Category Archives: Pop Cult

The World’s Greatest Sinner

Posted on Tuesday, 10/17/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

… as hosted on Google Video.

Posted in Film, Frank Zappa, Pop Cult, Zappa Misc | 11 Comments

No Music Day

Posted on Monday, 10/16/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

No Music Day is next November 21st. Because “all music is shite.“

Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Silly | 13 Comments

Manipulating The Medium

Posted on Friday, 10/13/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Fun with unintended record speeds: The day I bought Frank Zappa’s “Joe’s Garage Parts 2 & 3” I listened to the first three sides at 45 RPM before I realized I had it on the wrong speed. For forty minutes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Amusing, Music, Pop Cult | 4 Comments

The GTO’s: Permanent Damage

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

WFMU has the GTO’s Permanent Damage album available for download, along with “The Groupies” (previously hot-pooped) and an audio version of Pamela Des Barres’ book “I’m With The Band”. Plenty to keep you occupied…

Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Pop Cult, Zappa Audio/Video | 1 Comment

Lust For Laughs

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

From Iggy Pop’s concert rider: You know what would be really nice? If you could make this room look less like a typical rock & roll dressing room and more sort of… Interesting? Are you with me? Just let someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Amusing, Pop Cult | 3 Comments

The Burroughs-Ponty Connection

Posted on Tuesday, 09/26/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

… and that would be witchcraft: The original satanic footage here is from a 1922 silent film which was re-released in 1968 with a soundtrack by Jean-Luc Ponty and narration by Burroughs. Either the 1922 original or the 1968 re-release … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Music, Pop Cult | 4 Comments

Fruitcake Ahoy

Posted on Tuesday, 09/19/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Homosexual rock stars! Groupies! SEX! SATAN! Oh boy: Rocker Frank Zappa (who discovered the awful truth December 4, 1993 the second he died) proudly boasted: “I’m the devil’s advocate. We have our own worshippers who are called ‘groupies.’ Girls will … Continue reading →

Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Pop Cult, Silly | 14 Comments

Wanted: Copywriter

Posted on Tuesday, 09/19/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

See also: douchebags, every creative department has at least one. Picture by elmada, found at Flickr’s Frank Zappa Pool.

Posted in Amusing, Pop Cult, Zappa Imagery | 2 Comments

Air Guitar Vai

Posted on Friday, 09/15/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

(Via another Barry — thanks, Another Barry!) Update: video still up over here. Thank god we didn’t end up violating vai.com copyright with regard to this seminal performance as caught on tape.

Posted in Amusing, Pop Cult, Zappa Plays Zappa | 18 Comments

One Person One SUV

Posted on Tuesday, 09/12/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Speak Up has a great post about wartime propaganda posters — both real and parody. Much of the conservation messages during the World Wars was brought about by actual need. Those wars devastated trade between western nations, and the need … Continue reading →

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Tiny Music Makers

Posted on Friday, 09/01/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Music Thing has a great series of posts up on “tiny music makers”, the people responsible for the sound of your Mac/Windows OS starting up, the “Intel Inside” tune, and more. Brian Eno who composed the Windows 95 tune: The … Continue reading →

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X-Ray Sound

Posted on Thursday, 08/31/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

A different type of bootlegging: in the USSR and Eastern Europe in the 1950s underground night spots would play music pirated from the west. The only media they had were records etched into discarded X-ray film. (…) enterprising young people … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Politics, Pop Cult | 1 Comment

The Pikasso

Posted on Thursday, 08/24/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Top 20 strangest guitars. Here’s the “Pikasso”: The guitar was built for Pat Metheny by luthier Linda Manzer in 1984 and it has 42 strings.

Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Silly | 10 Comments

The Vinyl Museum

Posted on Wednesday, 08/23/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

No, this is not a photo from the set of Deliverance, it’s part of the cover art for an album entitled Jesus Is A Soul Man. Many more weird records including soundbites at Frank’s Vinyl Museum. (Via Used Wigs)