Zappa Dragons

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Peter Karpick has been building a collage series incorporating FZ quotes and related imagery. Here’s one:

Zappa Dragon

Weird and oddly compelling. Check out his Flickr stream.

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Adrian Belew’s “E”

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Balint

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A brand new album for the Power Trio – the tracks are: a. b. c. d. e. – hehe. See the post on Adrian Belew’s blog, and you can buy it here (via: The Idiot Bastard).

“The band also recently issued a Live Overseas album on iTunes (which includes Neurotica and Frame By Frame, neither of which appeared on the excellent Side Four Live)”

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Spotify

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Ever since Last.fm decided to join the dark side, I’ve been on the lookout for another music-streaming service. Enter Spotify:

Spotify

Register (free), download/install some software, and you’re good to go. Search for artists, by genre or decade and you’ll get instant results paired with related music. Click a track and it will start playing — instantly.

Not accessible outside Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France and Spain for now, but some smart people figured out a way around that. No Frank Zappa to be found, though I did stumble upon an entire Ensemble Modern (Plays Frank Zappa) album, as well as the complete Classic Interviews.

Awesomeness all around! So much so that, having only played around with it for half an hour, I’m starting to wonder where the catch is…

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Audience Misbehavin’

Posted on August 3, 2009 by urbangraffito

Back before video rentals became big business with the opening of the first Blockbuster Video store in Dallas in 1985, people went out to theaters for much of their entertainment.
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Bruce Cockburn – Moment of Truth

Posted on August 3, 2009 by urbangraffito

Shot near the conclusion of his world tour “Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu”, Moment of Truth is an hour-long concert special with Bruce Cockburn, filmed at Montreal’s Spectrum during the Montreal Jazz Festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 23rd, 2000.
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Syracuse, Q & A (1975)

Posted on August 1, 2009 by urbangraffito

Frank Zappa, George Duke and Don Van Vliet respond to questions from an audience of post secondary students at Gifford Auditorium, Syracuse University, NY, on April 23rd, 1975.
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The Black Page #2 on Soprano Recorder

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Balint

…as played by atomholst. Sweet, huh? But you migh like Dog/Meat as well, or RDNZL.

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Salad Party 93

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Fantastic viewing.

Some background. Hat tip: Charles-Henri Hérault, and thank you to Vimeo user tuva for uploading these gems.

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Wednesday Mix: Son of Tweezer Glint – Part 1-A

Posted on July 29, 2009 by urbangraffito

Beginning today and continuing every two weeks until the first week of November, I bring you the following six part KUR Mix: The Son of Tweezer Glint.

The Son of Tweezer Glint is made up of proto versions of FZ and MOI songs, notable versions, alternate versions, extended versions, original versions, unique live versions, cover versions, acetates, demos, and 45’s.

The first installment of the series, “Son of Tweezer Glint – Part 1-A“, will be up for the next two weeks for your listening pleasure.

Click here to listen to the mixtape.

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Neil Young — Live at Massey Hall, 1971

Posted on July 28, 2009 by urbangraffito


Recorded on January 19, 1971 during the Journey Through the Past Solo Tour, Live At Massey Hall 1971 features solo, acoustic performances of Neil Young from Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada.
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