Category Archives: Frank Zappa

Frank In Pictures

Via Kevin: a cool bunch of never before published pictures of Frank Zappa (the Frank photos start here). They were taken by Mark Estabrook during a press conference in Austin Texas, prior to a concert at the Armadillo World Headquarters. … Continue reading

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Aspergers

Quote of the day: I am almost certain that Frank Zappa had AS or HFA.

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Lemme See Your Thumb

Mike Newman sent me this cool picture of Zappa which he took in 1980: Thanks Mike! I wonder who he’s aiming that gesture at…

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Mo’ Little MOFO

Ned (thanks Ned!) informs me of this post made by Gail on the Zappa.com forums: Re Little MOFO – We are informed that the release date is officially 5 December and you could easily see it in the stores that … Continue reading

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Dentil Floss, The Boardgame

Anyone up for a game of Dentil Floss Tycoon? Your goal, the longest string of floss! Check the demo.

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Cruisin’ With Keneally

Have you noticed this brand new blog called The Central Scrutinizer? It has a fine interview with Mike Keneally (among other things), who’s Zappa-esque musical taste seems to be really close to Barry’s: Any opportunity to play Cruisin’ for Burgers … Continue reading

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Friday’s Magic Fingers: Oakland ’75

We’re going to try something a little different today. You may know Magic Fingers from The Big Note, as the man who gave us the Variation Variations, or perhaps as a man who likes to wear funny hats. This week … Continue reading

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William’s Special #2

Christie’s will be holding a Rock and Pop Memorabilia Auction on December 4th featuring “some of the more choice lots to hit the lots in quite some time”. One item, estimated at 5,000 to 7,000 USD, is this abstract painting … Continue reading

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Mo ‘n Herb’s Vacation

I was listening with my girlfriend to a recording of Frank Zappa’s orchestral piece Mo ‘n Herb’s Vacation when she suddenly asked a very interesting question: “Why did he write this?”

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Kill Ugly Radio World Tour: Let’s Roll!

Right, well I’ve pretty much finished doing the cover of Our Latest Pet Project. Just to give you an idea of the mess this has been causing on my desktop, here are some pictures: The Plastified Cover…: More on Flickr. … Continue reading

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Milano ’82 (2)

It’s on to Part Two.

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Got Trance-Fusion?

Quoth Birdman: Hey!!! No Trance-Fusion thread? I suppose everyone here had already heard it as a bootleg, but still, Bob Ludwig and GZ’s liner notes could generate discussion. Well here you go! Got the album? Love it? Hate it? Mixed … Continue reading

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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“.

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The Fugs

Frank had this to say about The Fugs: You mentioned the Fugs in comparison to us. The Fugs are not in good taste. They have a few bugs in their plan. One of them appeared on the David Susskind Show. … Continue reading

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Milano ’82

Part one is now available!

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