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Category Archives: Frank Zappa
I Ain’t Gonna Work On Maggie’s Farm No More
Once upon a time, in a decade far far away, I became fascinated with the music of this weird character called Frank Zappa. Then along came the internet, and it didn’t take long before I had my own little homepage … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, It Can Happen Here?, Site News
Tagged cease & desist, kur, new beginnings, the end, zft
112 Comments
Baby Your Face Is Mutated
The Tubes are a San Francisco-based theatre rock band founded in the early 1970s and known for their live performances which combined lewd quasi-pornography and wild satires of media, showbiz excess, consumerism and politics. Influenced by the Mothers of Invention … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc
Tagged audio/visual, Captain Beefheart, covers, live acts, Mothers of Invention, The Tubes
29 Comments
First Church of Zuppuology
R. Gayle Shiester: Welcome to the First Church of Zuppuology! Don’t you be Tarot-fied We are here to help you fill the cultural vacuum Don’t you be Tarot-fied Just pay your dues to the estate of the founder FRONK ZUPPU!!! … Continue reading
Throttling The Mother
In today’s Guardian Online Arts edition: Throttling the Mother of Invention, wherein columnist Owen Adams writes about GZ’s “lengthy campaign against those who ride on his [FZ’s – ed.] memory”: Her recent ire was directed against a laughably bad fans’ … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, It Can Happen Here?
Tagged cease & desist, play the music, tribute bands, zft
37 Comments
Links For 07-02-2008
Flickr: CD Cover Meme The point Why Scratching Relieves An Itch – “The reduced brain activity occurred in the anterior cingulate cortex, an area associated with aversion to unpleasant sensory experiences, and the posterior cingulate cortex, which is associated with … Continue reading
Posted in Delicious Links, Frank Zappa
41 Comments
Year of the Freak: February (the weesa)
In honor of that special individual who has stuck by the freak through the long years of freakdom — be it a friend, a girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, mate, ex-wife or ex-husband (hey, you can’t expect everyone to stick around: twenty … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Frank Zappa, Personal, Zappa Audio/Video
Tagged Audio, freak's spouses, Freaks, gratitude, year of the freak, Zappa
11 Comments
FZShows v. 7.1
Under the highly competent maintainance of Oscar Bianco, the document has undergone some Massive Improve’lence, and FZShows v. 7.1 is now to be found [in a new place, under zappateers]. Make sure to update your links and bookmarks! FZShows v. … Continue reading
Gunpoint
Outrageous: we’ve received a video showing what we presume to be a young webmaster held hostage and forced to confess at gunpoint. Gunshots could be heard on the tape and it’s clear that the prisoner has been denied basic human … Continue reading
Zappateers Festival
Fellow Zappateer Bengt Nilsson writes in: Hi dear Zappafellows (or Zäppi perhaps), We the Zappateers would like to invite all of you to our mini-festival in Nijmegen Holland on March 14-15. It’s an indoor event, rather a party than a … Continue reading
Tension = Sales
Stanley Zappa makes an interesting point: (…) I had occasion to speak with my friend Mark on the telephone. We talked about this and that. “Tension equals sales” said Mark. “It sounds like Gail took marketing 101” Tension equals sales. … Continue reading
Posted in It Can Happen Here?
Tagged cease & desist, copyright, fair use, play the music, zft
11 Comments
Zappa Alchimiste II
Remember the Ensemble de Basse Normandie going on tour with a show called The Big Note/Zappa Alchimiste? Sure you do! Now there’s video: here, here, and here. Via The Idiot Bastard.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
Tagged france, live zappa, orchestral, play the music, zappa alchimiste
12 Comments
El Copyright Del Mundo Invisible
Maroual writes in with the following question: Could the Gala-Salvador Dalà Foundation send a C&D letter? … and refers to this post he made on the Zäppî forums: The Zappa Wazoo liner notes mention “Cover Art ‘Mundo Invisible’ (oil on … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, It Can Happen Here?, Visual Arts
Tagged cease & desist, copyright, fair use, parody, zappa wazoo, zft
3 Comments
Year of the Freak: January (the rat)
In honor of our friendly neighborhood webmaster, Barry, and due to unfortunate circumstances beyond his control whereby the discography section can no longer post images of a thumbnail nature, I post the above. Hey, any excuse for a guitar solo … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
Tagged album artwork, photos, posters, year of the freak, Zappa
10 Comments
Frank Zappa Ambigram
An ambigram of the words ‘Frank Zappa.’ A bit of a hero of mine is Zappa, and I’ve wanted to design an ambigram around his name for a while. I came up with a symmetrical totem solution which I’m very … Continue reading