Category Archives: Zappa Audio/Video

Clue #1

Posted on Tuesday, 06/22/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Well I guess by now you’ve all had z.com’s Barfies email. For those who haven’t, here’s the poot: “Coming right up in June (not to be interfered or confused with our schedulement of a petite Wazoo outbreak in July) to … Continue reading →

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Son of Uncle Beat

Posted on Wednesday, 06/16/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Peter (of United Mutations fame) just wrote me an email in which he makes an interesting proposal: “I like the Uncle Beat idea, but I’m allergic to compressed music, so here’s what I suggest: If you can create a relative … Continue reading →

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Acetate Guitar Solo

Posted on Monday, 06/07/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The acetate version of WOIIFTM (’68) had quite a different tracklist compared to the subsequent release (see comments for full tracklist). Via Gilles, here’s track 7, rather aptly called: Guitar Solo. (And yes, Gilles, it sounds a lot like “Stinkfoot, … Continue reading →

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Frank Zappa: The Classic Interviews

Posted on Saturday, 06/05/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

From UK based Chrome Dreams comes a new FZ-release: The Classic Interviews. It comprises, guess what, interviews that Zappa did with Guitar Magazine’s Stephen Rosen. As the tapes were not meant for commercial reproduction (they only served for Rosen to … Continue reading →

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King Mandolin Kong Mandolin

Posted on Wednesday, 06/02/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Frank Zappa but not as we know it (Jim): the Melonious Quartet plays King Kong. With mandolins. (Superfluous aside: read the title of this post out loud twice, and you get the rhythm of King Kong’s leitmotiv :-)

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Listen again…

Posted on Tuesday, 06/01/04 by Balint

For Barry’s freeloaders (hehe): on the homepage of the BBC you can listen again a 3-part documentary on FZ. Is it the december program from Jazz File? I’m not sure.

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New CD out now?!?!…

Posted on Monday, 05/31/04 by Balint

Slime was the first to notice this – and it seems to be real: new FZ album out, compiled by Joe Travers, called Joe’s Corsage… No details (it’s something from around ’66), no tracklist… What the hell can it be?…

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“Den legendariske amerikanske rockmusikern…”

Posted on Sunday, 05/30/04 by Balint

Some more from Sweden: documentary in Swedish radio P1, Frippe surely knows what the text means there… As someone in the newsgroup says: “The programme is based on interviews with MOI members and music of MOI and FZ. Its called … Continue reading →

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In Nieppe

Posted on Saturday, 05/22/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Today was quite adventurous (Aujourd’hui c’tait l’aventure!)! Well sort of (Bin, plus ou moin). We crossed the border to Nieppe, France, to pick up a DVD containing FZ’s appearances on Saturday Night Live. If there’s sufficient interest (s’il y a … Continue reading →

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Zomby update

Posted on Monday, 05/17/04 by Balint

There might be some who didn’t notice: there are some new FZ covers on ZombyWoof’s page. Night School is my favorite from this set (not mentioning Alien Orifice) – how about yours?

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WNYC – New Sounds

Posted on Sunday, 05/16/04 by Balint

Program #2283 Wednesday, May 12, 2004

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Boulez Conducts Zappa

Posted on Thursday, 05/13/04 by Dr Sharleena

The Perfect Stranger is being radiated this month by the good ol’ Chrome Dinette. I’m listening to it right now for the first time ever. It’s the kind of stuff you have to listen to without doing anything else. I … Continue reading →

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Read All About It!

Posted on Monday, 05/03/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Centerville (Roitters) – In what’s been described as one of the most impressive updates in the history of the web, thebignote‘s SOFA today announced the birth of several new features which he described as “nifty, tuf ‘n bitchin’”. “I think … Continue reading →

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Blow that Surfboard Some More

Posted on Sunday, 04/25/04 by Dr Sharleena

From Alan at Cordelia Records: “‘Lemme Take You to the Beach’ has come back from the pressing plant“… Pas op: “For an initial period the postage on this CD is free to anywhere in the world”!

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Boots Keep ‘A Comin’

Posted on Friday, 04/23/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Is there such a thing as Friday Bandwidth Indigestion? Check this boots resource and find out. Among other stuff there’s about 4 Zappa boots up for grabs. (thanks Bernard!)

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