There was Neil Young in the air tonight as the Doctor and I drove out to the concert. “On The Beach”, to be exact. A beer, a hamburger, a look around, a soundcheck, and there he was: Admiral Freebee – 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (more). We got home safe, sound and feeling good.
Category: Personal
Havaianas
One of the great things about being married to a South-American girl is you get to discover all sorts of music you previously hadn’t really bothered with. These days Barry Towers is bugging the neighbours not so much with Frank Zappa ditties, rather than with the mellow, seductive rhythms of bossa, samba, tango and salsa. Antonio Carlos Jobim! Celia Cruz! Caetano Veloso! Gilberto Gil! This, my friends, is music that shines with an infectious lust for life while encompassing a deliciously refined, sophisticated complexity. Havaianas para siempre! … and now back to your regular schedule…
Elections in Flanders
Original (Flemish) Version — © Zak, De Morgen
Election Day
Your humble publisher went out to vote this morning. When he got back, this is the first disk he put on the CD-player. Your humble publisher sincerely hopes he has managed to piss off certain parties with his choice of music on this election day.
Pieces of Songs
“From the openings strains of Heart’s “Barracuda” to the end of The Doors’ “The End”, sometimes there are pieces of songs that are cooler than the song itself.” Okay but… Lionel Ritchie?! Your own favorite “piece of a song”?
zappa.hu – in english
Oh, well, okay, its only a test-version yet, but we’re really curious about your opinion. After the hungarian-speaking www.zappa.hu we made it’s english-speaking brother, for your amusement – it looks just a little bit better. (Check out the hungarian connections.) Take a look, use it, criticise it… and: don’t forget to VOTE, there on the left side…
Reggae, Dylan, gMail
Pardon my snicker. A reggae tribute to Bob Dylan: “Is It Rolling Bob?” (via Evaristo who now has one of those ultrahip 1Gb gmail accounts and will no doubt, be inviting me in shortly – I’d nudge nudge wink wink, but then, let’s not get over-obvious).
In Nieppe
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 suffisemment d’intrt), I could make a vine out of this (je pourrais en faire une chenille)… What say ye (qu’en dites-vous?)?
Shock and awe!
Who wants to live in this world anymore? Can you pass a test, Bob, pleeeease? Yes, yes, i know. I should shut up and go do the dishes once again…
Vlaams Blog
Joeri asked for it, so here’s my humble contribution. Have to be Flemish to get this! (Hints #1, #2, #3)
6A Dummy Up
Gee, thanks Moveable Type. Introductory price for MT 3 Personal Edition: $69,95 – which allows me to have 3 authors and 5 weblogs. I currently have 6 weblogs and about 10 authors contributing which means I’d have to cough up $149,95 to upgrade. Guess I’ll just stick with my current install – although Textpattern suddenly looks very tasty…
Browser Check
Windows users please hear my plea! While at the local library yesterday I took the opportunity to browse this site using one of their Windows machines. Needless to say things looked rather horrible in their version of MS Internet Explorer (v5.x, I believe). Hence, this slightly tweaked testpage, which I would like you to scrutinize in order to report anything weird. Upon which we shall return to our regular schedule of funny porn movie titles and silly IQ tests.
Progress!
Two years ago I was a Precision Processor (IQ 115), now I’m a Word Warrior (IQ 127) *cough*: “This means you have exceptional verbal skills. You can easily make sense of complex issues and take an unusually creative approach to solving problems. Your strengths also make you a visionary.” Woo me! Progress! So much for IQ tests…
Uncle Dickie’s Shameless Quickies
If you’ve ever been part of a band, you’ll know that coming up with a decent band name that everyone can agree upon is not an easy thing (to say the least). As for our little teenage rocking combo, we’ve gone from “Appartment 23” through “Inflatable Henry” and “Virgil Venus” to “Moonbug” (and we’re still not satisfied :). Browsing this page, I rather liked “The Glands Of External Secretion” or “Uncle Dickie’s Shameless Quickies” though. Brainfood for the next rehearsal…
Is this anoter clue for the Conceptual Continuity or what?
Each nation its own beer must have. If your doesn’t, don’t be sad… At leats every nation has its soul (although some people just don’t care). Now that UE went a little larger, you can expand your horizons, and learn something about Finland and Zappa’s relation to Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Well, as you know, some nations also has a Zappa’s statue. It is right there, at the end of Vilnius’ Kalinausko street (click on the thumbnaileye. At the picture on the wall, you can see the “corcovado”, the most well known symbol of my city, Rio de Janeiro). Anyway, since we started with beer, we can’t forget the tities, specially if the girls in question are better than the Beatles! Cheers!