Category Archives: In The News

The Future Of Pop?

Posted on Thursday, 01/11/07 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Essex rock band Koopa could become the first unsigned group to land a UK top 40 hit thanks to new chart rules. The bulk of Koopa’s followers are teenagers who are buying the single using a mobile phone rather than … Continue reading →

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RIP Sneaky Pete

Posted on Monday, 01/08/07 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Steel pedal guitarist “Sneaky Pete” Kleinow, a founding member of The Flying Burrito Brothers and contributor to FZ’s Waka/Jawaka album, has died.

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3000 Faces

Posted on Friday, 01/05/07 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Check this painfully clear and accurate Flash-based presentation of the demographics of U.S. service members who have died in the Iraq war to date. These days I tend to avoid posting about “Operation Iraqi Freedom We’re Not Winning So Let’s … Continue reading →

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Dugg

Posted on Saturday, 12/30/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Hey, never mind that Saddam just got hanged — Zappa Wiki Jawaka, our ever growing Zappa Encyclopaedia, got dugg! Get yourself a free Digg account, and go and give us a digg, why don’t you…

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RIP James Brown

Posted on Monday, 12/25/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

On this Christmas Day, The Godfather of Soul has died at the age of 73. Take it to the bridge Mr. Brown! You shall be missed.

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RIP Ahmet E.

Posted on Friday, 12/15/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Sad news: Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder of Atlantic Records (and purportedly the inspiration for FZ to name his second son Ahmet) has died, aged 83.

Posted in In The News, Music | 3 Comments

The Case Of The Zombie Chickens

Posted on Tuesday, 12/05/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Oh what a world we live in: When Jim Stauffer of Petaluma saw a chicken crawling out of a mound of compost like the living dead, he knew something had changed at the egg farm next door. “We called them … Continue reading →

Posted in Bizarre, In The News, Science | 4 Comments

Kramer vs Kramer

Posted on Friday, 11/24/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Whatever happened to Kramer from Seinfeld? Well… His apology on the Late Show — painful.

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Flip! Flop!

Posted on Friday, 11/03/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

To our American friends: vote early, vote often, next Tuesday.

Posted in In The News, Music, Politics | 19 Comments

The Boys From Paraguay

Posted on Friday, 10/20/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Is the Bush administration preparing an escape to Paraguay? Say what Barry? The Cuban news service reports that George W. Bush has purchased 98,840 acres in Paraguay, near the Bolivian/Brazilian border. Wonkette (via): Now, Prensa Latina is a Cuban-government operation … Continue reading →

Posted in Bizarre, In The News, Politics | 13 Comments

The World League Of Despots Newest Member

Posted on Thursday, 10/12/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

In his capacity as secretary of the World League of Despots, Terry Jones welcomes George Bush to the ranks of despots. I cannot, however, disguise the fact that we adjudicators were extremely anxious when you announced your intention to remove … Continue reading →

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Ban Fahrenheit 451!

Posted on Wednesday, 10/04/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Texas dad wants Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury’s novel whose plot deals with book banning, to be banned — during Banned Books Week. What’s the temperature at which rational thinking experiences a meltdown?

Posted in Bizarre, Books, In The News | 6 Comments

A Proper Reaction

Posted on Monday, 09/04/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

In the comments of the previous post, Balint says: What if ALL the FZ-tribute pages would accept a kind of â€œstatementâ€ or something, and all would present in their homepages at the same time? Telling what we think about it, … Continue reading →

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Chrome Dinette To Be Shut Down?

Posted on Saturday, 09/02/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

John Healy, curator of the wonderful Chrome Dinette has apparently received a cease & desist letter, courtesy of the ZFT’s lawyers. We are hereby formally advising you that you must immediately disable the above-referenced website and cease and desist any … Continue reading →