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Category Archives: Zappa Misc
Baby Your Face Is Mutated
The Tubes are a San Francisco-based theatre rock band founded in the early 1970s and known for their live performances which combined lewd quasi-pornography and wild satires of media, showbiz excess, consumerism and politics. Influenced by the Mothers of Invention … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc
Tagged audio/visual, Captain Beefheart, covers, live acts, Mothers of Invention, The Tubes
29 Comments
Where’s Zappateers?
I’ve had a couple of emails asking me this, and I’d noted their site had gone offline myself sometime yesterday. I’ve no idea what’s happening but a quick domain name lookup says: “Domain Status: Registered And No Website” Perhaps a … Continue reading
Zappa Alchimiste
Something pour nos amis français: the Ensemble de Basse Normandie is on tour during January with a show called The Big Note, Zappa Alchimiste. Because I’m lazy, find all the information at zappa.hu. Toot your own toot, Balint!! Toooot!!
On Being A Zappa Completist
So you’ve bought the entire “official” catalogue (and in the case of some of us more silver-tinged freaks, more than once, and in many different formats: vinyl, cassette, compact disc), what do you do now? Just sit back and listen … Continue reading
Homage to a Freak
I first met Royce in the summer of 1977 at a second-hand record shop. Greg, the gray haired, pony-tailed, slightly obese proprietor had just gotten a mint vinyl copy of Mothermania, and had absent-mindedly promised it to both of us. … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Personal, Zappa Misc
Tagged alumni, education, Freaks, nostalgia, technologies, vinyl records, Zappa
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Zappa Legacy
With all the verbose verbiage over the Zappa legacy lately, I found the posting “on pop 13: mike keneally & the zappa legacy” over at Eugene Baak’s weblog, Another Beautiful Day, quite insightful.
Skip.
google.com/search?q=zappa+wazoo: I rest my case. To be perfectly clear: I think the Zappa/Wazoo release is fantastic. However this is how the “official†page shows up in Google (and other search engine) results — “skipâ€, the link that allows you to … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Frank Zappa, Zappa Misc
Tagged flash, google, search, usability, zappa wazoo, zft
42 Comments
Howard Kaylan Interview
When Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman joined the Mothers, they were used to being judged by the last record they made. “That’s bullshit!” Frank said. “Your life is your artistic canvas…” Hear more about this, as well as more on … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Randamonium, Zappa Misc
Tagged Audio, flo & eddie, howard kaylan, interview, mothers, musical history, podcast, turtles
19 Comments
The Year Of The Freak Is Imminent
Oh yes it is. Let’s see which sites, bands and organisations have had legal action taken against them by the ZFT in recent weeks, shall we? Us here at KUR (fan site) Ugly Radio Rebellion (tribute band) Project/Object (tribute band) … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, It Can Happen Here?, Music, Zappa Misc
Tagged cease & desist, copyright, fair use, litigation, music is the best, play the music, zft
90 Comments
A Frank Zappa Street For Amsterdam
Following Berlin’s example comes a Dutch initiative to have a street in Amsterdam named after FZ: Frank Zappa Straat dot nl. Care to give your support? Sign the petition here! Hat tip: Han Zijlstra
Zappadan
…starts right about now: Yes, we’re calling out to you – you over there with the hair on your head – step on up here and tell us what you can do to contribute to The Festival of Zappadan. Not … Continue reading
Gail On Air
Gail Zappa in an interview with Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist, radio host and filmmaker (who really needs to clear his throat every so often).
Posted in Frank Zappa, Politics, Religion, Zappa Misc
Tagged conspiracy theories, gail zappa, government, interview, radio, republicans
12 Comments
Son Of T’Mershi Duween
Andrew Greenaway’s regularly updated Idiot Bastard Son Zappa fan-site has found a new home — a Dot Comâ„¢, no less! Gone are the occasional questionable pop-up ads and unrequested spyware downloads (which were beyond his control, obviously). Time to update … Continue reading