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Category Archives: Frank Zappa
From Zappa To Lenin
Found on the Where On Earth blog (via zappafan.net), about FZ’s bust in Vilnius, Lithuania: A few years ago, I had the good fortune to share some beers with one of the students responsible for this very odd monument. He … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Politics, Visual Arts, Zappa Imagery
Tagged censorship, Lenin, sculpture, Vilnius
4 Comments
So Dangerous to Society at Large
This is URBANGRAFFITO . . . it is my responsibility to research all the laws that haven’t been passed yet. It is also my responsibility to alert each and every one of you to the potential consequences of various ordinary … Continue reading
Wirtschaftliche Notwendigkeiten
ZFT’s Cease & Desist against the Zappanale festival made it into this week’s issue of leading German magazine Der Spiegel. When asked for her reasons to fight a worldwide juridical war against Zappa fans, Gail’s answer was she “needs to … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, It Can Happen Here?
Tagged bad press, cease & desist, zappanale, zft
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Paradise, Pomp & Puppets
David Ocker writes in to point out his “longest blog post ever” — about performing FZ’s orchestra music. An interesting read, coming from a man who obviously knows what he’s talking about; with an appreciative tip of the hat to … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Audio/Video
Tagged 100% Zappa, David Ocker, live zappa, orchestral, review
21 Comments
Status Back Baby
If you haven’t already, we still urge you to sign the petition regarding the ZFT’s recent “Aggressive Actions”. 1208 signatures at this time of writing — not too shabby for a petition that’s been online for 4 days, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, It Can Happen Here?, Zappa News
Tagged copyright, fair use, intellectual property, new release, petition, play the music, zft
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PERFECT and Corny
Nowadays I happen to meet really nice people. Does it have anything to do with nice music? I don’t know. But the thing is that conductor Tom Trapp was kind enough to answer my few questions about the 100% Zappa … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Audio/Video
Tagged 100% Zappa, improvisation, orchestration, Tom Trapp, Wazoo
15 Comments
The Continuing Saga Of Franko Zappacio
1. part Gail Zappa discovers that Isaak is Jane23’s real child’s father. Jane23 asks his husband not to take away Gail Zappa’s position, together wanted it to make jump they. Paul Sempschi obliged to reveal the old secret. His mother … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Frank Zappa, Silly
Tagged audience participation, Brazil, machine, stupidity, telenovela
29 Comments
Where’s Zappateers?
I’ve had a couple of emails asking me this, and I’d noted their site had gone offline myself sometime yesterday. I’ve no idea what’s happening but a quick domain name lookup says: “Domain Status: Registered And No Website” Perhaps a … Continue reading
Links For Jan 13th
St. Alphonzo’s Kitchen – The Boston Globe NDR Online – Zappa-Witwe verklagt Bad Doberaner Fanclub Frank Zappas Witwe klagt gegen deutschen Fanclub – General-Anzeiger Online Streit um Zappas Bart – nnn.de Frank Zappas Witwe klagt gegen deutschen Fanclub – Maerkische … Continue reading
Posted in Delicious Links, Frank Zappa, It Can Happen Here?
23 Comments
Petition: Aggressive Action by the ZFT
First, read it: We the undersigned petition the Zappa Family Trust (ZFT) to cease and desist from making threats of legal action against FZ tribute bands, FZ fan sites, Zappa music festivals and other related activities that are designed first … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, It Can Happen Here?
Tagged cease & desist, copyright, fair use, petition, zft
52 Comments
Zappa Alchimiste
Something pour nos amis français: the Ensemble de Basse Normandie is on tour during January with a show called The Big Note, Zappa Alchimiste. Because I’m lazy, find all the information at zappa.hu. Toot your own toot, Balint!! Toooot!!
On Being A Zappa Completist
So you’ve bought the entire “official” catalogue (and in the case of some of us more silver-tinged freaks, more than once, and in many different formats: vinyl, cassette, compact disc), what do you do now? Just sit back and listen … Continue reading
Uri Balashov On The Making Of The Cover of Civilization, Phaze III
Nice interview with the artist – thanks to Vladimir Sovetov. Well, Frank said that it’s very special record in his life, the very last. He said that his disease is incurable. In fact I know that he is seriously ill, … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Visual Arts, Zappa Imagery
Tagged albumcovers, Civilization Phaze III, Uri Balashov
33 Comments