Category Archives: Zappa Audio/Video

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.)

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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 →

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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!)

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Tu sais ce que c’est un lapdog?

Posted on Thursday, 08/24/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Here’s one reason why French TV makes my toes curl: For some reason they think the viewer can’t read subtitles, so they bring in a staccato-speaking voice-over to dub Frank’s voice, thus losing all the little nuances of what he’s … Continue reading →

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Baby Snakes On The Big Screen

Posted on Thursday, 08/24/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Zappa fans living in or around Santa Monica are in luck: the local Aero Theatre is screening 1979’s “Baby Snakes” next Thursday — with Gail Zappa on hand to discuss the movie. Other classic rock documentaries planned for showing are … Continue reading →

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More On The Freak Out! Anniversary Release

Posted on Thursday, 08/17/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

This just in via Marco over at the Dutch Zappa-list. I haven’t been able to track down the following Gail Zappa quote on the zappa.com site which if you ask me suffers from a severe case of mystery meat navigation, … Continue reading →

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Zappa On The TNT Show

Posted on Wednesday, 08/16/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Duncan writes in with a little conundrum: spot FZ in this trailer for “The TNT Show”. He’s looped the relevant bit here for convenience. Questions: Why was he there? Is the guy on his left talking to him? If so … Continue reading →

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Freak Out! Turns Forty

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

Quoth the zappa.com newsletter: In commemoration of the FOURtieth Anniversary of a World That Contains Freak Out! we are so very pleased to present the FZ Audiography and Documentary Evidence (for the first time this century) of those certain recording … Continue reading →

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Dunbar’s Blue Whale

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

Plucked from an RSS-feed that wishes to remain anonymous: Aynsley Dunbar’s 1970 album “Blue Whale”, available for download. It features four jazzy progressive pieces, and a 16 minute version of Zappa’s Willie The Pimp. I’m only posting this because I … Continue reading →

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Zappa & Ponty

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

Time for some live footage of my favorite MOI line-up — including Jean-Luc Ponty:

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Shawn’s Watermelon In Easter Hay

Posted on Saturday, 08/05/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Here’s video of the late great Shawn “The Memphis Monster” Lane playing Watermelon In Easter Hay in some noisy bar. Why he’s applauded at the end is a mystery to me (though he plays a very nice version of the … Continue reading →

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Sydney ’73

Posted on Friday, 08/04/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

This week and the next: Horden Pavillion, Sydney, July 8 ’73 — probably from around the same time as this videoclip where Zappa conducts the audience on an Australian TV-show (I’m sure you’ve all seen it before but still fun … Continue reading →

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ZPZ Videos Some Mo’

Posted on Thursday, 07/13/06 by Balint

On Google Video, if you’re still interested. Note the one with Bozzio playing with one hand only.

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Stuff, And Then Some

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

I’m probably a bit late with this, but there’s some Dweezil Zappa video over at guitarplayertv.com where he talks about Frank’s SG, Zappa picking, and more. Oh and then there’s this article which claims to have spotted the following on … Continue reading →

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The Shank Medley

Posted on Monday, 07/03/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

So that’s what the Z Band were up to in the 90s: 70s medleys! Live at Milwaukee’s Shank Hall, March 15, 1994 here are parts one and two — around 22 minutes in total. (via) Oh, and how about some … Continue reading →

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