Continue reading
Ban Fahrenheit 451!
Texas dad wants Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury’s novel whose plot deals with book banning, to be banned — during Banned Books Week. What’s the temperature at which rational thinking experiences a meltdown?
Posted in Bizarre, Books, In The News
6 Comments
Time And Those Waves
Nigey Lennon remembers David Walley. Anyone who knew David, or read his work, or picked his brain for editorial suggestions, or made even the most casual contact with him, generally found that they’d been changed, transformed by the contact. It … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Zappa Misc
1 Comment
Another Zappa Book
Yet another book on Zappa is hitting the shelves: The Words and Music of Frank Zappa by one Kelly Fisher Lowe. And just to make this post a bit more interesting: on the cover, the typeface used is the same … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Frank Zappa
3 Comments
One Of The Lads
Norah Vincent spent 18 months disguised as a man, mingling with the opposite sex. And then wrote a book about it. A funny read, I’m sure: One night Jim was talking about his plans for a ski trip. He wanted … Continue reading
First Lines
The 100 best first lines from novels. Maybe they should have added this one: “This book exists on the premise that somebody, somewhere, is interested in who I am, how I got that way, and what the fuck I’m talking … Continue reading
The Vortex Of Zappa’s Maximalism
You didn’t think I could write a title like that, eh? Well actually I didn’t. It’s a term taken from Michel Delville & Andrew Norris, both living in Brussels, who have written a book on Zappa, Cpt. Beefheart and Californian … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Frank Zappa, Zappa Articles
8 Comments