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Tag Archives: Zappa
Year of the Freak: February (the weesa)
In honor of that special individual who has stuck by the freak through the long years of freakdom — be it a friend, a girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, mate, ex-wife or ex-husband (hey, you can’t expect everyone to stick around: twenty … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Frank Zappa, Personal, Zappa Audio/Video
Tagged Audio, freak's spouses, Freaks, gratitude, year of the freak, Zappa
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Year of the Freak: January (the rat)
In honor of our friendly neighborhood webmaster, Barry, and due to unfortunate circumstances beyond his control whereby the discography section can no longer post images of a thumbnail nature, I post the above. Hey, any excuse for a guitar solo … Continue reading
Posted in Amusing, Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
Tagged album artwork, photos, posters, year of the freak, Zappa
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So Dangerous to Society at Large
This is URBANGRAFFITO . . . it is my responsibility to research all the laws that haven’t been passed yet. It is also my responsibility to alert each and every one of you to the potential consequences of various ordinary … Continue reading
On Being A Zappa Completist
So you’ve bought the entire “official” catalogue (and in the case of some of us more silver-tinged freaks, more than once, and in many different formats: vinyl, cassette, compact disc), what do you do now? Just sit back and listen … Continue reading
Homage to a Freak
I first met Royce in the summer of 1977 at a second-hand record shop. Greg, the gray haired, pony-tailed, slightly obese proprietor had just gotten a mint vinyl copy of Mothermania, and had absent-mindedly promised it to both of us. … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Personal, Zappa Misc
Tagged alumni, education, Freaks, nostalgia, technologies, vinyl records, Zappa
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Zappa Legacy
With all the verbose verbiage over the Zappa legacy lately, I found the posting “on pop 13: mike keneally & the zappa legacy” over at Eugene Baak’s weblog, Another Beautiful Day, quite insightful.
New FZ @ Wolfgang’s Vault
The Friday Boots may be history, but Wolfgang’s Vault still has concerts and interviews aplenty. tip of the hat to hipbone
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video
Tagged streaming audio, Wolfgang's Vault, Zappa
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From Counterculture to Consumer Culture
As early as the 1960s, Frank Zappa already knew that to get to the “real” truth one had to go to the underground, because the mainstream was just out to sell you something you probably didn’t need in the first … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa
Tagged article, censorship, mainstream, underground culture, Zappa
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Burnt Weeny Sandwich, 1969
This document of the original Mothers of Invention, mostly set to the music from Uncle Meat (with the exception of “The Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich” from Burnt Weeny Sandwich), originally broadcast on April 30th, 1969, as part of The … Continue reading
Edmonton Eargasmic Extravaganza: ZPZ Plays The Big Empty
Dweezil and Company finished the North American leg of their tour in Edmonton last night to a small yet appreciative audience of diehard Zappa freaks (some of which who, by the way, have waited since 1971 for this chance to … Continue reading
Zappa Coverbands on MySpace
Directly from Michigan, U.S.A. is Mokum and Yooper with their unique cover of “Directly From My Heart To You.” And from Pavia, Italy, is the tribute band MN e i CONTENUTI with covers of “The Grand Wazoo,” “Dirty Love,” “Eat … Continue reading
Remember Remember The 7th November
On this day… … 150 days of a Belgium without a governement, facing an unprecedented political crisis … in 1991 Frank Zappa announced to the world that he suffered from prostate cancer … at around 8:30 in the morning I … Continue reading
Viva Zappa
From the moment of Frank Zappa’s untimely passing due to prostate cancer until the formation of Zappa Plays Zappa, the only way anyone could hear Zappa’s music performed live was via one of the multitude of cover/tribute bands. From rock, … Continue reading
Moggio Jazz Band Plays RDNZL
An excellent cover of a FZ classic. The only thing missing is Ruth Underwood.
A Zappa-picture
A nice picture. I’ve found it on David Ocker’s blog, but it’s originally from Richard Emmet’ homepage (go there to see some more), and the pictures were taken possibly in ’81, one of these used for the cover of You … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Imagery
Tagged Emmet, Livzey, Ocker, pictures, You Are What You Is, Zappa
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