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Category Archives: Zappa Articles
Orchestral Subculture
Frank Zappa’s Orchestral Subculture: “Zappa was a hopelessly conflicted practitioner of absolute-music aesthetics in a world that chose to hear him as a rock star–he was a “serious†composer who made it to the top ten and won a Grammy … Continue reading
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Alain Rieder: Montreux, Fire!
Francis of FrenchPowered asked if I could translate an interview he had with Swiss musician Alain Rieder where he talks about music, drumming and Zappa, but mostly about his experiences at the infamous ’71 Montreux Casino concert. So here now … Continue reading
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Weekend Edition
Good morning! Some various bits and pieces to keep you occupied during the weekend: Mike Keneally has launched radiokeneally.com featuring “non-stop streaming audio featuring music from all of my albums (including titles long out of print), unreleased live and studio … Continue reading
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Sofanic messages…
An interesting investigation into some of the not exactly do re mi aspects of the editing and construction of the fz audio-scape. From grow-a-brain.
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Captain Glasspack and the Magic Mufflers
Yet another fz potted history. But for me at least, there’s still more to learn. – ‘To signify the shift in the band’s musical direction, they changed their name to Captain Glasspack and the Magic Mufflers. It didn’t help.’
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Zappa Of The Month Club
LA Times: “Not Just In It For the Money” (subscr. req.). A notable quote: “The details are still being worked out, but Gail Zappa, Frank’s widow, says that the concept is pretty simple. Fans will pay an annual fee (probably … Continue reading
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Anything, Anytime
Billboard has a look at the “Zappa Vault Series”: Indeed, Gail Zappa estimates there are 40 albums’ worth of material that could see the light of day, including complete live concerts. “But ‘Joe’s Corsage’ the series will be separate,” she … Continue reading
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Zappa-alumnis here and there
G3 tour with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Robert Fripp has just started – there are rumours that Terry Bozzio joins them (this info is not really sure for me – we’ll see). And there are some news about the … Continue reading
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A hearing for the PMRC
The infamous PMRC hearings seem to have been heard by a committee relating to commerce, science, and transportation. Since this is not supposed to have been a commercial question, and i doubt it is related to transportation, i guess this … Continue reading
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Got Your Mojo?
As you may know, there was a large article on Frank Zappa in Mojo Magazine last January. With many thanks to thebignote honcho Magic Fingers, here it is now in all of its warts ‘n all scanned glory: pages 1 … Continue reading
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Hannes, Hannes! wake up! Its me Frank Zappa…
FZ: No. You dont. You havnt the faintest fucking idea what Im talking about, anyplace in Europe, not even in England. You dont have any idea and dont kid yourself. FZ: I dont have any curtains. I have.. I have … Continue reading
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Aloha Zappa
In january this year, Dutch mag “Aloha” ran a nice posthumous article on FZ. Here it is, scanned: page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. I may translate this one if the mood strikes me (in other words: look for it … Continue reading
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Baby Moon Unit
Well, it seems it wasn’t easy to be a child in a family as openminded az FZ’s. It’s interesting, because his music (his bands) always means to me a kind of togetherness, a kind of care for each other, to … Continue reading
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This Is Frank Talking?
Bob Marshall: This is Frank talking? Frank: Yes. Bob Marshall: Was rap, what’s called rap music the last few years, fresh air? Frank: Some of it. Some of it is good. Most of it is a waste of time. But, … Continue reading
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