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Basily Family: Kale Jakka

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Somewhere up there, Django Reinhardt must be going “thumbs up”:

Basily Gipsy Band Homepage | More YouTubery.

Posted in Music, YouTubery | Tagged basily family, django reinhardt, gipsy jazz | 3 Comments

A Well Kept Secret: Richard Thompson

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Well hello there! We’re back from a most refreshing vacation in the greater London area. While there, our host Magic Fingers introduced me to a fantastic musician: Richard Thompson.

Prior, I had heard some minor radio hits of his — genre “I Feel So Good”, “Misunderstood”, “Crawl Back” and, notably, Thompson’s Britney Spears cover Oops, I Did It Again.

Tip of the iceberg.

The way this guy ~~plays~~ masters the guitar is just unbelievable.
No effects — nothing but Naked Fender:

Thompson started out as part of the legendary English band Fairport Convention, but went his own way soon thereafter. He is I guess, to that formation, what Neil Young is to CSN&Y.

One fantastic musician. Do check out his tunes if you hadn’t already.

Wait — I’m preaching to the choir, right?

Posted in Music, YouTubery | Tagged fairport convention, live music, richard thompson | 13 Comments

Zappa MTV Tribute, 1993

Posted on July 22, 2009 by urbangraffito

MTV News At Night (MTV ENGLAND) interviews Jimmy Carl Black and biographer MIchael Gray in this 9 minute, December, 1993 overview of Frank Zappa‘s life, works, and attitudes.
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Posted in Frank Zappa, In The News, Interview, Pop Cult, YouTubery | Tagged 1993, jimmy carl black, michael gray, mtv, Zappa | 5 Comments

Tale of the Three Assholes, 1977

Posted on July 22, 2009 by urbangraffito

Recorded at the Palladium in New York City on October 29th, 1977, Frank Zappa tells the story behind “Bobby Brown (Goes Down)“, one of his most famous songs which topped the charts in some European countries around 1979/80.

Thanks to ‘YourArf‘ for posting this gem.

Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Pop Cult, YouTubery | Tagged 1977, male feminists, palladium, Zappa | 4 Comments

Zappa on School Beat, 1986

Posted on July 20, 2009 by urbangraffito

Frank Zappa debates and discusses rock censorship, the PMRC, the PTA code, the “non-binding nothingness” which the record companies and the then Washington Senator’s wives perpetrated on the American public with the assistance of the media) with Christian rock DJ, Jim Hodson (Producer/Host of Real Videos), Norma Downs (California State PTA Communications Commission), and School Beat host, Roberta Weintraub.
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Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Politics, Pop Cult, Religion, Science, YouTubery | Tagged 1986, censorship, debate, panel, pmrc, pta, school beat, video, Zappa | 4 Comments

The Whip It Out Ensemble

Posted on July 17, 2009 by urbangraffito

The Whip It Out Ensemble is a Frank Zappa tribute band located in Alberta, Canada. In the clip (above) they perform a medley of songs from The Mothers of Invention album ‘We’re Only In It For The Money‘ including “Lonely Little Girl“, “Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance“, and “What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body?”
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Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, Insane, Music, YouTubery | Tagged canadian, freaks, theatre groups, tribute band, Zappa | 7 Comments

Acoustic Brick

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Sweet:

Via Our Man In Hungary who has been posting some great stuff as of late.

Posted in Music, YouTubery | Tagged acoustic, another brick in the wall, Pink Floyd, zappa.hu | 12 Comments

Frank Zappa–Pioneer Of Future Music

Posted on July 14, 2009 by urbangraffito

Directed by Frank Scheffer, “Frank Zappa–Pioneer Of Future Music” (2007) is a two part documentary which combined and re-edited footage and interviews from “Frank Zappa: The Present Day Composer Refuses to Die” (2000) and “Frank Zappa: Phaze II, The Big Note” (2002).
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Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Interview, Jean-Luc Ponty, Music, YouTubery, Zappa Plays Zappa | Tagged documentary, Frank Scheffer, holland, re-edited, VPRO, Zappa | 30 Comments

Trent Reznor Has Some Advice

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The point is this: music IS free whether you want to believe that or not. Every piece of music you can think of is available free right now a click away. This is a fact – it sucks as the musician BUT THAT’S THE WAY IT IS (for now). So… have the public get what they want FROM YOU instead of a torrent site and garner good will in the process (plus build your database).

Read the rest here…

Posted in In Writing, Music | Tagged musicbiz, nin, trent reznor | 20 Comments

Howard Stern Interviews Moon Unit & Frank