Category Archives: Music

This Note’s For Neil

Posted on Saturday, 04/29/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Warning: Neil Young Fan Entry Dead Ahead! Spent all morning listening to the stream of Neil Young’s Living With War. What a motherfucker of an album. This is classic Neil. Imagine the joyously roaring guitars on Ragged Glory, add the … Continue reading →

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This Note’s For You

Posted on Thursday, 04/27/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Neil Young is set to release a new album called Living With War. The songs are — surprise! — anti-Bush / anti-war, and will be available as streaming audio on his site next Friday. There’s even a weblog: This is … Continue reading →

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Rare Beef

Posted on Thursday, 04/27/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

For Cpt Beefheart fans: 2 rare releases are for sale at ReR Megacorp: Grow Fins (5 CD’s of unreleased material, tracing the Magic Bands from the beginning) and Dust Sucker (being the unreleased Bat Chain Puller LP).

Posted in Frank Zappa, Music | 4 Comments

Dark Side Of The Wizard

Posted on Tuesday, 04/25/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I had never heard about this but apparently, several years ago a rumor began to circulate about a strange connection between Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and the MGM classic The Wizard of Oz (1939). Synchronize the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Music, Pop Cult | 15 Comments

Cha Cha!

Posted on Monday, 04/24/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Sexy vintage album covers. My favorite has to be this one: An obese barefooted elderly man dressed like a mid-70s Barry Manilow, holding a stray dog and throwing around confetti while contemplating a possibly sexual relationship with a goodlooking yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Sex, Silly | 1 Comment

37 Cello’s

Posted on Friday, 04/21/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Very cool: video of musician Ethan Winer playing a song composed entirely of 37 cello parts. He even plays the percussion parts on his cello. It was recorded on 23 tracks using 37 plug-in effects. (Here’s the youTube link in … Continue reading →

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Pan flutes! Orchestra hits! James Brown Grunts!

Posted on Thursday, 04/20/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“Famous sounds“: sounds that have been created or used by somebody, liked and then copied by many others, and thus earned a “classic” status. I’d like to open this section of Synth Mania utilizing as a starting point portions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Amusing, Music, Pop Cult | 1 Comment

I Am The Eggman

Posted on Thursday, 04/20/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I am me and Rummy’s he, Iraq is free and we are all together. (Related: RollingStone — The Worst President In History?)

Posted in In The News, Music, Politics | 3 Comments

Social Experiment

Posted on Friday, 04/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I wonder what would happen if Zappa fans all over the world went out and did something like this.

Posted in Music, Pop Cult | 6 Comments

www.antonwebern.com

Posted on Thursday, 04/13/06 by Balint

What a nice homepage! (With downloadable music.)

Posted in Music, Visual Arts | 3 Comments

Low-life Rounders

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

As a matter of course, Mothers of Good Family warn their daughters about Banjo Players, Rock Musicians, Programmers and other such low-life Rounders that might take advantage of their tender young Womanhood.

Posted in Amusing, Music | 1 Comment

Duke Download

Posted on Friday, 03/31/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

George Duke‘s 1975 album “I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry” is available for download in its entirety over at Soundsational. George recorded this album during the time he was playing with Zappa’s Mothers and several of the Mothers … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Zappa Misc | 2 Comments

Ban It, Burn It, Play It

Posted on Friday, 03/31/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Ha, brilliant: 10 banned albums, burned and then played.

Posted in Music, Politics, Pop Cult | 3 Comments

Green Day at Music for America’s Icon Awards

Posted on Wednesday, 03/29/06 by Balint

The event was emceed by Moon Zappa, who approached the stage while Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” was playing and proceeded to get down in an embarrassing-mom kind of way. We laughed at her rather than with her, but her lack … Continue reading →

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Sterbus Whips It Out

Posted on Thursday, 03/23/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Sterbus — KUR forum member, Hot Poop commentator and Certified Italian, enquires: Hi bARRY, sorry if I’m disturbing you… but I would like to have zappa fans listen and give a free opinion on my music! Well hey… take it … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Zappa Misc | 3 Comments