Category Archives: Frank Zappa

Air Guitar Vai

Posted on Friday, 09/15/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

(Via another Barry — thanks, Another Barry!) Update: video still up over here. Thank god we didn’t end up violating vai.com copyright with regard to this seminal performance as caught on tape.

Posted in Amusing, Pop Cult, Zappa Plays Zappa | 18 Comments

Drammen ’82

Posted on Friday, 09/15/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Three cheers for Gilles as he presents another 2-week Friday Boot: Drammen, Norway May 8 ’82.

Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots | 2 Comments

Trance-Fusion

Posted on Thursday, 09/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

What’s in a name :)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video | 14 Comments

Trans Fusion

Posted on Thursday, 09/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

… appears to be available for pre-order over at cd universe — “Scheduled to release Tuesday, October 24, 2006″… (Thanks Rob!)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa News | 15 Comments

Rubber Slices

Posted on Thursday, 09/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

A Zappa bootleg up for grabs, courtesy of Hipi De Tripi: Directo de Zappa en el Knebworth Festival, Inglaterra, el 9 de septiembre de 1978 con la banda que grabó el majestuoso Sheik Yerbouti. (Alas with rapidshare.de annoyances.)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video | 3 Comments

Where’s Zappa On iTunes?

Posted on Wednesday, 09/13/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Ian Stonehouse just alerted me to the fact that all of Frank Zappa’s back catalogue seems to have mysteriously vanished from the iTunes music store. I checked, and sure enough: nothing there — at least for now. Could it have … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video | 9 Comments

More ZappaTubeâ„¢

Posted on Monday, 09/11/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Some Zappa videoclips to soften your Monday-blues: The Black Page, ’88 Watermelon in Easter Hay, ’88 Let’s Make the Water Turn Black, ’68 (Thanks Abe!)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video | 13 Comments

Steve Mann

Posted on Monday, 09/11/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Steve Mann is one of the “people who contributed materially” as listed on the ”Freak Out” album (he played some with the early Mothers just after Henry Vestine). He has a new CD called “Alive and Pickin” and you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc | 1 Comment

El Hijo Del Señor Green Genes

Posted on Monday, 09/11/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

This Mexican vinyl version of Hot Rats lists all the songtitles in Spanish. I had no idea these records were “localized” that way — perhaps only in Spanish speaking countries?

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Imagery | 1 Comment

Nothing But The Best For My Dog

Posted on Monday, 09/11/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

This entry was “co-blogged” with Hanan Levin of the incredible Grow A Brain. Zappa beers – Get Your Freak Out Ale from Lagunitas Brewing. The lyrics. Also, Joe’s Garage 12-pack Plastic Ono Mothers (John & Yoko+ Mothers) perform “Scumbag” – … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa | 4 Comments

Nappy Whips It Out

Posted on Sunday, 09/10/06 by Dr Sharleena

We should have posted this ages ago, but hey: it is never too late! Napoleon Murphy Brock interviewed by Pisspot the rabbit, from gAD TV dot com team. (thanks ben)

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc | 4 Comments

Hannover ’79 (2)

Posted on Friday, 09/08/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Hannover, West Germany, 26 March 1979: get it while it’s hot.

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Googling Zappa

Posted on Thursday, 09/07/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Google has introduced archive search to their news service. That’s 200 years of news articles right at your fingertips (some of which you have to pay a small fee for unfortunately). Any Zappa articles? You bet — right back to … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Articles | 6 Comments

Spot the Jewels

Posted on Tuesday, 09/05/06 by Dr Sharleena

Do you see any in this picture? I did recently, in Buenos Aires while visiting the Rio de la Plata galleria: Upon asking Rik, owner of Soundtrack Records, for the price, I hastily ran out of the shopping mall to … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Personal, Zappa Imagery | 6 Comments

A Proper Reaction

Posted on Monday, 09/04/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

In the comments of the previous post, Balint says: What if ALL the FZ-tribute pages would accept a kind of “statement” or something, and all would present in their homepages at the same time? Telling what we think about it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, In The News | 2 Comments