Category Archives: Zappa Audio/Video

It’s From Kansas City, Which Is Not In Kansas!

Ready to roll? Here’s KC, Nov 11 ’77, Part Two. As if that weren’t enough, you can also download Chalk Pie over at zappa.hu. Oh, and Balint: is this the picture you’re looking for?

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At The Gas Station

A short film based on audio from Lumpy Gravy (see also). Proof that the music on this album is as crispy fresh and relevant as it was at the time of release…

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FZ + Crossfire Part Deux

More Zappa on Crossfire — this time dating back to 1987. Irresponsible muzishans indeed! :)

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Clownz

Johan of Mazarin.org plans on sharing one mp3 of his choice with the rest of us each day. This week’s mp3: Clownz On Velvet — or as he calls it, “a real orgy in electric guitar”.

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Zappa Virtual Band!

Now whether Dweezil goes on tour or not, here’s a chance for a “virtual band” to play FZ’s music – our friend Zomby Woof created a homepage ready for interaction, now everyone can upload, download, modify any songs he/she likes. … Continue reading

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Download: Edinboro ’74

For fun. For a month. For you.

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Zappa On Crossfire

I’ve been re-playing this video back and forth: Zappa on Crossfire, ’86 (direct QT link). The John Lofton/FZ confrontation is downright hilarious, and in it FZ uses the, dare I say it, prophetic words “fascist theocracy”. Amazing stuff.

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Teenage Prostitute Redux

Didja miss Santa Monica, Dec 11 ’80? Zappa.hu to the rescue. Our hungarian friends have just launched a monthly boot download, similar to KUR’s Friday Boots.

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The Big Note’s Christmas Edition

You know there’s two ways to updating a site. You either update daily, desperately throwing in silly links to various silly items (that’s what we do here at KUR) — or you save up the stuff that really matters and … Continue reading

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WBUR FZ

WBUR aired a FZ special yesterday evening, featuring an interview with Barry Miles (and a snippet of the infamous gig with Lennon/Ono!). It’s now available online. (OT: stupid question I’m sure, but why do all American radio-stations have a “W” … Continue reading

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The Cucamonga Years

Mentioned in a Miles’s book recent review by David Allen: “Meanwhile, local Zappa fans Derek Miley and Adam Fiorenza are still plugging away on their documentary about the “Freak Out!” musician’s early days.” “The filmmakers, both 22, are working on … Continue reading

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CP III

Over at The Chrome Dinette, the FZCD of the month is CP III.

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ZappaRadio

Well, it seems to be a thrilling new trend to air FZ’s music on webradios. So here you are: on a Hungarian free-radio called FIKSZ you can listen Zappa for 3 days! From wednesday till Sunday there will be nothing … Continue reading

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The FZCDOTM for November

Guitar is The Frank Zappa CD Of The Month (this month) at the gently Chrome Dinette. John also sez he has a couple Gmail invitations left -if it’s not too late… Go get them, Fido!

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Another Zappa Best Of

RykoDisc churns out yet another Frank Zappa Best Of. Couldn’t find this at amazon.com or rykodisc, had to search amazon.de for it — go figure…

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