I’m a bit late with this, but if you tune in to Zappateers Radio you’ll be able to listen to some FZ-related gems such as a ’72 KMET interview, a concert in Toronto from ’84, some acoustic Project Object — and more. I’d listen in myself but I’m currently trying hard not to tell a pain in the butt client to go fuck herself at the office, working.
Category: Personal
In It For The Money
Wow — überblogger* Kottke is quitting his day-job to blog fulltime — and he’s asking for micropatrons to fund it. Now why didn’t I think of that?
* My sincere apologies for the recent overuse of the word “über”.
Bleph – Phase Two
Argentine über-coder, bidet-fetishist and allround bearded person Juan (seen here with your humble narrator) has launched a second weblog — in English, no less. W00t, as they say in the trade!
Binary Banzai
Zappa fans around the world rejoice: I sorta kinda more-or-less approximately-yet-not-definitively managed to bring back Ye Olde OSFA Look. Provisionally. Stay tuned!
Kamikaze Upgrade
Few things are as exciting as an upgrade from WordPress 1.2 to WordPress 1.5. It’s a bit like bungee-jumping, except you’re not quite sure if the guy on top of the bridge buckled you up properly.
But hey, looks like we made it.
In case you’re wondering, you’re looking at WP’s default layout template (as authored by Binary Bonsai, and actually quite lovely if you ask me). Some template-fiddling will be required before these pages are given back their comfy jacket, so bear with me…
CCFZ Webring Lives On
The CCFZ Webring, formerly managed by yours truly, has found a new caretaker. I’ve known Jason of ZappaFreaks for quite some time now as he is a regular reader of KUR, and I’m confident he’ll do a great job maintaining the ring.
Since I’m interested in knowing your opinion about the ring, I put up a little poll to the right of this page. Please cast your vote, thanks…
Bi-monthly Help Barry Get Rid Of His Gmail Invites Day
Google’s at it again: now I have fifty gmail invites to get rid of. A note to killuglyradio [at] gmail [dot] com will suffise, should you want one.
Kung Fu
It figures. Yesterday we watched Kill Bill Vol I on DVD, today I get to announce a Roxy show from Sept 14 ’73, track 6 of which is named, what else: Kung Fu.
Update: zappa.com forum member Unica (aka “He Who Announces The Friday Boot On The Zappa Dot Com Forum Every Week”) posted some nice newspaper scans from around this date. Here they are: 1 | 2 | 3.
Spam Attack
We’re under attack from a comment spammer who is currently attempting to post about 20 to 30 comments per minute. Weee! So why aren’t you seeing it here? Because he’s trying to hit a non-existent MovableType form (insert evil laughter). In the words of a certain someone: may his shit come to life and kiss him on the face. (Try googling that :) )
Not This Time George
On Thursday, January 20, 2005, George W. Bush will be inaugurated as president of the United States — AGAIN. For a nation that prides itself on being the land of the free, these are some interesting factoids to peruse. With that in mind, Mike’s Inauguration Guide might be of interest to those of you who live in the US. Various other calls to action are listed at Velvet Revolution. It is good to see the Bush-Neocon opposition alive and kicking, I must add. From all of us here at KUR: keep up the good work — it will make a difference, and that’s what matters.
South of Takoradi
To all the nitwits who think I’m a US citizen I say: well ha! You’ll be interested to know I am in fact located 359 miles South of Takoradi, Ghana.
Dear Diary
Dear diary,
Today I purchased a DVD-player at the rediculous price of € 55! Imagine my excitement when I got home and had it play some groovy Sade! I think later this evening, I may well be putting on some Norah Jones — call me eccentric! Life’s treating me well, dear diary. Catch up with you soon.
Yours,
Barry
Rediscovered
Rediscovered in ’04:
The Beatles – Revolver
Donald Fagen – Kamakiriad
Steely Dan – Everything Must Go
JJ Cale – Naturally
Elliott Smith – XO
Dr John – Duke Elegant
Warren Zevon – Life ‘ll Kill Ya
FZ – Uncle Meat
Joni Mitchell – Travelogue
Yourself?
Hello, Barry
We have recommendations for you.
(If you’re not Barry, click here.)
— via Joy
More Fun With G-Groups
Still digging around GoogleGroups, here’s the earliest affz posts made on Sep 16 ’91. The first words ever posted there were, apparently: “another group without a summery!”. Also of interest: Dec 1993, the month in which FZ died.