Category Archives: Frank Zappa

Moggio Jazz Band Plays RDNZL

An excellent cover of a FZ classic. The only thing missing is Ruth Underwood.

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A Zappa-picture

A nice picture. I’ve found it on David Ocker’s blog, but it’s originally from Richard Emmet’ homepage (go there to see some more), and the pictures were taken possibly in ’81, one of these used for the cover of You … Continue reading

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Download: Dweezil Zappa On Rockline 26/10/07

Ah the joys of Audio Hijack! Dweezil on Rockline is now available for download right over here. The file is about 101Mb, so please download directly to your hard disc (right-click, save as) instead of listening online. Bandwidth is a … Continue reading

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Hartford ’81

This week’s Friday Boot: Hartford, CT, 6 November 1981. Say “Thank you Gilles!”

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Zappa Plays Zappa on Rockline Replay

Dweezil and Zappa Plays Zappa are live in studio on Rockline Replay, which includes five individual on air segments, wherein Dweezil answers questions from callers as well as from the host Bob Coburn, in between performances of FZ’s and Dweezil’s … Continue reading

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Snider Marching Band

Ever heard a high school marching band play G-Spot Tornado and Pound For A Brown? These kids pulled it off. Also check the video! Hat tip: Francesco G.

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Livin’ In The Jungle — Flo & Eddie

By the time Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan joined Frank Zappa’s second incarnation of the Mothers, not only had the Turtles disbanded, but their legal troubles had reached such epic proportions that they had lost rights not only to the … Continue reading

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Wohs Sdrawkcab Eht

The members of our rockin’ teenage combo don’t know this right now that we’re not gonna open the show the normal way we usually open it. Gonna start with Green Genes… the whole show backwards. And it’s 1 March 1973, … Continue reading

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Frost On The Pumpkins

A message from the ZFT Marketing Dept: gz: Frost is on the Pumpkins And you know what that means. Maybe even sooner than 10 questions from Jayp. Hat tip: Michael P.

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Melbourne ’76

This week’s boot takes us back to Melbourne, 22 january ’76. Apologies for the rudimentary naming of the tracks (i.e. Track 01, 02 etc) but I haven’t had time to listen to this one yet myself! Besides, today’s my birthday … Continue reading

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I Come From Nowhere — Zappa or Zoloft?

Are you sad? Take a pill. Stressed out? Take this pill. Depressed? Take that pill. Did Zappa envisage the present-day mass marketing of drugs like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil — drugs designed and marketed to modulate your brain chemistry and intended … Continue reading

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Remembering Frank

In my dream Frank and I were laughing and talking, having a lively conversation about music and things. It felt good, like a friendship. A real nice story by Adrian Belew – Anectode nr. 46.

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Portrait of a Zappa Freak

How old were you when you figured out there was something seriously different with you? When did you discover that the world was going in one particular direction, and you the other? That age for me was around eight or … Continue reading

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Envelopes – MR Symphonic Orchestra

Made by Nándi – thanks, man!!!

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100% Zappa!

100% extasy! I’ve just arrived home. A real Zappa-celebration, a celebration of Music, with 3 concerts in a row. Beginning with the warm-up concert of Mike Keneally and Ed Mann, playing in duet – jazzy, improvisational, zappaesque: fun. Then came … Continue reading

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