Category Archives: Personal

Zappateers Radio

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 — … Continue reading

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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”.

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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!

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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!

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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.

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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 … Continue reading

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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). … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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.

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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Hello, Barry

We have recommendations for you. (If you’re not Barry, click here.) — via Joy

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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.

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